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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 16, No. 1, George Peterson Iii, William Hannan, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Berton E. Beck, Jacob G. Shively, Lester Breininger, Friedrich Krebs, Don Yoder Oct 1966

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 16, No. 1, George Peterson Iii, William Hannan, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Berton E. Beck, Jacob G. Shively, Lester Breininger, Friedrich Krebs, Don Yoder

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Indian Readers and Healers by Prayer
• Bayard Taylor's Portrait of Pennsylvania Quakerism
• Gypsy Stories from the Swatara Valley
• Stump-Pulling
• Occult Tales from Union County
• Beekeeping and Bee Lore in Pennsylvania
• New Materials on the 18th Century Emigration from the Speyer State Archives
• The Snake-Bitten Dutchman
• Notes and Documents: A Letter to Germany (1806) ; Midwestern Diary of Joel Vale Garretson (1863-1864)
• Questionnaire on Hominy


Young Charlotte (Or Fair Charlotte), Ernest Lord Aug 1966

Young Charlotte (Or Fair Charlotte), Ernest Lord

Maine Song and Story Sampler

Young Charlotte is an old ballad native to North America. It has been a popular ballad all over North America from Newfoundland to South Dakota, and widely studied. It was so popular, in fact, that it inspired a doll called Frozen Charlotte.


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 15, No. 4, Constantine Kermes, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Henry Glassie, Don Yoder, Mac E. Barrick, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Tyrone Power Jul 1966

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 15, No. 4, Constantine Kermes, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Henry Glassie, Don Yoder, Mac E. Barrick, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Tyrone Power

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Amish Album
• Look Back, Once!
• The Pennsylvania Barn in the South: Part II
• Folk Festival Program
• Contributors to this Issue
• Festival Highlights
• Twenty Questions on Powwowing
• Moon-Signs in Cumberland County
• Reminiscences of "Des Dumm Fattel"
• Notes and Documents: Two Documents from the First World War
• The Dutch and Irish Colonies of Pennsylvania


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 15, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Frank Brown, Don Yoder, Amos Long Jr., Marion Ball Wilson, Fritz Braun Apr 1966

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 15, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Frank Brown, Don Yoder, Amos Long Jr., Marion Ball Wilson, Fritz Braun

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Stitching for Pretty
• New Light on "Mountain Mary"
• The Newspaper and Folklife Studies
• Pennsylvania Limekilns
• Mennonite Maids
• The Eighteenth-Century Emigration from the Palatinate: New Documentation


The Blackwater Side, Bill Cramp Mar 1966

The Blackwater Side, Bill Cramp

Maine Song and Story Sampler

"The Blackwater Side" is one of many songs that came to Maine from the British Tradition. It is, as Bill Cramp called it, a "long love song." This ballad is one in a series of songs that consist of true lovers' discussions, but none are any more good humored than "The Blackwater Side."


The Depot Camp, Bill Cramp Mar 1966

The Depot Camp, Bill Cramp

Maine Song and Story Sampler

The song, written by James O’Hara, a woodsman from Maine, described the lumbering operation owned and operated by James McNulty of Bangor, Maine.


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 15, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Henry Glassie, Berton E. Beck, Don Yoder Jan 1966

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 15, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Henry Glassie, Berton E. Beck, Don Yoder

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Dutch Country Burls and Bowls
• The Pennsylvania Barn in the South
• Tales of the Block House
• Official Religion Versus Folk Religion