Showing posts with label Folklore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Folklore. Show all posts
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Friday, June 26, 2015
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Digital Tradition Folk Music Database
Source. Traditional Material. Lyrics + midi illustrations of melodies.
c/f mudcat.org Traditional Music and Folklore Collection and Community
c/f mudcat.org Traditional Music and Folklore Collection and Community
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Angel or Alien?
Drawing on various Judaic, Christian and Muslim primary sources as well as fan wikias, message boards, Dante, X-File script archives, various Spielberg scripts, Neon Genesis Evangelion scripts, Scientology, The Chariots of the Gods, Guardian Angel and Alien Abduction testimonials, Sacred Texts dot org and the Folk Texts site.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Monday, September 12, 2011
Poems of Shel Silverstein
Thursday, June 2, 2011
The Flying Dutchman
Source.
On 11 July 1881 the Bacchante was off Cape Town when a strange sail was spotted. Prince George, the future King George V later wrote this in his diary:
"At 4 a.m. the Flying Dutchman crossed our bows. A strange red light as of a phantom ship all aglow, in the midst of which light the masts, spars and sails of a brig 200 yards distant stood out in strong relief as she came up. The lookout man on the forecastle reported her as close to the port bow, where also the officer of the watch from the bridge clearly saw her... Thirteen persons altogether saw her.[7] The Tourmaline and Cleopatra, who were sailing on our starboard bow, flashed to ask whether we had seen the strange red light... At 10.45 A.M. the ordinary seaman who had this morning reported the Flying Dutchman fell from the foretopmast crosstrees on to the topgallant forecastle and was smashed to atoms."
Marryat, Frederick - The Phantom Ship
Fitzball, Edward - The Flying Dutchman; or the Phantom Ship: a Nautical Drama, in three acts (1826)
Wagner - The Flying Dutchman (in English)
Wikipedia Entry
On 11 July 1881 the Bacchante was off Cape Town when a strange sail was spotted. Prince George, the future King George V later wrote this in his diary:
"At 4 a.m. the Flying Dutchman crossed our bows. A strange red light as of a phantom ship all aglow, in the midst of which light the masts, spars and sails of a brig 200 yards distant stood out in strong relief as she came up. The lookout man on the forecastle reported her as close to the port bow, where also the officer of the watch from the bridge clearly saw her... Thirteen persons altogether saw her.[7] The Tourmaline and Cleopatra, who were sailing on our starboard bow, flashed to ask whether we had seen the strange red light... At 10.45 A.M. the ordinary seaman who had this morning reported the Flying Dutchman fell from the foretopmast crosstrees on to the topgallant forecastle and was smashed to atoms."
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Marryat, Frederick - The Phantom Ship
Fitzball, Edward - The Flying Dutchman; or the Phantom Ship: a Nautical Drama, in three acts (1826)
Wagner - The Flying Dutchman (in English)
Wikipedia Entry
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Ghost Trains, Folklore
The St. Louis Ghost Train
Kate Shelley Saves the Train
Casey Jones
Express Train to Hell
Ghost Handprints
Ghost Train
Ghost on the Tracks
John Henry: The Steel Driving Man
Lincoln Death Train
Phantom Train Wreck
Screaming Jenny
Screaming Tunnel
Shadow Train
Silverpilen
Pulp
Satan Turns the Timetables
General
c/f The Ghost Trains Sent to an Early Grave
Friday, March 25, 2011
Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo
This includes both primary and secondary songs. Source.
