Daniel Boone Part Two
The conclusion of Daniel Boone, the man everyu frontiersman wanted to be. Contact us at: FAFolklore@gmail.com
13 Heinä 202510min
Extra: The Pompitus of Love
In the era before the Internet, people used to discuss, debate, and pass around song lyrics. Today, four instances of songs that turned into folklore: La Cucaracha, Yankee Doodle, and two others you'...
9 Heinä 202512min
Daniel Boone and the Settling of Kentucky
Daniel Boone, the man who would be the template for the American Frontiersman, travels through the Cumberland Gap to settle the land of Kentucky. Survival and determination help the little settlement...
6 Heinä 202513min
Extra: What you didn't know about Benjamin Franklin
For the Fourth of July a few facts about an amazing figure in Americana- Ben Franklin. Happy Fourth!
4 Heinä 202510min
Betsy Ross and Washington's Teeth: American Folklore
Some very American folklore as we near the Fourth: Betsy Ross being visited by Washington and asked to design a flag for the new nation, and the very strange story of General Washington and his false ...
29 Kesä 202514min
Pecos Bill: The Cowboy that cowboys talked about
We can't have American Folklore with cowboys- and we can't have cowboys without Pecos Bill!
22 Kesä 202514min
Extra: Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer - 1888
This is a great reading of the poem from Librivox- too good not to share.
18 Kesä 20253min
Extra: A Little Folklore about Baseball
A few folk stories about baseball!
18 Kesä 20257min
