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Kentucky Folklore
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9780813109022
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64
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Thicker'n fiddlers in hell. Independent as a hog on ice. If a bride makes her own clothes, it's bad luck. It'll snow in May if it thunders in February. How's a hen on a fence like a penny? What's the reddest side of an apple? Learn what folklore and folk culture are and enjoy a generous helping of sayings, rhymes, songs, tall tales, superstitions and riddles from Kentucky.
citation (CMOS):
R. Gerald Alvey. Kentucky Folklore. New Books For New Readers. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1989.
Other Resources
- Mysterious Kentucky, Vol. 2: The Dark and Bloody Ground
- Appalachian Magazine’s Mountain Superstitions, Ghost Stories & Haint Tales
- Melungeon Voices S4 E1 – Kiran Singh Sirah
- Melungeon Voices S2 E2 – Jake Richards
- Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests
- Myths of the Cherokee