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Wisconsin folklore
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- Creator
- edited by James P. Leary
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- Language
- English
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- Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [1998]
- ©1998
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 542 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0299160300, 0299160335, 9780299160340, 0299160343, 9780299160333, 9780299160302
- OCLC
- ocm38590469, on1038503227, ocn472453463
- Forms part of: Wisconsin Music Archives.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-525) and index.
- Introduction: On Wisconsin Folklore -- Pt. 1. Terms and Talk. 1. The Significance of Manitowoe / E. P. Wheeler. 2. Names in the Welsh Settlement / Charles T. Roberts. 3. German Nicknames of Places in Early Dodge County / C. H. Bachhuber. 4. Deutsche Sprichworter: German Sayings in Milwaukee / Louis Pierron. 5. Milwaukee Talk / The Grenadiers. 6. Ten Thousand Swedes: Reflections on a Folklore Motif / Peter Munch. 7. Characters on the Chippewa Waters / Gregg Montgomery. 8. The Brewing Industry / Charles Brown. 9. Apple-Picking Terms from Wisconsin / Frederic G. Cassidy. 10. Farm Talk from Marathon County / Roger Mitchell. 11. Application to Live in Northern Wisconsin (North of Highway 29) / Anonymous -- Pt. 2. Storytelling. 12. Turtle Getting Credit (A Tale) / Paul Radin. 13. Ojibwe Stories from Northern Wisconsin. Dee Bainbridge, Ojibwe Storyteller / James P. Leary. The Stories of Keith Wilmer / Alissa Matlack. 14. Legends of Paul Bunyan, Lumberjack / K. Bernice Stewart and Homer A. Watt. 15. Ghost Stories (As Told by Old Settlers) / Thor Helgeson. 16. Gamroth the Strong / Harriet Pawlowska. 17. George Russell: The Repertoire and Personality of a North Country Storyteller / James P. Leary. 18. Finnish Folktales / Walter Jackola. 19. Woods and Waters. Hunting and Fishing / E. E. LeMasters. The Deer and Elk Hunt / Anonymous -- Pt. 3. Music, Song, and Dance. 20. Menomini Indian Dance Songs in a Changing Culture / Gertrude P. Kurath. 21. The Wanigan Song Book / Isabel J. Ebert. 22. Kentucky Folksong in Northern Wisconsin / Asher E. Treat. 23. "The Light Fantastic" in the Central West: Country Dances of Many Nationalities in Wisconsin / Wardon Alan Curtis. 24. Hoppwaltzes and Homebrew: Traditional Norwegian American Music from Wisconsin / Philip Martin. 25. Polka Music in a Polka State / James P. Leary. 26. Black Gospel Music in Milwaukee / Peter Roller. 27. Joua Bee Xiong, Hmong Musician / James P. Leary -- Pt. 4. Beliefs and Customs. 28. John Mink, Ojibwe Informant / Joseph B. Casagrande. 29. Faith and Magic. Hexing / Leone F. Griesemer. Sorcery / Alice Ottow. Faith Healing Can and Does Work / Bill Brandt. 30. The "Plaster Doctor" of Somerset / James Taylor Dunn. 31. "Jecz Cha Nacha!": You Are Invited to a Polish Wedding in Wisconsin / Rena J. Grubb. 32. The Wisconsin Oneida Wake / Robert Ritzenthaler. 33. Julebukk. Christmas at Grandmother's / Ken Silver. Yule Buk / Howard Halvorson. Christmas Customs in and around Oregon, Wisconsin / Byron D. Wechter. 34. The Yuba, Wisconsin, Masopust Festival / Thomas E. Barden. 35. Dyngus / Anne Pellowski. 36. Belgians Bring Along Their Customs / Math S. Tlachac. 37. The Swiss Colony at New Glarus / John Luchsinger. 38. Woods Customs. Lumberjack Games / John Emmett Nelligan. Lumberjack Games / Gregg Montgomery. Wisconsin Pastimes / Mary Agnes Starr. 39. Wisconsin Tavern Amusements / James P. Leary -- Pt. 5. Material Traditions and Folklife. 40. Wisconsin Indian Drums and Their Uses / Jordyce A. Kuhm. 41. Alex Maulson, Winter Spearer / James P. Leary. 42. Work at Rest / Janet C. Gilmore. 43. Meet a Wooden Shoe Hewer / Gladys Fossum. 44. Feast of Folklore: The St. James Church Pork Hocks and Sauerkraut Supper / Terese Allen. 45. Shrines and Crosses in Rural Central Wisconsin / Dennis L. Kolinski. 46. "We Made 'Em to Fit Our Purpose": The Northern Lake Michigan Fishing Skiff Tradition / Janet C. Gilmore. 47. Tobacco Growing in Southwestern Wisconsin: Ethnicity in a Traditional Labor Practice / Thomas E. Barden. 48. The Pickle Factory / Michael Clark