A Motif-Index of Traditional Polynesian Narratives

This reference work analyzes and classifies the story themes of Polynesian myths, tales, and legends according to an internationally employed system developed by Stith Thompson in his Motif Index of Folk-Literature ( 1955-1958). Thousands of tales, including those from almost all of the major original collections from the Polynesian area, have been examined and their thematic contents cataloged in this work

Northeast Folklore volume 1 numbers 1-4

The first ever issue of Northeast Folklore was published in the spring of 1958 under the editorship of Edward D. Ives (known as Sandy) and Bacil F. Kirtley through the Department of English at the University of Maine. The four editions that year were later bound into a single volume. Table of Contents Number 1 (Spring): Mishaps of a Maine Lobsterman Maine Winter Menus: A Study in Ingenuity “Young Jimmy Foulger:” A Hitherto Unrecorded Ballad in the Northeast John Ellis – Hunter, Guide, Legend Number 2 (Summer): Bibliography of New England-Maritimes Folklore Selected Bibliography of New England-Maritimes Folklore Collections and Studies Prior to 1950 Number 3 (Fall): Folklore from Aroostook County, Maine, and Neighboring Canada The Creation of Folk Songs Number 4 (Winter): Yankee Doodle: An Early Version Two Stories from the Maine Lumberwoods The First Miramichi Folksong Festival Folklore from Aroostook County, Maine, and Neighboring Canadahttps://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/nf/1001/thumbnail.jp

Northeast Folklore volume 1 numbers 1-4

The first ever issue of Northeast Folklore was published in the spring of 1958 under the editorship of Edward D. Ives (known as Sandy) and Bacil F. Kirtley through the Department of English at the University of Maine. The four editions that year were later bound into a single volume. Table of Contents Number 1 (Spring): Mishaps of a Maine Lobsterman Maine Winter Menus: A Study in Ingenuity “Young Jimmy Foulger:” A Hitherto Unrecorded Ballad in the Northeast John Ellis – Hunter, Guide, Legend Number 2 (Summer): Bibliography of New England-Maritimes Folklore Selected Bibliography of New England-Maritimes Folklore Collections and Studies Prior to 1950 Number 3 (Fall): Folklore from Aroostook County, Maine, and Neighboring Canada The Creation of Folk Songs Number 4 (Winter): Yankee Doodle: An Early Version Two Stories from the Maine Lumberwoods The First Miramichi Folksong Festival Folklore from Aroostook County, Maine, and Neighboring Canadahttps://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/nf/1001/thumbnail.jp

Northeast Folklore volume 2 numbers 1-4

Description The second issue of Northeast Folklore was published in the spring of 1959 under the editorship of Edward D. Ives (known as Sandy) and Bacil F. Kirtley through the Department of English at the University of Maine. The four editions that year were later bound into a single volume. Table of Contents Number 1 (Spring): Two Songs from Martha\u27s Vineyard by E.G. Huntington The Deer Isle Hoax by James J. Flynn and Charles A. Huguenin Folklore from Aroostook County, Maine, and Neighboring Canada edited by Bacil F. Kirtley Notes and Queries Number 2 (Summer): Bibliography of New England-Maritimes Folklore Crooked Brook : A Song of the Maine Woods by Edward D. Ives Folklore from Aroostook County, Maine, and Neighboring Canada by Bacil F. Kirtley Record Reviews: Songs of a New York Lumberjack (Steckert) by Norman Cazden Timber-r-r! (Clayton) by Frank A. Hoffmann Folksongs of Martha\u27s Vineyard (Huntington) by Evelyn K. Wells Number 3 (Fall): Folklore in Rhode Island by Horace P. Beck Larry Gorman and Old Henry by Edward D. Ives Folklore from Aroostook County, Maine, and Neighboring Canada edited by Bacil F. Kirtley Number 4 (Winter): A New England Folklore Weekend at Old Sturbridge Village More Notes on the Burning Ship of Northumberland Strait Folklore from Aroostook County, Maine, and Neighboring Canada edited by Bacil F. Kirtley The Lumberman in Town by Edward D. Ives Notes and Queries Book Reviews: The Abelard Folk Song Book (Cazden) by Helen Creighton.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/nf/1002/thumbnail.jp