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Full-Text Articles in Folklore
Witches On The Wind: Weather Magic In New England Folktales, Zephyros Quinn Craven
Witches On The Wind: Weather Magic In New England Folktales, Zephyros Quinn Craven
Thinking Matters Symposium
The English language folktales collected from coastal New England in the 19th and 20th centuries display a prominence of weather magic motifs compared with folktales from other regions of the United States. This paper aims to explain the success of the weather magic theme in New England folklore collections and to serve as a starting point for scholarly discourse on the subject, which has hitherto been sparse. This study utilizes climate research, both scholarly and popular collections of folktales, local travel guides, and colonial and labor histories. Through a combination of historical analysis, comparative study, and textual analysis, …
Dancers Of The Book: Yemenite, Persian, And Kurdish Jewish Dance, Quinn Bicer
Dancers Of The Book: Yemenite, Persian, And Kurdish Jewish Dance, Quinn Bicer
Anthós
Despite the cultural significance of dance in Jewish communities around the world, research into Middle Eastern Jewish dance outside of the modern nation-state of Israel is sorely under-researched. This article aims to help rectify this by focusing on Yemenite, Persian/Iranian, and Kurdish Jewish dance and explores how these dancers have functioned and been received within the societies they have been a part of. The methods that have gone into this article are a combination of analyzing primary source recorded dances and existing secondary source research into the dance of these communities. Through these methods, this article reveals how Yemenite, Iranian, …
An Amazonianist And His History, Victor Cova, Juan Pablo Sarmiento
An Amazonianist And His History, Victor Cova, Juan Pablo Sarmiento
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Animal-Human Vocabulary Builder, Domenick Acocella, Rene Cordero
Animal-Human Vocabulary Builder, Domenick Acocella, Rene Cordero
Open Educational Resources
The assignment helps students individually build a usable, expanding vocabulary of terms and concepts, enabling each to further contribute to the ongoing, evolving written, oral, and visual conversations centered on the use of and thought about animals for food, clothing, work, entertainment, experimentation, imagery, and companionship.
The Poetry Of History: Irish National Imagination Through Mythology And Materiality, Ryan Fay
The Poetry Of History: Irish National Imagination Through Mythology And Materiality, Ryan Fay
English Honors Theses
The thesis culminates in the twentieth century and yet it begins with the Ulster Cycle, a period of Irish mythological history that occurred around the first century common era. Indeed, since the time frame was before the arrival of the Gaels, Normans, or Christianity, the extent of this mythology’s relevance today is whatever extent it is conceptualized as “Irish.” As such, the first chapter locks onto an aspect that could feasibly transcend time and resonate with modern Irish society: gender. Of course, the epistemological dynamics of gender[1] in the first-century common era are vastly different than the twentieth century …
Branham, Mary Lou (Fa 1340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Branham, Mary Lou (Fa 1340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1340. Local lore collected in Barren County, Kentucky by Mary Lou Branham for a folk studies class at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky. Survey sheets include a brief narrative, date, informant’s name and location.
Clarke, Kenneth Wendell, B. 1917 (Fa 1304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clarke, Kenneth Wendell, B. 1917 (Fa 1304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1304. Project titled “Place Names [Clark County, Indiana],” which includes details about the folk names of sites in Clark County, Indiana. The paper may include the traditional name of the site, the history of the site’s folk name, and its location.
Kimbler, Jewel (Fa 1303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kimbler, Jewel (Fa 1303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1303. Student folk studies project titled: “History of Columbia, Kentucky, 1920’s and 1930’s,” which includes interviews with Mason Judd and Callie Huff about their early lives in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky. Interviews are found on cassette tapes 1420 and 1422, which are also stored in the Sound Archives.
Antle, Ruth Ann (Fa 1302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Antle, Ruth Ann (Fa 1302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1302. Student folk studies project completed by Ruth Ann Antle titled: “Parvin Reece History Project,” which includes an interview with Parvin Egbert Reece about his life in Montpelier, Adair County, Kentucky. Interview is found on cassette tape 1451, which is also stored in the Sound Archives.
Grape, Virginia (Fa 1301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Grape, Virginia (Fa 1301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1301. Student project titled “Place Name Legend: Lickskillet, Kentucky,” which includes a project with a brief description of the history of Lickskillet in Logan County, Kentucky. Project includes descriptions of sites, photos, and the names and addresses of the informants.
Wheeldon, Jeffrey (Fa 1256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wheeldon, Jeffrey (Fa 1256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1256. Student project titled “Origin of Place Names [Pulaski County, Kentucky],” completed for a geography class at Campbellsville College. Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of Pulaski County, Kentucky, sites. Sheets may include name of the site, location, history, and informant’s name and age.
Cox, Hilda-Gay (Fa 1239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cox, Hilda-Gay (Fa 1239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1239. Student folk studies project titled “Sequent Occupance of the Main Business District of Hodgenville, Kentucky,” which includes a list of illustrations with brief descriptions of residents and buildings in the main business district of Hodgenville, LaRue County, Kentucky. List entries may include a brief description of building, resident, location, donor, and photo.
