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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. XII, No. 2, Summer, 1956
CONTENTS

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President’s Page		   82

Folklore in the Schools
Jeanne M. Schwarz		 83

Some Aspects of Comparative Jewish Folksong		 Ruth Rubin 87

Old Beales and Coffee Beans
Marvin A. Rapp		 95

Boonville Celebrates the Fourth
Martha B. Snow		 106

The Legend of Martense’s Lane in Brooklyn
Charles A. Huguenin		 112

A Story of the Ashokan
Harold Harris		 119

The Wizard of the Ontioras
Olive Adams		 122

Long Island Family Names
Jesse Merritt		 125

Michigan Days of Sojourner Truth
Berenice Lowe		 127

Lore from Colton
Jennie Scott Dell		 136

Martin Shank Am A Hoss
Florence F. Bookhout		 140

Woolgathering
Leila M. Wells		 141

Three Eyes on the Past
Louis C. Jones		 143

Upstate, Downstate
B. A. Botkin and
W. G. Tyrrell		 151

Editor’s Bookshelf		   157

Contributors		  
159


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