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E. Kent Kane general research, 1854-1974
Contains articles, book and encyclopedia excerpts, notes, and other materials gathered by Kane during his research on historical topics related to the Kane family. Includes information on the Bucktails Regiment, the McKean and Elk Land and Improvement Company, the Civil War, and the Mormons. Materials date from between 1854 and 1974.
Folklore--Adages
Contents: Snakes -- Precious stones -- Collection of miscellaneous adages -- Physical signs (hair, nose, sneeze, ear, mole, nails, feet) -- Marriage -- Insects and worms -- Fowls -- Cats -- Dogs -- White horses -- Amphibians -- Plant and tree lore -- Dreams -- Goodluck signs and charms and tail pieces -- Omen of death -- Bad luck -- Making a wish -- To ward off bad luck -- Witches -- Devil lore.
Folklore--Collection of ballads
Folklore--Cowboys and outlaws
Contents: Jesse James -- Texas Rangers -- The cowboy -- The dying cowboy -- Bury me not on the prairie -- The horse wrangler -- Sam Bass -- Comanche Bill -- I want to be a cowboy -- Breaking in a tenderfoot -- Fragment IV -- Home, home on the range -- A cowboy song -- Fragments -- Brennan on the moor.
Folklore--Criminal and jailhouse songs
Contents: Seven long years -- Young Bendell -- Betty and the baby -- Charlie's town -- Charlestown -- The Boston burglar -- The rumseller or Old Jones -- The death of James A. Garfield -- Jack Williams -- Fuller and Warren -- Charles Guiteau or James A. Garfield -- The bamboo briars -- My father was a gambler -- Young McFee -- My name is John T. Williams -- Young widow -- Harry Clark or the Glennie Bank Robbery.
Folklore--Death, sorrow and tragedy
Folklore--Going West
Contents: Betsy from Pike -- The dreary Black Hills -- The little old sod shanty on the claim -- In the summer of Sixty -- Wait for the wagon -- Gypsey Davy -- Dakota land -- Cheyenne boys -- Starving to death on a govn't claim -- Joe Bowers -- Out West -- Jennie Wiley.
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