New York Folklore Quarterly: Volume IX, No. 4

"At every place in the country, especially where they had barns for horses and cattle, there was supposed to exist tomtar (plural of tomte)...They were not sprites, gnomes, trolls, elves or fays. They were small, like three or four year old boys, with old faces, kneepants, red stockings, heavy shoes, short jackets, and caps like a dunce cap, or at least pointed. They were benevolent, except where the owners or their hired help mistreated the animals, at which time they become distinctly the opposite and indulged in various deviltries. On the other hand, where the people were the right sort, they helped with the care of the live stock, especially at night. On Christmas night people set out a plate of rice pudding, mostly with cream, in one of their barns for the tomte." (from "Lore from a Swedish Grandfather" by Mrs. June Jacobi Gillin)

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NEW YORK FOLKLORE QUARTERLY
Vol. IX, Number 4, Winter, 1953

CONTENTS

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President’s Page		243
ARTICLES Der Colonie Nieu Nederland	Eckford J. deKay	245
Chanukkah, a Jewish Holiday	Ruth Rubin	255
The Christmas Season in Poland	Irene H. Molski	261
Lore from a Swedish Grandfather	June Jacobi Gillin	268
The Curtis Collection of Songs, Part II	Notes by the Editor	273
The Saga of Joe Magarac	Hyman Richman	282
GLORY HOLE The Split Dog	M. Jagendorf	294
DEPARTMENTS Festivals: Genundowa, at Canandaigua Lake	Martha A. Parker	296
Folklore in the Schools: Adult Education at Dolgeville	Mrs. Eleanor Franz	299
Neighbors: "May Paul et le Vieux Charlot," A Pennysylvania-Huguenot Tale	Henry W. Shoemaker	307
Upstate, Downstate	B. A. Botkin and W. G. Tyrrell	314
Contributors		Cover

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