Wisconsin Folklore

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CONTENTS Illustrations Preface Introduction: On Wisconsin Folklore Xl XV 3 Part One. Terms and Talk 1. The Significance of Manitowoc 33 E. P. Wheeler 2. Names in the Welsh Settlement 36 Charles T. Roberts 3. German Nicknames of Places in Early Dodge County 40 C. H. Bachhuber 4. Deutsche Sprichworter: German Sayings in Milwaukee 42 Louis Pierron 5. Milwaukee Talk 49 The Grenadiers 6. Ten Thousand Swedes: Reflections on a Folklore Motif 62 Peter Munch 7. Characters on the Chippewa Waters 72 Gregg Montgomery 8. The Brewing Industry 80 Charles Brown 9. Apple-Picking Terms from Wisconsin 85 Frederic G. Cassidy 10. Farm Talk from Marathon County 89 Roger Mitchell 11. Application to Live in Northern Wisconsin (North of Highway 29) 106 Anonymous VB Contents Part Two. Storytelling 12. Turtle Getting Credit (A Tale) 113 Paul Radin 13. Ojibwe Stories from Northern Wisconsin Dee Bainbridge, Ojibwe Storyteller 122 James P. Leary The Stories of Keith Wilmer 134 Alissa Matlack 14. Legends of Paul Bunyan, Lumberjack 139 K. Bernice Stewart and Homer A. Watt 15. Ghost Stories (As Told by Old Settlers) 149 Thor Helgeson 16. Gamroth the Strong 159 Harriet Pawlowska 17. George Russell: The Repertoire and Personality of a North Country Storyteller 163 James P. Leary 18. Finnish Folktales 176 Walter Jackola 19. Woods and Waters Hunting and Fishing 183 E. E. LeMasters The Deer and Elk Hunt 187 Anonymous Part Three. Music, Song, and Dance 20. Menomini Indian Dance Songs in a Changing Culture 191 Gertrude P. Kurath 21. The Wanigan Song Book 200 Isabel J. Ebert 22. Kentucky Folksong in Northern Wisconsin 219 Asher E. Treat 23. "The Light Fantastic" in the Central West: Country Dances of Many Nationalities in Wisconsin 251 Wardon Alan Curtis 24. Hoppwaltzes and Homebrew: Traditional Norwegian American Music from Wisconsin 259 Philip Martin VIII Contents 25. Polka Music in a Polka State 268 James P. Leary 26. Black Gospel Music in Milwaukee 284 Peter Roller 27. Joua Bee Xiong, Hmong Musician 292 James P. Leary Part Four. Beliefs and Customs 28. John Mink, Ojibwe Informant 307 Joseph B. Casagrande 29. Faith and Magic 323 Hexing 324 Leone F. Griesemer Sorcery 327 Alice Ottow Faith Healing Can and Does Work 328 Bill Brandt 30. The "Plaster Doctor" of Somerset 331 James Taylor Dunn 31. "Jecz Cha Nacha!": You Are Invited to a Polish Wedding in Wisconsin 339 Rena J. Grubb 32. The Wisconsin Oneida Wake 343 Robert Ritzenthaler 33. Julebukk 346 Christmas at Grandmother's 347 Ken Silver Yule Buk 349 Howard Halvorson Christmas Customs in and around Oregon, Wisconsin 350 Byron D. Wechter 34. The Yuba, Wisconsin, Masopust Festival 352 Thomas E. Barden 35. Dyngus 356 Anne Pellowski 36. Belgians Bring Along Their Customs 362 Math S. Tlachac 37. The Swiss Colony at New Glarus 367 John Luchsinger IX Contents 38. Woods Customs Lumberjack Games John Emmett Nelligan Lumberjack Games Gregg Montgomery Wisconsin Pastimes Mary Agnes Starr 39. Wisconsin Tavern Amusements James P. Leary Part Five. Material Traditions and Folklife 371 372 373 375 377 40. Wisconsin Indian Drums and Their Uses 389 Jordyce A. Kuhm 41. Alex Maulson, Winter Spearer 396 James P. Leary 42. Work at Rest 407 Janet C. Gilmore 43. Meet a Wooden Shoe Hewer 432 Gladys Fossum 44. Feast of Folklore: The St. James Church Pork Hocks and Sauerkraut Supper 435 Terese Allen 45. Shrines and Crosses in Rural Central Wisconsin 445 Dennis L. Kolinski 46. "We Made 'Em to Fit Our Purpose": The Northern Lake Michigan Fishing Skiff Tradition 457 Janet C. Gilmore 47. Tobacco Growing in Southwestern Wisconsin: Ethnicity in a Traditional Labor Practice 476 Thomas E. Barden 48. The Pickle Factory 486 Michael Clark Further Reading: A Selected List Further Listening and Viewing: A Selected List Index x 497 522 526 ...