Journal of American Folklore, Svazek 41

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American Folk-lore Society, 1928

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Strana 174 - The African Negroes are uncommonly gifted for music— probably, on an average, more so than the white race. This is clear not only from the high development of African music, especially as regards polyphony and rhythm, but a very curious fact, unparalleled, perhaps, in history, makes it even more evident ; namely, the fact that the negro slaves in America and their descendants, abandoning their original musical style, have adapted themselves to that of their white masters and produced a new kind...
Strana 141 - ... left, believing that he was dead. When the woman and the girl were gone for one year, they came upon some Indians. The woman married one of these men. In the meantime, the man not finding his wife, went in search of her. He wandered for many days and seasons until he came upon some Indians. One day, while he was visiting some of them he came upon his wife. She had had another child. Then he also got married there. 38. THE MAN AND HIS THREE DAUGHTERS.1 Once there was an old man and an old woman...
Strana 173 - And if the point of the second title lies in the charm and naivete of the "goin' to" and "on me," what is that but a point of silent conspiracy on the part of the whites to give the negro idiom the benefit of a charming and naive interpretation? Mr. Johnson's enthusiasm also gets the better of his judgment when he says: "Among those who know about art it is generally recognized that the modern school of painting and sculpture in Europe and America is almost entirely the result of the direct influence...
Strana 183 - January 4, 1888, for the collection and publication of the folk-lore and mythology of the American continent.
Strana 13 - ... 131 — 148; the Haida tradition of the creation: 149 — 164.) Hatzan, AL The true story of Hiawatha. Toronto, 1925. 298 pp. Hawkes, EW The Labrador Eskimo. CGS Mem. 91, A. s. 14. 1916. x, 235 pp. (mythology: 141 — 162.) Hen-Toh, (Wyandot Indian). Tales of the bark lodges. Oklahoma City, 1919. vii, 107 pp. ; 1920. vii, 130 pp. (Huron.) Hewitt, JNB Ethnological researches among the Iroquois and Chippewa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 78:114 — 117. (discusses the meaning of Nanabozho.)...
Strana 173 - The Book of American Negro Spirituals. Edited with an Introduction by James Weldon Johnson. Musical arrangements by J. Rosamond Johnson. Additional numbers by Lawrence Brown. New York: The Viking Press, 1925.
Strana 53 - Boston, 1922. xvi, 483 pp. (Mass. hist. soc. Collec. v. 75.) Leisy, EE Materials for investigations in American literature. A bibliography of dissertations, articles, research in progress, and collections of Americana. Studies in Philology. (University of North Carolina). 23:90 — 115; 24:480 — 483. Meyer, HHB List of references on the mountain whites. US Library of Congress. Division of Bibliography, no. 633. Mar. 6, 1922. 12 pp. (Mimeographed.) Cf. Mattfeld, under General, Bibliography. Allen,...
Strana 552 - I WENT to the wood and got it, I sat me down and looked at it ; The more I looked at it the less I liked it, And I brought it home because I couldn't help it.
Strana 63 - Some Myths and Tales of the Ojibwa of Southeastern Ontario," Geological Survey of Canada, Anthropological Series No. 2, pp. 18 — 20. Cf. the three following myths. 3. WISSEKEDJAK AND MANABOZHO.1 Wissekedjak and his young cousin Manabozho were living together in the woods. Wissekedjak used to hunt every day to get something for his cousin to eat. He never permitted Manabozho to leave the house for there were minitos watching for him all the time and if he had...
Strana 568 - If you cannot cross the ocean, And the heathen lands explore, You can find the heathen nearer, You can help them at your door ; If you cannot...