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Life On The Farm In The Old Days, Sunny Stutzman
Life On The Farm In The Old Days, Sunny Stutzman
Maine Song and Story Sampler
Sunny Stutzman's story relates some basic differences between life on the farm in the old days and now, but also generally differences between life on the farm and anywhere else in society.
Learning Family Healing Traditions, Natalia Bragg
Learning Family Healing Traditions, Natalia Bragg
Maine Song and Story Sampler
The story told here explains the process of teaching traditional medicine to a new generation. In Natalia Bragg's case, it was something of an accident.
Flunking A Test & Hiroshima, Lydia Franz
Flunking A Test & Hiroshima, Lydia Franz
Maine Song and Story Sampler
The stories recounted here by Lydia Franz concern her experience in the United States Army as a cryptanalyst during World War II.
The First Manure-Pitch, Mort Mather
The First Manure-Pitch, Mort Mather
Maine Song and Story Sampler
The Common Ground Country Fair (CGCF or “the Fair”) is Maine’s signature celebration of rural living, organic food and agriculture, and local enterprise.
Boat Launch, Pete Mcfarland
Boat Launch, Pete Mcfarland
Maine Song and Story Sampler
Maine has a long and broad tradition of boat building, and in many coastal towns boat launches were a social event.
The Ounegan Mill Strike, Richard Davies
The Ounegan Mill Strike, Richard Davies
Maine Song and Story Sampler
This story describes a strike that took place at the Ounegan Woolen Mill in Old Town and explains how students at the University of Maine became involved.
Blueberries & Leathery Ice, Lindsey Smallidge
Blueberries & Leathery Ice, Lindsey Smallidge
Maine Song and Story Sampler
A pair of tall tales from Mount Desert Island.
The Man Who Plucked The Gorbey, Charles Sibley
The Man Who Plucked The Gorbey, Charles Sibley
Maine Song and Story Sampler
Of all the stories told in lumbercamps, few have captured the attention of Maine’s folklorists like the story of “The Man Who Plucked the Gorbey.“ The gorbey, one of many names for the Canada Jay (also known as a moosebird, meat bird, gray jay, or Whiskey Jack), is a native of the northern coniferous forests of North America.