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The Old Beggar Man, Edmund Doucette

Maine Song and Story Sampler

“The Old Beggar Man” is a version of Child 17, “Hind Horn.” It is believed to have originated in Scotland and possibly derived from the 13^th century King Horn and other related medieval romances.

Northeast Folklore Volume 1 Numbers 1-4, Edward D. Ives, Richard M. Dorson, Miriam B. Webster, Bacil F. Kirtley, Alden A. Nowlan, Raymond Whitely, Frank A. Hoffmann

Northeast Folklore Monographs

The first ever issue of Northeast Folklore was published in the spring of 1958 under the editorship of Edward D. Ives (known as Sandy) and Bacil F. Kirtley through the Department of English at the University of Maine. The four editions that year were later bound into a single volume.

Table of Contents

Number 1 (Spring):

Mishaps of a Maine Lobsterman

Maine Winter Menus: A Study in Ingenuity

“Young Jimmy Foulger:” A Hitherto Unrecorded Ballad in the Northeast

John Ellis – Hunter, Guide, Legend

Number 2 (Summer):

Bibliography of New England-Maritimes Folklore

Selected Bibliography of New England-Maritimes Folklore Collections and …