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"Tales are often told of the severity of the winters in rural New York. The Waverly area is no exception. Our neighborhood has its share of such stories. Folks visiting from the outlands wonder sometimes why so many homes hereabouts have skylights in the roof. Old Jake Westbrook, an early settler along the Chemung Valley, used to nod his head sagely, part his fine crop of whiskers, and remark casually, 'That's our winter door, son; they let down our milk and groceries through that till the snow melts." (from "Funnel Country: Tales of Penn-York Valley" by Edmund Burke)
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Cover of Vol. 24 New York Folklore

Cover of New York Folklore Quarterly

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

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NEW YORK FOLKLORE QUARTERLY
Vol. IV, No. 4, Winter, 1948
CONTENTS

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



Editor’s Page 246 President’s Page 247

ARTICLES		    

I Saw It
Emelyn E. Gardner		 249

Funnel Country
Edmund Burke		 256

Jesse Cornplanter's Tall Tales
Horace P. Beck		 268

Putnam County
Robert V. Williams		 278

GLORY HOLE		    

Oyster Pond Point Disaster
Jesse Merritt		 296

Oh Take Your Taxes Home, King George
Frances Dowling		 298

DEPARTMENTS		    

Epitaphs
Harold W. Thompson		 299

Folklore in the Schools
Harold W. Thompson		 301

City Billet
Elaine Lambert Lewis		 310

Contributors		   319


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