Buying the wind : regional folklore in the United States

Dorson, Richard M. (Richard Mercer) 1916-1981 (Author).

Summary: Selection of tales, songs, riddles, proverbs and other items of folklore from seven regional cultures of the U.S.A.

Record details

ISBN: 7230008999
ISBN: 9787230008990
ISBN: 0226158616
ISBN: 9780226158617
ISBN: 0226158624
ISBN: 9780226158624
Physical Description: print
xvii, 573 pages music 22 cm
Publisher: Chicago, University of Chicago Press [1964]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 536-544).

Formatted Contents Note:

I. Maine down-easters; 1. Sea traditions: Bad luck at sea -- Buying the wind -- The haunted ship "resolution" -- The sailor who went inland -- 2. Hero legends of Barney Beal: Barney kills a horse with his fist -- Barney Beal kills prize fighter -- Barney Beal lifts rock out of Dory -- Feats of Barney -- How Barney Beal got the bump on his nose -- The cause of Barney's death -- 3. Witches and spirits: Mother Hicks the witch -- Calling up the spirits -- Curses of Emma Alley -- Treasure guardians -- Forerunners -- 4. Anecdotes of local characters: Anecdotes of Captain Horace Smith -- Anecdotes of Art Church -- Personal anecdotes of Curt Morse -- 5. Jocular tales: Stories about couples -- Stories about a man -- Stories about a woman -- Stories about Irishmen -- 6. Local ballads: The serenade -- The injun devil -- Eben Stanwood the peddler -- The cahmapion of Moose Hill -- The jam on Gurry's rock.