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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. XI, No. 2, Summer, 1955
CONTENTS

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President’s Page 82 Editor’s Page 83

ARTICLES
   

Three Poems on N.Y. State Folklore

Wheaton P. Webb
85

They Remember the Erie Canal

Mrs. Elizabeth M. Higbee
91

Whistles, Throttles, and Trestles: Lore of the D.L. & W. R. R.

Jean Ann Bradley
97

The Figurehead of Hercules at Stony Brook, L. I.

Charles A. Huguenin
106

"The Murdered Pedlar" and The Saugerties Bard

James Taylor Dunn
116

Two Traditional Games from Western New York

Mrs. Julia Hull Winner
122

GLORY HOLE
   

Polopel Island: Hudson River Place-Name

Dorothy Giles
125

Cranberry Again

Mrs. Barbara Hofheins Lavin
128

Another North Country Tale from Judge Brewster

Ira M. Younker
132

Lumberman’s Ballad, "Shannel’s Mill"

Robert A. Kaiser
133

 
   

Pioneers:
1. A Connecticut Moon in Otsego County


Mrs. Florence F. Bookhout
135

2. Building a Church at Greene, Chenango County

Patricia Brown
136

DEPARTMENTS
   

Neighbors (Massachusetts): Epitaphs from Taunton

Mrs. Marcia Wells Seely
137

The Counties (Monroe): Lore of Pittsford

Mrs. Nancy Allen Logan
146

Song: Song of the American Revolution "God Save America"

From the State Library
150

Indexes: County Lore in N.Y.F.Q.

The Editor
152

Upstate, Downstate

B. A. Botkin and W. G. Tyrrell
154

Contributors
 
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