Table of Contents: A Celebration of American family folklore :

From the Family Folklore Program of the Smithsonian's Folklife festival.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Festival of American Folklife., (Family Folklore Program, Family Folklore Program.)
Contributors:	Zeitlin, Steven J., Kotkin, Amy., Baker, Holly Cutting, 1949-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Pantheon Books, ©1982.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:	Families > United States > Folklore. United States > Social life and customs.
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Table of Contents:

Family folklore: the creative expression of a common past
The forms of family lore
Family stories
Heroes
Rogues
Mischief makers
Survivors
Innocents
Migrations
Lost fortunes
Courtships
Family feuds
Supernatural happenings
Other stories
Stories for children
Family expressions
Family customs
Family photography
Family albums
Other ways of preserving the past
Five American families
The wedding dance / Steven J. Zeitlin
She comes by it honestly: characterization in family folklore / Amanda Dargan
Getting the butter from the duck: proverbs and proverbial expressions in an Afro-American family / Dennis W. Folly
How many are on our side?" growing up in Greenwich Village / Anne Warner
Blessing the ties that bind: storytelling at family festivals / Margaret Yocom
How to collect your own family folklore.