Wisconsin FolkloreJames P. Leary Univ of Wisconsin Press, 15. 1. 1999 - Počet stran: 560 Highly entertaining and richly informative, Wisconsin Folklore offers the first comprehensive collection of writings about the surprisingly varied folklore of Wisconsin. Beginning with a historical introduction to Wisconsin's folklore and concluding with an up-to-date bibliography, this anthology offers more than fifty annotated and illustrated entries in five sections: "Terms and Talk," "Storytelling," "Music, Song, and Dance," "Beliefs and Customs," and "Material Traditions and Folklife." |
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... heard jokes about Ole and Lena per- formed in lilting dialect by wool - clad former lumberjacks whose cheeks bulged with " snoose . " I sampled the Tschernachs ' homemade sauerkraut and sniffed the lutefisk for sale in Gammelgard's ...
... heard it sung by Wisconsinites in Walloon French and Norwegian . I considered this diversity normal until I went to school outside the state and was told that the names of my schoolmates back home were " weird , " that some of my ...
... heard or told snippets about the legendary Ed Gein , perhaps Wisconsin's most fa- mous criminal ; most have a rich array of verbal , customary , and material responses to winter ; and most have encountered sometimes heated expressions ...
... heard over the years involves a fellow who moves one summer from Ironwood to Hurley . Old friends ask him how he likes the change ? " Oh fine , " he says , " and I'll be especially glad in six months — I won't have to go through those ...
... heard folks in northern Wiscon- sin , for example , refer to themselves rather proudly as hillbillies . A contingent from Jump River , in northwestern Taylor County , participates regularly in summer pa- rades decked out as classic jug ...
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Part Two Storytelling | 111 |
Part Three Music Song and Dance | 189 |
Part Four Beliefs and Customs | 305 |
Part Five Material Traditions and Folklife | 387 |
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A Selected List | 522 |
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