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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. VIII, No. 1, Spring, 1952
CONTENTS

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Editor’s Page 2 President’s Page 3

ARTICLES		    

The Devil in York State
Louis C. Jones		 5

Irish Lore Collected in Schenectady
W. Stuart Rogers		 20

Pinkster Ode, Albany, 1803
Copied by Geraldine R. Pleat and Agnes N. Underwood		 31

Children’s Charms and Oracles, Part II
Eugenia L. Millard		 46

GLORY HOLE		    

How the Monkey Lost His Tail, A Chinese Story
Hsin-min Wu		 58

The Diabolical Hat, A Polish Tale from Amsterdam, N.Y.
Mrs. Marion Moore Coleman		 60

DEPARTMENTS		    

The Counties: Lore from Schenectady County
Neil B. Reynolds		 65

Upstate, Downstate
B. A. Botkin and
W. G. Tyrrell		 73

Book Review: Botkin’s A Treasury of Western Folklore
Levette J. Davidson		 80

Contributors		  
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