Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; v. 59
Notes
"Folk songs and ballads": p. 348-402.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Contents : Philip Ginder, folk hero -- Breaking into Philadelphia -- Over the Blue Mountain -- Pottsville as a frontier town -- When anthracite made steel -- The world's largest canal system -- Cradle of American railroading -- The Swatara country -- Monopoly takes over -- Miners' bread -- Shanties and possession houses -- Miners' trails and trains -- Folk speech, the Dutch dialect -- Courtship and marriage customs -- Folk medicine -- Religious lore -- Spooks, spoofs, and the Devil -- Lore of breaker boys and mule drivers -- Legends and traditions -- Folk songs and ballads.
