Showing posts with label folklore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label folklore. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Folks Are Talking

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A former feature writer and columnist on the Bluefield, W. Va., Daily Telegraph has released a double CD of oral histories titled “Folks Are...
Saturday, October 30, 2010

The Erl-King

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This is one of my very favorite poems. I can just imagine my German ancestors living in fear of the Erl-king. What better way to celebrate A...
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Monday, August 3, 2009

Gardening Folk Customs

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Since harvesting, gardening and preserving the bounty of fruits and vegetables seems to be the topic of the day, I thought I'd post some...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Mercian Tittery Ay

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Today I thought I'd post an old folk song that I know called, "Mercian Tittery Ay". However, it seems that most people know th...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

In Search of Rose Conelly

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The ballad Rose Conolly follows the “murdered sweetheart” pattern of ballads. Folk songs of this type are commonly found in England, Irelan...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Christmastime in the Land of the Belsnickel

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Here is a story that I wrote about the Belsnickel. Please don't refer to him as Santa Claus, or else I'll have to go Belsnickel on y...
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Monday, November 10, 2008

The Ballad of Eugene Butcher

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A few years ago, I remember hearing a true central West Virginia folksong about Eugene Butcher, a brakeman for the railroad. I got to thinki...
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The Farmer's Old Wife

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Recently I've been looking at folktales, rhymes and ballads from the Old Country where my people came from hundreds of years ago. "...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

You Caint do Nuthin' 'bout the Weather

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Whenever I think of the weather, I am reminded of an old joke I heard years ago about an old hill woman and her grandson, who was doing home...
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Monday, September 15, 2008

How's the Weather?

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Folks, there’s a chill in the air today. This reminds me that it sure as heck is mid-September and fall is here and winter is just around t...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Tales of the Panther

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On the farm there were always tales of the panther. You’d hear its screams in the late evening and night, but we learned to live with it. Th...
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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Old House in the Woods

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Last weekend, while in for the 4th of July, a few of the family went berry picking in an area we called the flats. To tell you how flat it i...
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