Kentucky Folklore

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by R. Gerald Alvey

Thicker'n fiddlers in hell. Independent as a hog on ice. If a bride makes her own clothes, it's bad luck. It'll snow in May if it thunders in February. How's a hen on a fence like a penny? What's the reddest side of an apple?

Learn what folklore and folk culture are and enjoy a generous helping of sayings, rhymes, songs, tall tales, superstitions and riddles from Kentucky.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

64 pages, Paperback

First published August 20, 1989

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

good, interesting and was a quick read

[Lorena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed this! If you are from KY, you understand! (Hilarious, laughed all the way through it)

[Pamela Powell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Intriguing folklore from Kentucky. Many of the lores can also be attributed to other places and states, as I've heard many of them in Missouri and Arkansas, but they were entertaining as well. The beginning of the book goes into a bit of defining 'folk culture'.

[Ava Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quippy, quick to read piece on Kentucky Folklore! Living in Kentucky, I wanted to learn a bit more about it's folk culture. This book was perfect. It was funny, intriguing, and well written. My only concern was how accurate some of the information was being an older University publication.

[Bev · Rating 4 out of 5]

Being a child of 2 Kentucky born & bred parents, I was curious as to what i would find in this book. I was pleasantly surprised. I found many saying that I had heard thru the years as well as their history. I also found many pieces of new information. It was a nice reminder of my heritage!

[Kara · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s okay. Fairly comical in some of the info but definitely super simple. I assume all the extra blank pages were for one’s own stories? Very odd.