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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. 4, Winter, 1956
CONTENTS

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President’s Page		   240

Joice Heth Hoax
Charles A. Huguenin		 241

Yiddish Riddles and Problems
Ruth Rubin		 257

A Poetic Version of the "Lonesome Drum" Legend
Thomas F. O'Donnell		 260

Is Jazz a Folk Art?
William Bruce Cameron		 263

A. P. Sherril and his Country Emporium
Robert M. French		 271

The Stranger at the Shirley Meeting
Julia Hull Winner		 279

Legend of the Stone Giants
Marvin A. Rapp		 280

Look for a Post!
Nancy A. Logan		 283

Dream in Dutchland
Earl F. Robacker		 287

Dumb Like a Fox
Olive Adams		 290

The Counties of the Empire State
Anne Warner		 292

Folk Life Across the Frontier
Norman H. High		 293

Apple Evaporating in Wayne County
M. Samuel Adams		 301

Upstate, Downstate
B. A. Botkin and
W. G. Tyrrell		 308

Editor’s Bookshelf		   311

Contributors		  
314


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