Acadian legends, folktales and songs from Prince Edward Island

Book 2002

"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,...

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Acadiens Île-du-Prince-Édouard Folklore

Canadiens français Île-du-Prince-Édouard Folklore

Chansons folkloriques françaises Île-du-Prince-Édouard

Folk literature, Canadian (French) Prince Edward Island

Littérature populaire canadienne-française Île-du-Prince-Édouard

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ISBN:

9781894838023

Description:

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

Notes:

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

Contents:

Chapter 1. Folktales. Pierre and Jules ; The riddles / Lazarette Gaudet
The great soothsayer / Délia Perry
The white cat / Léah Gallant
Mrs. Blackbird / Emily Blacquiere
Eel fishing ; The lantern that was still lit / Delphine Arsenault
Old Jos Cormier / Stanley Arsenault
Chapter 2. Legends. The haunted house ; A vision ; Old Dollar / Nellie Luttrell
The rooster ; Old Dollar turns into an animal ; Hidden treasures at North Cape ; a treasure found in a frog pond / Emmanuel Gaudet
Old Xavier's treasure / Benoît DesRoches
Old Mrs. Foster ; Maple sugar / Clothilde Arsenault
The beautiful woman is punished ; A cure for asthma / Rita Perry
The tall woman dressed in white / Ozélie Boisvert
Chapter 3. The folksong tradition in the Chaisson family. Beautiful Françiose ; The drunkard ; Oh! come see, my ladies ; Sleep, sleep, sleep / Maggie Chaisson
Seven long years ; Christopher ; I married on the twenty-fifth of September / Alyre Chaisson
Seven years at sea ; The hermit ; On the leeward side / Marie-Anne Gallant
One beautiful Sunday night ; By the clear spring / Denise Allain
Wolf Island / James Chaisson
Chapter 4. Songs composed on the Island. Firmin Gallant
Jérôme
Paneau's dog
Marie Caissie
The big sow
On halloween
And you hear me well
Élizée and Tosie
The new factory
The Calumets

LCCN:

2003428133

Control Number:

2538350

Other Authors:

Arsenault, Georges
Ross, Sally

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