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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. CONTENTS V
  3. INTRODUCTORY 3
  4. THE WEATHER 9
  5. TEA GROUNDS 19
  6. CHARMS 25
  7. FORTUNE TELLING 30
  8. ODDS 36
  9. FRIENDS 44
  10. WISHES 46
  11. MEDICINAL 48
  12. THE FARM 55
  13. LUCK 57
  14. SNAKES 62
  15. FOLKS 68
  16. MONEY 70
  17. DEATH 73
  18. WARTS 77
  19. LOVE AND SENTIMENT 82
  20. COMPANY 89
  21. RELIGIOUS 92
  22. THE MOON 96
  23. INSECTS AND OTHER CRITTERS 100
  24. COUNTING OUT RHYMES 107
  25. TRICKS AND CATCHES 113
  26. RHYMES AND JINGLES 118
  27. NURSERY TALES 135
  28. SPELLING 145
  29. PROBLEMS 149
  30. OLD SONGS 152
  31. OLD STORIES 161
  32. SOME NEW ENGLAND SUPERSTITIONS 183
  33. NURSERY TALES 191
  34. FLYLEAF SCRIBBLINGS 196
  35. SHORT TITLES 208
  36. SIGNS AND SAYINGS 209
  37. MEDICINAL 214
  38. WITCHES AND GHOSTS 219
  39. BIG WINDS 225
  40. TALL TALES 228
  41. SNAKES 233
  42. GAMES 235
  43. CATCHES 238
  44. A TAR BURNER'S BRER RABBIT STORIES 240
  45. NEGRO FOLKTALES FROM MISSISSIPPI 246
  46. OLD STORIES 253
  47. LEGENDS 259
  48. ODDS AND ENDS 266
  49. EARLY DAYS AND WAYS IN AMERICA 272
  50. BOOKS WRITTEN, EDITED, OR ILLUSTRATED BY CLIFTON JOHNSON 283
What They Say in New England and Other American Folklore
This chapter is in the book What They Say in New England and Other American Folklore
https://doi.org/10.7312/john94600-033

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. CONTENTS V
  3. INTRODUCTORY 3
  4. THE WEATHER 9
  5. TEA GROUNDS 19
  6. CHARMS 25
  7. FORTUNE TELLING 30
  8. ODDS 36
  9. FRIENDS 44
  10. WISHES 46
  11. MEDICINAL 48
  12. THE FARM 55
  13. LUCK 57
  14. SNAKES 62
  15. FOLKS 68
  16. MONEY 70
  17. DEATH 73
  18. WARTS 77
  19. LOVE AND SENTIMENT 82
  20. COMPANY 89
  21. RELIGIOUS 92
  22. THE MOON 96
  23. INSECTS AND OTHER CRITTERS 100
  24. COUNTING OUT RHYMES 107
  25. TRICKS AND CATCHES 113
  26. RHYMES AND JINGLES 118
  27. NURSERY TALES 135
  28. SPELLING 145
  29. PROBLEMS 149
  30. OLD SONGS 152
  31. OLD STORIES 161
  32. SOME NEW ENGLAND SUPERSTITIONS 183
  33. NURSERY TALES 191
  34. FLYLEAF SCRIBBLINGS 196
  35. SHORT TITLES 208
  36. SIGNS AND SAYINGS 209
  37. MEDICINAL 214
  38. WITCHES AND GHOSTS 219
  39. BIG WINDS 225
  40. TALL TALES 228
  41. SNAKES 233
  42. GAMES 235
  43. CATCHES 238
  44. A TAR BURNER'S BRER RABBIT STORIES 240
  45. NEGRO FOLKTALES FROM MISSISSIPPI 246
  46. OLD STORIES 253
  47. LEGENDS 259
  48. ODDS AND ENDS 266
  49. EARLY DAYS AND WAYS IN AMERICA 272
  50. BOOKS WRITTEN, EDITED, OR ILLUSTRATED BY CLIFTON JOHNSON 283
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