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1150. Student folk studies project titled “From Slavery to Freedom for the Negro Race in Logan County [Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of African American life in Logan County, Kentucky. Sheets may include interviews, written records, photographs, informant’s name, age, and address.
Hines, Joseph R. (Fa 1077), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Joseph R. (Fa 1077), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1077. Paper titled “The Saga of the Navigable Green and Barren Rivers” by Joseph R. Hines in which he discusses the development of the rivers for slack water navigation and anecdotal information, collected from individuals familiar with the history, culture and lore of the two rivers.
Reesor, Gary (Fa 1068), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reesor, Gary (Fa 1068), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1068. Paper titled “Legends and Tales of Bullitt County” by Gary Reesor based on an interview with Ivy McBride of Bullitt County, Kentucky. McBride provides tales, legends, ghost stories, and information about traditional folk ways in Bullitt County, Kentucky.
Molden, Roy (Fa 963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Molden, Roy (Fa 963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 963. Project titled: “The Chestnut Farmstead.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions ofbuildings and implements on the Chestnut family farm in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description and photo.
Watson, Betty Lou (Fa 959), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Watson, Betty Lou (Fa 959), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 959. Paper titled: “Under the Waves.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of the valley and its farm life to be flooded by the Green River Reservoir in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, illustrations, and photos of the area.
Early, Laura (Fa 888), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Early, Laura (Fa 888), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folkilfe Archives Project 888. Title: “Spirit of the Ohio.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of buildings in Meade County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description of each building.
Walker, Joyce (Fa 868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Walker, Joyce (Fa 868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 868. Paper titled: “Possum Hunters: A Vigilance Committee.” Project includes a short interpretive paper and interviews with one former member (unidentified) and several people who remembered the Possum Hunters in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky. Sheets include transcribed interviews and informant’s name. The Possum Hunters was a common name given to vigilante groups in the Green River valley.
Walker, Edith (Fa 870), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Walker, Edith (Fa 870), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 870. Project titled: "Joe Coleman: A Local Legend." Includes typescripts of interviews and survey sheets collected by Edith Walker about Joe Coleman, an accused murderer in Cumberland County, Kentucky. Survey sheets includes lines of a ballad about Coleman and various informant's memories of the ballad or the veracity of the incident in Adair County, Kentucky.
Fish, Dianne (Fa 859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fish, Dianne (Fa 859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 859. Paper: “A Collection of Breckinridge County Folklore.” This project was conducted by Dianne Fish for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Knott County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 640), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Knott County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 640), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 640. This collection features information and oral histories gathered from traditional artisans of Knott County, Kentucky.
Kentucky State University - Frankfort, Kentucky - Homecoming (Fa 639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky State University - Frankfort, Kentucky - Homecoming (Fa 639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 639. This collection features documentation of the October 2007 Kentucky State University (KSU) Homecoming festivities, as well as KSU's presentation at the Kentucky Folklife Festival.
Eighth Of August Homecoming Emancipation Celebration - Paducah, Kentucky (Fa 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Eighth Of August Homecoming Emancipation Celebration - Paducah, Kentucky (Fa 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 635. This collection features information about the Eighth of August Homecoming Emancipation Celebration held in Paducah, Kentucky. At this celebration, African Americans pay tribute to their heritage with a memorial service, homecoming picnic, a salute to black music, and other activities.
Caldwell County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Caldwell County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
This collection features information and oral histories gathered from residents of Caldwell County, Kentucky collected for a cultural survey of the county.
Mccreary County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccreary County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 623. This collection features information and oral histories gathered from traditional artisans and musicians of McCreary County, Kentucky.
Owen County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owen County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 620. This collection features information and oral histories gathered from residents of Owen County, Kentucky.
Artists In Residence - Union County (Fa 612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Artists In Residence - Union County (Fa 612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 612. Project conducted in Union County, Kentucky to identify and utilize local folk artists in county elementary schools. Folklorist Amy Davis and fieldworker/folk artist Sue Massek interviewed local folk artists and performers. Afterwards they made presentations in schools about the information they collected and invited some of the artists to perform and/or demonstrate.
Folklorist In The Park - Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park (Fa 606), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklorist In The Park - Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park (Fa 606), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 606. Project conducted in Hopkins, Christian and Caldwell Counties and Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park to identify and utilize local folk artists and performers. Materials include field notes, a daily activity log, and audio interviews on cassette tapes with traditional artists. Also includes an index of the interviews (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Tairora - From The Greenwood Encyclopedia Of World Folklore And Folklife, Terence Hays
Tairora - From The Greenwood Encyclopedia Of World Folklore And Folklife, Terence Hays
Terence Hays
Encyclopedia entry regarding the geography, history, and culture of Tairora located in the Kainantu District of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papau New Guinea.