Folklore Archives - Appalachian History

Songcatching “Bolakins”

Composer/folklorist Derek Piotr catches up with Nicola Pritchard in NC to learn about the roots of the ancient Scottish tune ‘Bolakins.’

The apparition was a pure white body floating about a yard above the ground and “about the size and length of a weaver’s beam.

Folktale scholar Hugh H. Trotti suggests that Daniel Boone’s tall tales may be the origin of some of the Bigfoot tales in North America.

Warm weather’s here–that means they’re starting to come back. News bees appear as omens to those wise enough to read them.

Christ’s birth includes animals. That’s why horses always eat, mules don’t ever get to be parents, & cows get to chew their cud after dinner.

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