Document Type
Term Paper
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Date
1949
Keywords
folk beliefs, jests, Henry Goldbach, Lancaster County, York, Henry Fenstermacher, superstitions, witchcraft, "Mammy" Henderson, folk tales
Description
A handwritten, untitled term paper completed at Franklin and Marshall College by Darrell M. Nixdorf, dating from circa 1949. Within, Nixdorf details a number of subjects relayed to him by locals from Lancaster County ranging from humorous jests to local folk beliefs and stories of witchcraft, "Negro" folktales, and Chinese folktales.
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Packet 590-1
Language
English
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Recommended Citation
Nixdorf, Darrell M., "Term Report on Folklore" (1949). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 3.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/3
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