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French Liberty : A New Song, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

French construct of liberty and freedom and the battle required

A New Song On The Staffordshire Militia, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Nationalistic song for England

The Lord's Lamentation, Author Unknown

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Duke of Bedford's assault at the Lichfield races

John Bull, All A-Gog, Author Unknown

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Nationalistic piece concerning British might and the Napoleonic Wars

Song, Author Unknown

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Nationalistic Napoleonic War era song concerning Anglo-Franco relations

The Tar For All Weathers, Author Unknown

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Details a shipwreck

Hugh Stanton And Molly Green, Author Unknown

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Details the trial of a military deserter, who left his command for his love

Little Jim, Sam Parmer

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Details the death of a coal miner's child

The Mail Coach, Author Unknown

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Playful satirical piece

The Storm, Author Unknown

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Details the battle between sailors and a storm

The Midnight Watch, Author Unknown

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No abstract provided.

The Lady And Prentice Boy, Author Unknown

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Details the love between a poor man and a wealthy lady

William Far Away, Author Unknown

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Woman pining for her separated love

The Despairing Hero, Author Unknown

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Soldier thinking through sins, bravery and Britishness

The Sweets Of Love, Or, Valentine Day, Author Unknown

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No abstract provided.

A New Song Concerning The Boxing Match Between The Ancient British Boxer, John Bull, And The Elf, Buonaparte, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Song concerning John Bull, symbol of the British identity and spirit, fighting evil

Bailey, Joe Kenneth (Fa 1312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1312. Student folk studies project titled “Folk Remedies,” which includes entries with brief descriptions of folk remedies collected in Jefferson County and Logan County, Kentucky. Entries may include a brief description of belief, remedy, traditional practice, and informant’s name, age and origin of remedy.

Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, Sarah Adcock

Graduate School of Art Theses

I view my creative process as alchemy, the transformation of materials through experimentation. I use wax as a material that transcends its historical use as a sculptural process for casting and instead, use it for its transmutable qualities to inform content. Because of its plasticity and duality as fragile and resilient, wax is symbolically submissive and assertive. By applying heat, wax can be molded and formed into new shapes. Once it cools, wax reverts back to its natural state; solid and impermeable. I use objects to explore desires of origin and life. Transitional objects, the first “me not me” possession …

Werewolves: A Three-Dimensional Content Analysis Of Films From 1980-2014, Jennifer Lewis

Master's Theses

WEREWOLVES: A THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT ANALYSIS OF FILMS FROM 1980 – 2014 revolves around how monsters function in stories. Monsters represent fears and teach social norms. They are often portrayed as “other”, but more recently the werewolf has appeared in media as more sympathetic (Brannon 2016, 21; Gilmore 2008, 362; Hughes 2009, 97). Limited research has systematically studied how werewolves are represented in the media. This content analysis focuses on how major werewolf characters are represented in 20 films.

The analysis showcases werewolf characters in today’s culture and what it means to be a monster by analyzing hybridity. This study presents …

Licentious Legends: A Folklore Podcast, Alexandra L. Haynes

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Licentious Legends was created out of a need to both understand and educate about sexual contemporary legends; not just what they are and what defines them, but the effect that they have on those who experience them. The purpose of this podcast is not to shame, but to take what has been found and educate about the joys and dangers of these legends. These legends range from the everyday (such as "The Hook"), to legends about a young man killing himself with a plunger. In an effort to gather as many examples as they could, Faye interviewed several of their …

Archaeological Artifacts As Expressive Desire Of Hindu-Buddha Religions In Java In 8th–15th Centuries, Agus Aris Munandar

International Review of Humanities Studies

This study discusses the Hindu-Buddha religions in the ancient Javanese society which developed in 8—15 th Century AD when the centers of the kingdoms in the central part of Java. The case discussed in this paper is concerned with their ritual and ceremony tools used by the worshipped of Hindu-Buddha religions, especially in the regards with the statues of Hindu-Buddha gods, which are still used up to the present time. The statues of Hindu-Buddha gods are actually the realization of wishes to fulfill their worshipper hopes. This study in line with the opinion of Melford E.Spiro (1977), an expert on …

The Gin Shop, Philanthrophic Society

Broadside Ballads: England

Anti-alcohol, mainly gin, poem

The Monkey Who Has Seen The World, A New Song, Author Unknown

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Song concerning the travel and cultural education of Mr. Pug, the monkey.

Song, Author Unknown

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Nationalistic piece concerning the might of Britain

An Address To Great Britain, On Behalf Of Her Majesty The Queen, John Scott

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Poem of honor and love towards the Queen

Lover's Leap, And Co., Joseph Bates

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Travel poem concerning Ashwood Dale, Buxton

The Valliant Sailor, Author Unknown

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Allegorical song concerning Anglo-German relations

The Constant Maid, Author Unknown

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Daughter discussing her love and seeking acceptance.

The Honour Of A London 'Prentice : Being An Account Of His Matchess Manhood And Brave Adventures Done In Turkey, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Young man fighting for the virtue of England

Cupid's Revenge, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A King marries a poor woman with respectability