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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 20253min
Extra: A Little Folklore about Baseball
A few folk stories about baseball!
18 Juni 20257min
Pretty Polly- A Murder Ballad
A young girl lured into the woods... We'd love to hear from you at fafolklore@gmail.com
15 Juni 20259min
