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Log-rollings, house-raisings, house-warmings, corn-shuckings, quiltings, and the like were occasions when all the neighbors came together to do what the family itself could hardly accomplish alone.
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This quote highlights the communal spirit and cooperation in rural backwoods society during social events.
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