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Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore by Abernethy, Francis Edward

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The Works of Peter Schott, 1460-1490, Vol. I : Introduction and Text / by Schott, Peter, 1458-1490

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Soviet heroic poetry in context folklore or fakelore / by Ziolkowski, Margaret, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Tampering with the folkloric evidence: famous and infamous European precedents -- Oral composition: early Russian observations and assumptions -- Engaging with the folk in pre-revolutionary Russia -- The making of the noviny -- The poetics and politics of the noviny -- Devaluing the noviny -- Late and post-Soviet folkloristic assessment of the noviny -- Conclusion.…”
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Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore by Abernethy, Francis Edward

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Juneteenth Texas /

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Happy Hunting Ground /

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The Works of Peter Schott, 1460-1490, Vol. I : Introduction and Text / by Schott, Peter, 1458-1490

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Marrow of Human Experience, The : Essays on Folklore by William A. Wilson / by Wilson, William Albert, 1861-1951

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The importance of folklore -- The deeper necessity : folklore and the humanities -- Building bridges : folklore in the academy -- Arts and cultural policy -- "Something there is that doesn't love a wall" -- The folk speak : everyday life in pioneer oral narratives -- Documenting folklore -- Folklore and national identity -- Herder, folklore, and romantic nationalism -- Sibelius, the Kalevala, and Karelianism -- Folklore, nationalism, and the challenge of the future -- Finns in a new world : a folkloristic perspective -- Folklore, religion, and who we are -- The concept of the west and other hindrances to the study of Mormon folklore -- The study of Mormon folklore : an uncertain mirror for truth -- On being human : the folklore of Mormon missionaries -- The seriousness of Mormon humor -- Freeways, parking lots, and ice cream stands : three nephites in contemporary Mormon culture -- "Teach me all that I must do" : the practice of Mormon religion -- Personal narratives : the family novel -- A daughter's biography of William A. …”
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Meaning of Folklore : The Analytical Essays of Alan Dundes / by Dundes, Alan

Table of Contents: “…Folklore as a mirror of culture -- The study of folklore in literature and culture: identification and interpretation -- Metafolkore and oral literary criticism -- From etic to emic units in the structural study of folktales ; postscript, the motif index and the tale-type index: a critique -- How Indic parallels to the ballad of the "walled-up wife" reveal the pitfalls of parochial nationalistic folkloristics -- Structuralism and folklore ; postscript, binary opposition in myth: the Propp/Levi Strauss debate in retrospect -- On game morphology: a study of the structure of non-verbal folklore -- The devolutionary premise in folklore theory -- Folk ideas as units of worldview ; postscript, worldview in folk narrative -- As the crow flies: a straightforward study of lineal worldview in American folk speech -- Much ado about "sweet bugger all": getting to the bottom of a puzzle in British folk speech -- Grouping lore--scientists and musicians: science in folklore--folklore in science? …”
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Children's Folklore : A Source Book /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: What is children's folklore? -- Who are the folklorists of childhood? - Overview: History of children's folklore -- The complexity of children's folklore -- The transmmission of children's folklore -- Overview: Methods in children's folklore -- Double dutch and double cameras: studying the transmission of culture in an urban school yard -- Children's games and gaming -- Methodological problems of collecting folklore from children -- Overview: Children's folklore concerns -- Songs, poems, and rhymes -- Riddles -- Tales and legends -- Teases and pranks -- Overview: Settings and activities -- Children's lore in school and playgrounds -- Material folk culture of children -- Children's folklore in residential institutions: Summer camps, boarding schools, hospitals, and custodial facilities -- The past in the present: Theoretical directions for children's folklore -- Bibliography of children's folklore.…”
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