Indiana folklore : a reader
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Indiana folklore : a reader
(Midland books, MB 239)
Indiana University Press, c1980
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Bibliography: p. 287-308
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Discusses old crafts and folk skills, from covered bridge building to quiltmaking, as well as the legends and lore of Indiana.
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
I. OLD CRAFTS AND SKILLS
1. Dry Stone Walling: Patricia Mastick
2. Joseph J. Daniels and Joseph A. Britton: Parke County's Covered Bridge Builders: John M. Vlach
3. A Quiltmaker and Her Art: Sandra K.D. Stahl
II. PLACE NAMES AND ORAL HISTORY
4. Traditions of the Devil's Hollows by John A. Gutowski
5. Hangman's Crossing: Jeffrey Schrink and Frances Schrink
III. FOLK BELIEF, MEDICINE, AND MAGIC
6. The Miracle of String Measurement: Barbara Ann Townsend and Donald Allport Bird
7. Root Doctors and Psychics in the Region: Elon A . Kulii
8. A Porter County Seer by Sheryl Pisarski
IV. HORROR STORIES
9. The Hatchet Man: Sylva Grider
10. The House of Blue Lights in Indianapolis: Linda Degh
V. GHOSTS IN THE HOUSE AND ON THE ROAD
11. Mary Whales, I Believe in You: Janet Langlois
12. The Big Tunnel: Gary Hall
13. The Chain on the Tombstone: William M. Clements
14. The Ghost of the Doctor and a Vacant Fraternity House: James Gary Lecocq
15. The Walking Coffin: William H. Clements
Bibliography of Indiana Folklore by Nikolai Burlakoff and Carl Lindahl
Index
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