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NEW YORK FOLKLORE
Vol. XV, Nos. 1-2, 1989

CONTENTS

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Editor’s Farewell iii

Editorial Essay:
Satanism: Where Are The Folklorists?		 1

Articles
A Rumor-Panic about a Dangerous Satanic Cult in Western New York		 Jeffrey S. Victor 23

The Mother-Daughter Dialogue in the Yiddish Folk Song: Wandering Motifs in Time and Space		 Robert A. Rothstein 51

Folklore Notes
Axel Gustafson (1867-1945): Folk Sculptor of Franklinville, New York		 Suzanne and James Hofmeister 67

Eastern European Motifs in the Work of Three Women Folk Artists
Mary B. Kelly		 83

The Ghost of Old Fort Niagara		 Brian Leigh Dunnigan 99

Alvin Bronson’s Rocking Chair		 Alice K. Askins 105

Fragments of 19th Century Folk Belief in New York Court Reports		 Robert A. Emery 111

The American Who Fought on the Other Side
Christopher J. Feola
119

Review Essay
Women, Folklore, Feminism, and Culture		 Joyce Ice 121

Reviews
Bronner, American Folklore Studies: An Intellectual History (Nicolaisen), 139; Zumwalt, American Folklore Scholarship: A Dialogue of Dissent (Nicolaisen), 142; Currey, Edward Lansdale: The Unquiet American (Fish), 145; Johnson, ed., Cadences: The Jody Call Book, Nos. 1 and 2 (Burke), 147; Wachs, Crime Victim Stories: New York City’s Urban Folklore (Grider), 149; Krause, ed., The Ties that Bind: Folk Art in Contemporary American Culture (Kerman), 150; Koperski, The Iconography of Rebirth: Aspects of the Polish-American Easter Celebration, and Ritual Renewal: Polish-American Easter Traditions (Fish), 152; Hillerman, A Thief of Time (Engelbrecht), 153.

Correspondence and Commentary, 155; Contributors to This Issue, 163; Advertisers, 165


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