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1 online resource (561 pages) |
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Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: On Wisconsin Folklore -- Part One. Terms and Talk -- 1. The Significance of Manitowoc -- 2. Names in the Welsh Settlement -- 3. German Nicknames of Places in Early Dodge County -- 4. Deutsche Sprichwörter: German Sayings in Milwaukee -- 5. Milwaukee Talk -- 6. Ten Thousand Swedes: Reflections on a Folklore Motif -- 7. Characters on the Chippewa Waters -- 8. The Brewing Industry -- 9. Apple-Picking Terms from Wisconsin -- 10. Farm Talk from Marathon County -- 11. Application to Live in Northern Wisconsin (North of Highway 29) |
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Part Two. Storytelling -- 12. Turtle Getting Credit (A Tale) -- 13. Ojibwe Stories from Northern Wisconsin -- Dee Bainbridge, Ojibwe Storyteller -- The Stories of Keith Wilmer -- 14. Legends of Paul Bunyan, Lumberjack -- 15. Ghost Stories (As Told by Old Settlers) -- 16. Gamroth the Strong -- 17. George Russell: The Repertoire and Personality of a North Country Storyteller -- 18. Finnish Folktales -- 19. Woods and Waters Hunting and Fishing -- The Deer and Elk Hunt -- Part Three. Music, Song, and Dance -- 20. Menomini Indian Dance Songs in a Changing Culture -- 21. The Wanigan Song Book |
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22. Kentucky Folksong in Northern Wisconsin -- 23. "The Light Fantastic" in the Central West: Country Dances of Many Nationalities in Wisconsin -- 24. Hoppwaltzes and Homebrew: Traditional Norwegian American Music from Wisconsin -- 25. Polka Music in a Polka State -- 26. Black Gospel Music in Milwaukee -- 27. Joua Bee Xiong, Hmong Musician -- Part Four. Beliefs and Customs -- 28. John Mink, Ojibwe Informant -- 29. Faith and Magic -- Hexing -- Sorcery -- Faith Healing Can and Does Work -- 30. The "Plaster Doctor" of Somerset |
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31. "Jecz Cha Nacha!": You Are Invited to a Polish Wedding in Wisconsin -- 32. The Wisconsin Oneida Wake -- 33. Julebukk -- Christmas at Grandmother's -- Yule Buk -- Christmas Customs in and around Oregon, Wisconsin -- 34. The Yuba, Wisconsin, Masopust Festival -- 35. Dyngus -- 36. Belgians Bring Along Their Customs -- 37. The Swiss Colony at New Glarus -- 38. Woods Customs -- Lumberjack Games -- Wisconsin Pastimes -- 39. Wisconsin Tavern Amusements -- Part Five. Material Traditions and Folklife -- 40. Wisconsin Indian Drums and Their Uses -- 41. Alex Maulson, Winter Spearer -- 42. Work at Rest |
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43. Meet a Wooden Shoe Hewer -- 44. Feast of Folklore: The St. James Church Pork Hocks and Sauerkraut Supper -- 45. Shrines and Crosses in Rural Central Wisconsin -- 46. "We Made 'Em to Fit Our Purpose": The Northern Lake Michigan Fishing Skiff Tradition -- 47. Tobacco Growing in Southwestern Wisconsin: Ethnicity in a Traditional Labor Practice -- 48. The Pickle Factory -- Further Reading: A Selected List -- Further Listening and Viewing: A Selected List -- Index |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780299160333 |
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0299160335 |
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