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NEW YORK FOLKLORE
Vol. XII, Nos. 3-4, 1986

CONTENTS

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Articles

Lore for the Folk: Benjamin A. Botkin and the Development of Folklore Scholarship in America		 Ronna Lee Widner 1

Ben Botkin		 Bruce Jackson 23

"Your Hair Is Your Glory": Public and Private Symbology of Long Hair for Pentecostal Women		 Elaine J. Lawless 33

Growing Up Catholic and American: The Oral Tradition of Catholic School Students		 Louise Krasniewicz 51

Storytelling and Conservation: Stuctural Relationships
Philip Nusbaum		 69

The Ethnic Joke as Mirror of Culture		 William M. Clements 87

Red Jacket’s Reply: A Problem in the Verification of a Native American Speech Text		 Harry Robie 99


Folklore Notes

Protestant Home Shrines: Icon and Image
Yvonne J. Milspaw		 119

Imagining Evil in Polish-American Culture		 Katherine J. Koperski 137

Folk Remedies for the Common Cold
Leonard R. N. Ashley		 143

Home Remedies
Martha Muzzy		 147

Shooting in the New Year: An Early American Instance
Martin W. Walsh		 119


Reviews
Books: Jackson, ed., Teaching Folklore (Vlach) 157; Cazden, Haufrecht, Studer, eds., Folk Songs of the Catskills, and Notes and Sources for Folk Songs of the Catskills (Groce) 159; Schwoefermann, Threaded Memories: A Family Quilt Collection,and Folk Artists of the Southern Tier (Groce) 162; Schaeffer, Partridge, Adrosko, Made in New York State: Handwoven Coverlets, 1820-1860 (Reinstein) 164; Todd, The "Sittin’ Stone:" Memories of a Chautauqua County Boyhood (Reinstein) 165; Hubka, Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England (Vlach) 166; Cohen, The Folklore and Folklife of New Jersey (Samuelson) 168; Warner, Traditional American Folk Songs from the Anne and Frank Warner Collection (Jones) 170; Brown and Mussell, Ethnic and Regional Foodways in the United States: The Performance of Group Identity (Wachs) 172; Fowke and Carpenter, eds., Explorations in Canadian Folklore (Posen) 175. Recordings: Ward, "Oh, That Low Bridge:" Songs of the Erie Canal (Null) 178.

Contributors to this Issue, 181; Editor’s Year-End Report, 183; Information for Contributors and Guide to Style, 187.
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