Wisconsin folklore / edited by James P. Leary.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-525) and index.

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Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: On Wisconsin Folklore; Part One. Terms and Talk; 1. The Significance of Manitowoc; 2. Names in the Welsh Settlement; 3. German Nicknames of Places in Early Dodge County; 4. Deutsche Sprichwörter: German Sayings in Milwaukee; 5. Milwaukee Talk; 6. Ten Thousand Swedes: Reflections on a Folklore Motif; 7. Characters on the Chippewa Waters; 8. The Brewing Industry; 9. Apple-Picking Terms from Wisconsin; 10. Farm Talk from Marathon County; 11. Application to Live in Northern Wisconsin (North of Highway 29); Part Two. Storytelling.

12. Turtle Getting Credit (A Tale)13. Ojibwe Stories from Northern Wisconsin; Dee Bainbridge, Ojibwe Storyteller; The Stories of Keith Wilmer; 14. Legends of Paul Bunyan, Lumberjack; 15. Ghost Stories (As Told by Old Settlers); 16. Gamroth the Strong; 17. George Russell: The Repertoire and Personality of a North Country Storyteller; 18. Finnish Folktales; 19. Woods and Waters Hunting and Fishing; The Deer and Elk Hunt; Part Three. Music, Song, and Dance; 20. Menomini Indian Dance Songs in a Changing Culture; 21. The Wanigan Song Book; 22. Kentucky Folksong in Northern Wisconsin.

23. "The Light Fantastic" in the Central West: Country Dances of Many Nationalities in Wisconsin24. Hoppwaltzes and Homebrew: Traditional Norwegian American Music from Wisconsin; 25. Polka Music in a Polka State; 26. Black Gospel Music in Milwaukee; 27. Joua Bee Xiong, Hmong Musician; Part Four. Beliefs and Customs; 28. John Mink, Ojibwe Informant; 29. Faith and Magic; Hexing; Sorcery; Faith Healing Can and Does Work; 30. The "Plaster Doctor" of Somerset; 31. "Jecz Cha Nacha!": You Are Invited to a Polish Wedding in Wisconsin; 32. The Wisconsin Oneida Wake; 33. Julebukk.

Christmas at Grandmother'sYule Buk; Christmas Customs in and around Oregon, Wisconsin; 34. The Yuba, Wisconsin, Masopust Festival; 35. Dyngus; 36. Belgians Bring Along Their Customs; 37. The Swiss Colony at New Glarus; 38. Woods Customs; Lumberjack Games; Wisconsin Pastimes; 39. Wisconsin Tavern Amusements; Part Five. Material Traditions and Folklife; 40. Wisconsin Indian Drums and Their Uses; 41. Alex Maulson, Winter Spearer; 42. Work at Rest; 43. Meet a Wooden Shoe Hewer; 44. Feast of Folklore: The St. James Church Pork Hocks and Sauerkraut Supper.

45. Shrines and Crosses in Rural Central Wisconsin46. "We Made 'Em to Fit Our Purpose": The Northern Lake Michigan Fishing Skiff Tradition; 47. Tobacco Growing in Southwestern Wisconsin: Ethnicity in a Traditional Labor Practice; 48. The Pickle Factory; Further Reading: A Selected List; Further Listening and Viewing: A Selected List; Index.

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