In South Jersey and Philadelphia folklore in the United States, the Jersey Devil, also known as the Leeds Devil, is a legendary creature said to inhabit...
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Jersey Folklore Festival is a music festival held in Saint Helier, Jersey. The venue is People's Park, with a possible capacity of 5,000 people, and two...
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The New Jersey Folklore Society is an academic organization that formed in an attempt to spread awareness about folklore. The group took trips throughout...
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American folklore encompasses the folklore that has evolved in the present-day United States mostly since the European colonization of the Americas. It...
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Bay". BBC. 27 November 2014. Jersey Maritime Museum for references to the folklore of the Black Dog Hilsdon, Sonia. Jersey Witches, Ghosts & Traditions...
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magazines and books. The Jersey Devil is a common element of folklore in the southern New Jersey and Philadelphia areas. Due to the number of alleged sightings...
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installed in this section of the park was the new for 2021 Jersey Devil Coaster, paying homage to the original folklore legend The Jersey Devil. Atsion Lake...
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Folklore studies (also known as folkloristics, tradition studies or folk life studies in the UK) is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of...
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positive view of African-American folklore. In 1974, Nick Bosustow and David Adams co-produced an 11-minute animated short, The Legend of John Henry, for...
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Jersey Dutch, also known as Bergen Dutch, was a Dutch dialect formerly spoken in northeastern New Jersey from the late 17th century until the early 20th...
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This is a list of urban legends. An urban legend, myth, or tale is a modern genre of folklore. It often consists of fictional stories associated with the...
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The Folklore Society (FLS) is a registered charity under English law based in London, England for the study of folklore. Its office is at 50 Fitzroy Street...
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the general public. With the rise of national restaurant chains, this bit of folklore is fading. Similar folklore surrounds taxicab drivers, involving...
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(paranormal) Sympathetic magic Totem Quantum entanglement True name § Folklore and literature Bonewits, Phaedra; Bonewits, Isaac (2007). Real Energy:...
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In American folklore, Champ or Champy is the name of a lake monster said to live in Lake Champlain, a 125-mile (201 km)-long body of fresh water shared...
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Alvin Schwartz (children's author) (category Medill School of Journalism alumni)
dealing with topics such as folklore and word play, many of which were intended for young readers. Schwartz was born the son of Gussie and Harry Schwartz...
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Jack Antonoff (category Activists from New Jersey)
Awards for his work with Fun, for production on Swift's albums 1989 (2014), Folklore (2020), and Midnights (2022), for production on St. Vincent's album Daddy's...
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Weird NJ (redirect from Weird New Jersey)
purported hauntings, ghost stories, folklore, unusual places or events, and other peculiarities in New Jersey. The magazine originated in 1989 as a...
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In the folklore of the early United States, a madstone was a special medicinal substance that, when pressed into an animal bite, was believed to prevent...
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such as a dragon, sea monsters, or the Midgard snake. Numerous myths and folklore exist depicting giant animals, including Australian, Greek, Native American...
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Danish folklore consists of folk tales, legends, songs, music, dancing, popular beliefs, myths and traditions communicated by the inhabitants of towns...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/jersey/therock/ontheedge/beach_guide/bonne_nuit_bay.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/jersey/myisland/folklore/bonne_nuit.shtml (folklore)...
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Bogeyman (category European folklore characters)
common to the folklore of many cultures, with numerous variations and equivalents. The Sack Man is a variant of the Bogeyman folklore which, as its name...
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In American folklore, the Gumberoo is a fearsome critter with hide so tough that bullets bounce off of it. The gumberoo was described by early lumberjacks...
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and including the 50th anniversary. Hierarchy of precious substances Hanns Bächtold-Stäubli i Folklore suisse. Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkskunde...
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In Arizona folklore, the Red Ghost is a figure alleged to have roamed the Arizonan frontier in the late 19th century. It was said to have been a large...
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The history of Antisemitism in New Jersey dates to the establishment of the Province of New Jersey. Prior to the passage of the 1968 Fair Housing Act...
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Retrieved 2021-01-17. "Jersey - My Island - Folklore - Black Dog of Bouley Bay". BBC. Retrieved 2012-10-08. "Big ticket sales for Jersey Live". BBC News. 2005-08-11...
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Jack Frost - Personified of ice, winter and snow Jack-In-Irons (English) – Malevolent giant Jack-o'-lantern (Medieval folklore) – Vegetal lantern Jaculus...
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The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the late 1850s, its main political rival has been...
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