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Western Kentucky University

FA Finding Aids

2017

Superstitions

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Mansfield, Sherry R. And Bruce Greene (Fa 1112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2017

Mansfield, Sherry R. And Bruce Greene (Fa 1112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1112. Student folk studies project titled: “Just a Man—Captain William Hicks” which includes an interview of C. Jeff Hicks, the son of Confederate Captain William Hicks. The interview includes a description of the life of the son and his father while living in Barren County, Kentucky and Sumner County, Tennessee.


Chance, Nancy Fowler (Fa 1110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2017

Chance, Nancy Fowler (Fa 1110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1110. Student folk studies project titled: “Butter making” which includes survey sheets with descriptions of the traditional butter making process in Allen County and Warren County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of pictured equipment, traditional practice, belief and motif index number.


Jaggers, Katie (Fa 1066), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2017

Jaggers, Katie (Fa 1066), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1066. Paper titled “Folk Beliefs” in which Katie Jaggers details various proverbs, remedies, superstitions, and predictions relating to childhood, agriculture, medicine, and other facets of daily life. Paper is based on data collected by Jaggers from immediate family in Edmonson County, Kentucky.