(field transcription, uncredited) Cotton-Eyed Joe (hoodoo) pre-1925 Arnold, (James) Kokomo Old Black Cat Blues (Jinx Blues) (black cat, jinx) 1935 Arnold, (James) Kokomo Policy Wheel Blues (Jinx Blues) (policy dream books) 1935 Batts, Will Country Woman Blues (goofer dust) 1933 Black Spider Dumpling  Blake, Blind (Arthur) Policy Blues (policy dream books) Blake, Blind (Arthur) Panther Squall Blues (jinx) 1928 Bogan, Lucille (with Spoken parts by Papa Charlie Jackson) Jim Tampa Blues (jomo, black cat bone) 1927 Brown, Bessie Hoodoo Blues (goofer, gris-gris, spider dumpling, black cat bone, shoes) 1924 Brown, Gabriel Jinx Is On Me (jinx, gypsy, card reading, numbers) 1945 Carter, Bo (Armentier Chatmon) The Ins and Outs of My Girl (jinx) 1936 Carter, Big Lucky (Levester Carter) Goofer Dust (goofer dust, dragon's blood, etc.) 1968 Chatmon, Harry Hoo Doo Blues (hoodoo, palmistry, horseshoe) 1935 Chicago String Band Hoodoo Blues (hoodoo, gambling) Clayton, Dr. (Peter) Root Doctor Blues (double entendre on root work) 1946 Cox, Ida Fogyism (black cat, etc.) 1928 Gypsy Glass Blues (Gypsy) 1927 Mojo Hand Blues (mojo) 1927 Crudup, Arthur "Big Boy" Hoodoo Lady (hoodoo lady, hoodoo hand) 1947 Dixon, Willie I Ain't Superstitious (bad luck omen list) 1962 Gibson, Clifford Don't Put That Thing On Me (conjure, hoodooing male nature) 1929 Gillum, Jazz The Blues What Am (bad luck omen list) 1947 Hand Reader Blues (fortune teller, herb tea, good luck pills) 1947 Harlem Hamfats Hoodooin' Woman (hoodoo, fix, spread stuff) 1937 Harris, Wynonie Conjured (foot-track magic, graveyard dirt, etc.) 1964 Henry, Waymon "Sloppy" Jomo Man Blues (jomo, lodestone, john the conquer, goofer dust) 1928 Hogg, Andrew "Smokey" I Bleed Through My Soul (black cat bone) c.1950 Hopkins, Lightning Mojo Hand (mojo) 1960; also a later version, undated House, Son The Jinx Blues [No. 1 and No. 2] (jinx, Gypsy) 1942 Hudson, Hattie Doggone My Good Luck Soul (black cat, horseshoe, rabbit foot) 1927 Hunter, Ivory Joe I Almost Lost My Mind (Gypsy) 1950 Jackson, Papa Charlie Bad Luck Woman Blues (jinx, rat's [?] foot) 1924 Jefferson, Blind Lemon Bad Luck Blues 1926 Broke and Hungry Blues (black cat bone) 19-- (INCOMPLETE) Dry Southern Blues (implied menstrual blood in coffee) 1926 Low Down Mojo Blues (mojo) Lemon Rambler Blues (jinx) 1927 Johnson, Merline Sold It to the Devil (crossroads ritual) 1937 Johnson, Robert Little Queen of Spades (mojo) 1937 Johnson, Robert Hellhound on My Trail (Hot Foot Powder) Stones In My Passway (foot-track magic) 1938 Jones, Curtis Black Gipsy Blues (Black Gypsy) 1938 Black Magic Blues (hoodoo) Jordan, Charley (with Charlie Manson) I Couldn't Stay Here (jinx) 1936 Jordan, Louis Somebody Done Hoodooed the Hoodoo Man (hoodoo) 1939 Lenoir, J. B. The Mojo, a.k.a. Mojo Boogie, Voodoo Boogie (jack ball) 1953, etc. | Lewis, Furry Black Gypsy Blues (Black Gypsy) 1929 Lightnin' Slim (Otis Hicks) Hoo Doo Blues (hoodoo) Lincoln, Charlie (Charlie Hicks, Laughing Charley) Mojoe Blues (mojo, hoodoo) 1957 Lofton, Cripple Clarence I Don't Know (goofer dust) 1939 Lofton, Cripple Clarence Strut That Thing (goofer dust) 1935 Lonesome Sundown (Cornelius Green) I'm a Mojo Man (mojo) 1957 I Don't Know (goofer dust) 1952 / 1953 Memphis Jug Band (with Will Shade) Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues (Aunt Caroline Dye, mojo) 1930 Memphis Jug Band (with Will Shade)I Whipped My Woman With A Singletree (Black Gypsy) 1930 Memphis Jug Band (with Hattie Hart) Spider's Nest Blues (spider, toby) 1930 Memphis Minnie (Lizzie Douglas) Hoodoo Lady (hoodoo woman) 1936 Moss, Buddy Jinks Man Blues (jinx) Nelson, Romeo Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing (goofer dust) 1929 Otis, Johnny Castin' My Spell (mentions many hoodoo beliefs) 1950s Patton, Charlie Revenue Man Blues (jinx) 1934 Rainey, Ma Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues (bad luck beliefs) 1927 Rainey, Ma Black Dust Blues (goofer dust) 1928 Rainey, Ma Louisiana Hoo Doo Blues (Algiers, hand, hoodoo, goofer) 1925 Red, Tampa (Hudson Whittaker) and Georgia Tom Dorsey The Duck Yas-Yas-Yas (hoodoo women) 1929 Ross, Dolly Hootin' Owl Blues (bad luck beliefs) 1927 Shade, Will (Memphis Jug Band) I Whipped My Woman with a Singletree (gypsy) 1929 Shines, Johnny Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues (hoodoo doctor) 1970 Smith, Bessie Lady Luck Blues (horseshoe, goofer dust) 1923 Smith, Elizabeth Gwine To Have Bad Luck Seven Years (bad luck women list) Spand, Charlie Big Fat Mama Blues (goofer dust) 1930 Evil Woman Spell (hoodoo woman) 1931 Hoodoo Woman Blues (hoodoo woman) 1940 Spivey, Victoria Hoodoo Man Blues (hoodoo man) 1926 Stokes, Frank Bedtime Blues (Goofer Dust) 1928 Tampa Red (Hudson Woodbridge / Hudson Whittaker) Anna Lou Blues (mojo hand) Temple, Johnnie Hoodoo Women (Aunt Caroline Dye, hoodoo) 1937 Torey, George Lonesome Man Blues (jinx) 1937 Towel, Jim I've Been Hoodooed (hoodoo, rabbit foot, foot track) 1928 Twitty, John D. (Black Spider Dumpling) Sold It to the Devil (crossroads ritual) 1937 Washboard Sam Hand Reader Blues (fortune teller, herb tea, good luck pills) 1938 Washboard Sam Suspicious Blues (many bad-luck beliefs) 1938 Waters, Muddy (McKinley Morganfield) Louisiana Blues (mojo) 1950 Weldon, Casey Bill (Casey Will Weldon) Jinx Blues (jinx) Wells, Junior Hoodoo Man Blues (reworking of SBW's "Hoodoo Hoodoo") 1953 & 1965 Wheatstraw, Peetie Last Week Blues (jinx) 1934 Wheatstraw, Peetie Cut Out Blues (policy, jinx) 1936 (INCOMPLETE) Wiley, Arnold Spider in Your Dumpling (spider dumpling, live things) 1920s Williams, Albert Hoodoo Man (Memphis Al) (hoodoo man) 1963 Williams, Big Joe Jinx Blues (jinx) 1963 Williams, Robert Pete Black Cat Bone (black cat bone) 1961 Wiliamson, John Lee "Sonny Boy" Hoodoo Hoodoo (hoodoo, mojo) 1946 |
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Stories of the Baal Shem Tov
Source.
Also: Chassid Stories Archive.
The Baal Shem Tov and the Doctor
The Baal Shem Tov and the Werewolf
The Baal Shem Tov Reveals Himself
The Blood Brothers
The Forgotten Story
How Do We Know?
The Last Temptation of a Kabbalist
Prayers That Were Sung in the Fields
Rabbi Gershon's Dream
A Small Miracle
The Son of Rabbi Adam: A Tale of the Baal Shem Tov
The Three Laughs
The Trials of Eliezer
Winedrops on the Eyelashes
A Matter of Mesirus Nefesh
All Yisroel Together
The Faith of the Ba'al Shem Tov
The Soul of the Ba'al Shem Tov
The Service of the Ba'al Shem Tov
To Pray or Not to Pray
Also: Chassid Stories Archive.
The Baal Shem Tov and the Doctor
The Baal Shem Tov and the Werewolf
The Baal Shem Tov Reveals Himself
The Blood Brothers
The Forgotten Story
How Do We Know?
The Last Temptation of a Kabbalist
Prayers That Were Sung in the Fields
Rabbi Gershon's Dream
A Small Miracle
The Son of Rabbi Adam: A Tale of the Baal Shem Tov
The Three Laughs
The Trials of Eliezer
Winedrops on the Eyelashes
A Matter of Mesirus Nefesh
All Yisroel Together
The Faith of the Ba'al Shem Tov
The Soul of the Ba'al Shem Tov
The Service of the Ba'al Shem Tov
To Pray or Not to Pray
Monday, January 17, 2011
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