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- Identifier:
- 4224.HobbieLeenie.AudioInt.3.27.18
- Title:
- Oral history of Leenie Hobbie
- Date:
- 2018-03-27
- Creator:
- Hobbie, Leenie
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Herb gardening, Food habits, Forage plants, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Herbalists, foodways, Herbs--Utilization, and Herb products
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
![["Leenie Hobbie (b. December 28, 1960, Alexandria, VA) is an herbalist in Kirby (Rio post office box) in Hampshire County, West Virginia. Hobbie has been a family herbalist for over 30 years, originally learning the tradition from her grandmother, who used both garden-grown and wild harvested plants at her home in the mountains of Southwestern Virginia. She has studied with acclaimed herbalists across the country and has taught the tradition within her community in Hampshire County. Hobbie is a 2020-2021 participant in the West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, teaching traditional Appalachian herbalism to apprentice Jon Falcone.See the West Virginia Folklife Program's profile of Leenie Hobbie and Jon Falcone: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/10/26/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-leenie-hobbie-jon-falcone-traditional-appalachian-herbalism/"]](/thumb/4224HobbieLeenieIntTranscript32718 "Transcript of oral history of Leenie Hobbie")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HobbieLeenie.IntTranscript.3.27.18
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Leenie Hobbie
- Date:
- 2018-03-27
- Creator:
- Hobbie, Leenie
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Herb products, Herbalists, Forage plants, Herbs--Therapeutic use, foodways, Herbs--Utilization, Food habits, and Herb gardening
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
![["Morgan Rice was born in Helvetia, West Virginia in 1999. She is the daughter of Hutte cook Henry Rice, and great-granddaughter of town matriarch and co-founder of the Hutte restaurant, Eleanor Mailloux. Ms. Rice is a member of the Helvetia Farm Womens Club and works part-time as a waitress at the Hutte restaurant. In 2015 she created a petition to save Helvetias Ramp Supper.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with foodways practitioners in Helvetia, West Virginia, as part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/"]](/thumb/4224RiceMorganVideo00143016 "Audio slideshow of Morgan Rice talking about the Helvetia Ramp Supper")
- Identifier:
- 4224.RiceMorgan.Video.001.4.30.16
- Title:
- Audio slideshow of Morgan Rice talking about the Helvetia Ramp Supper
- Date:
- 2016-04-30
- Creator:
- Rice, Morgan
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Wild leek, foodways, Food habits, Forage plants, Swiss American women, Cooking, Swiss, and Helvetia (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
