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The New York Folklore Quarterly was published 1946-1974. Back issues are still available.

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NEW YORK FOLKLORE QUARTERLY
Vol. III, No. 2, Summer, 1947
CONTENTS

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Editor’s Page 90 President’s Page 91

ARTICLES		    

Our Forefathers Tackle an Epidemy—The Cholera of 1832
Samuel Hopkins Adams		 93

The Jersey Devil and Other Legends of the Jersey Shore
Henry Charlton Beck		 102

Cave Lore of the Taconics
Clay Perry		 107

Ghosts of the Schenectady Area
Duane Featherstonhaugh		 115

Peter Parrott and His Songs		 Edith Cutting 124

A Snake Tale from Northern New York		 John Witthoft 134

GLORY HOLE		    

Matthias the Imposter		 Robert B. Pattison 138

Celebration of July 4, 1811		 Ethelyn Weller 141

A Ballad of Salmon River
Frank Bowman		 145

The Strange Disappearance of George Pierce
Howard C. Timmerman		 148

Blues in Manhattan
Edgar B. O’Hara		 150

John Duncan’s Bear
George W. Walter		 153

DEPARTMENTS		    

Folklore in the Schools: Selected Bibliography for High School Students		 Eugenia L. Millard 155

Correspondence		   164

Farm Lore: Herb Remedies		 Catherine Relihan 166

City Billet
Elaine Lambert Lewis 		170

Contributors		   180


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