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Acadian legends, folktales and songs from Prince Edward Island

Title: Acadian legends, folktales and songs from Prince Edward Island / compiled by Georges Arsenault ; translated by Sally Ross.
Publication: Charlottetown, P.E.I. : Acorn Press, 2002.

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Arsenault, Georges.

Description

xiv, 157 pages : illustrations, map, music, portraits; 23 cm

Summary

"Island historian and folklorist Georges Arsenault has been collecting songs and stories from Acadian Prince Edward Island since his student days in the 1970s: words transmitted by lamplight in the early part of the 20th century, when the local men and women would pass on what they'd learned from elders long gone. Included in this collection are 8 folktales, 13 legends and 23 songs with lyrics and musical notation.
Originally published as Contes, legendes et chansons de I'lle-du-Prince-Edouard (Editions d'Acadie), this English translation by Sally Ross includes footnotes and a bibliography, as well as photos of his 23 informants."--BOOK JACKET.

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Note

Translation of: Contes, légendes et chansons de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard.
Includes some text in French.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

The Tall Woman Dressed in White / Ozelie Boisvert -- Ch. 3. The Folksong Tradition in the Chaisson Family -- Beautiful Francoise / Maggie Chaisson -- The Drunkard / Maggie Chaisson -- Oh! Come See, My Ladies / Maggie Chaisson -- Sleep, Sleep, Sleep / Maggie Chaisson -- Seven Long Years / Alyre Chaisson -- Christopher / Alyre Chaisson -- I Married on the Twenty-Fifth of September / Alyre Chaisson -- Seven Years at Sea / Marie-Anne Gallant -- The Hermit / Marie-Anne Gallant -- On the Leeward Side / Marie-Anne Gallant -- One Beautiful Sunday Night / Denise Allain -- By the Clear Spring / Denise Allain -- Wolf Island / James Chaisson -- Ch. 4. Songs Composed on the Island -- Firmin Gallant -- Jerome -- Paneau's Dog -- Marie Caissie -- The Big Sow -- On Halloween -- And You Hear Me Well -- Elizee and Tosie -- The New Factory -- The Calumets.
Foreword / Edward D. "Sandy" Ives -- Map of Prince Edward Island -- Ch. 1. Folktales -- Pierre and Jules / Lazarette Gaudet -- The Riddles / Lazarette Gaudet -- The Great Soothsayer / Delia Perry -- The White Cat / Leah Gallant -- Mrs. Blackbird / Emily Blacquiere -- Eel Fishing / Delphine Arsenault -- The Lantern That Was Still Lit / Delphine Arsenault -- Old Jos Cormier / Stanley Arsenault -- Ch. 2. Legends -- The Haunted House / Nellie Luttrell -- A Vision / Nellie Luttrell -- Old Dollar / Nellie Luttrell -- The Rooster / Emmanuel Gaudet -- Old Dollar Turns into an Animal / Emmanuel Gaudet -- Hidden Treasures at North Cape / Emmanuel Gaudet -- A Treasure Found in Frog Pond / Emmanuel Gaudet -- Old Xavier's Treasure / Benoit DesRoches -- Old Mrs. Foster / Clothilde Arsenault -- Maple Sugar / Clothilde Arsenault -- The Beautiful Woman is Punished / Rita Perry -- A Cure for Asthma / Rita Perry --

ISBN

1894838025 (pbk.)

LCCN

2003428133

OCLC

ocm49844828
SCSB-4345956

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Columbia University Libraries