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"Much solemn deliberation goes into the choice of the name for a new nation or what to call a province or state; but toward the lower end of the settlement hierarchy, whimsy and candor are given a free rein, so that we have such gems as: Blue-Eyed Nellie Township, Montana; Snake Bite Township, North Carolina; or Dead Ox Flat Township, Oregon."—Wilbur Zelinsky ("By Their Names You Shall Know Them: A Toponymic Approach to the American Land and Ethos")
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NEW YORK FOLKLORE
Vol. 8, Nos. 1-2, Summer 1982
CONTENTS

PUBLICATIONS | VOICES | BACK  ISSUES | FOLKLORE  IN ARCHIVES | FOLK  ARTISTS  SELF-MGT | ORDER PUBLICATIONS | SEARCH

The Hidden Past of Material Culture Studies in American Folkloristics Simon J. Bronner 1

Jennie’s Quilts: The Interface of Folk and Popular Tradition in the Work of a New York Quiltmaker		 Yvonne J. Milspaw 11

A Folkloric Approach to Nineteenth-Century County Historians		 Karen D. Lux 25

In the Suicide Mountains: An Invitation to Performance		 Cristina Bacchilega 35

The Text Is Not a Thing: The Not-So-Grand Dichotomy Reconsidered		 Judith Levin 49

Iroquois Irwin: New York Dancing Master		 Robert M. Rennick 59

The Meandering Banks of the Dee		 Arthur F. Schrader 65

By Their Names You Shall Know Them: A Toponymic Approach to the American Land and Ethos		 Wilbur Zelinsky 85

CONTRIBUTORS		   97


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