[PDF] Final Report With An Introductory Guide To Maryland Folklore And Folklife eBook

Author : Richard M. Dorson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 10,72 MB
Release : 1986-02-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253203731

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Includes material on interpretation methods and presentation of research.

Author : Trevor J. Blank
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 49,35 MB
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1625849516

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The stories, folklore, and history surrounding Maryland's most haunted places. A must-read for fans of the supernatural and Maryland history. The demon car of Seven Hills Road, the ominous Hell House above the Patapsco River, the mythical Snallygaster of western Maryland--these are the extraordinary tales and bizarre creatures that color Maryland's folklore. The Blue Dog of Port Tobacco faithfully guards his master's gold even in death, and in Cambridge, the headless ghost of Big Liz watches over the treasure of Greenbriar Swamp. The woods of Prince George's County are home to stories of the menacing Goatman, while on stormy nights at the nearby University of Maryland, the strains of a ghostly piano float from Marie Mount Hall. From the storied heroics of the First Maryland Regiment in the Revolutionary War to the mystery of the Poe Toaster, folklorists Trevor J. Blank and David J. Puglia unravel the legends of Maryland.

Author : Gabrielle Hatfield
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 34,68 MB
Release : 2003-12-12
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1576078256

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A wide-ranging compilation on the materia medica of the ordinary people of Britain and North America, comparing practices in both places. Informative and engaging, yet authoritative and well researched, Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine reveals previously unexamined connections between folk medicine practices on either side of the Atlantic, as well as within different cultures (Celtic, Native American, etc.) in the United Kingdom and America. For students, school and public libraries, folklorists, anthropologists, or anyone interested in the history of medicine, it offers a unique way to explore the fascinating crossroads where social history, folk culture, and medical science meet. From the 17th century to the present, the encyclopedia covers remedies from animal, vegetable, and mineral sources, as well as practices combining natural materia medica with rituals. Its over 200 alphabetically organized, fully cross-referenced entries allow readers to look up information both by ailment and by healing agent. Entries present both British and North American traditions side by side for easy comparison and identify the surprising number of overlaps between folk and scientific medicine.

Author : George Gibson Carey
Publisher : Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,46 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :

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This readable survey of folklore and folklife in Maryland is a fascinating guide to the kind of traditions that exist right under people's noses -- if they take the time to look. Tall tales, legends, folk heroes, and local characters all fall within the purview of George Carey, who studied local folk culture under a charge from a Maryland government commission long before the current system of state folklorists was established.