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folklore of the United States

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This category has the following 72 subcategories, out of 72 total.

Folk music of the United States (17 C, 34 F)
Folk songs of the United States (16 C, 10 F)
Folklore of the United States by state (17 C)

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Folklorists from the United States (49 C, 13 F)

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Puerto Rico Folklore (2 F)

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A book of New England legends and folk lore in prose and poetry (1884) (12 F)
The Algonquin Legends of New England (29 F)
American Folklife Center (1 C, 3 F)
American Folklore Society (3 C)
Anthony Van Corlaer (3 F)

B

Baker's dozen (4 F)
Kurt Baker (musician) (3 F)
Ann Bassett (1 F)
Belvoir (plantation) (9 F)
Black Folk Tales (1928 book) (24 F)
Lizzie Borden (4 C, 1 P, 18 F)
Br'er Rabbit (2 C, 39 F)
Paul Bunyan (13 C, 35 F)
Bust of Abraham Lincoln by Gutzon Borglum at Lincoln's Tomb (6 F)

C

Calamity Jane (1 C, 45 F)
Captivity narrative (19 C, 1 P, 146 F)
Casquette girl (2 F)
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (1 C, 2 F)

D

Folk dance of the United States (7 C, 11 F)
Virginia Dare (7 C, 25 F)
Dorothy DeBorba (2 F)
Eva Emery Dye (1 P, 15 F)

E

Wyatt Earp (4 C, 1 P, 40 F)

F

Fearsome critters (24 C, 30 F)
Figures of giants in the United States (8 F)
Florence Y'all Water Tower (6 F)
Barbara Fritchie (3 C, 16 F)

H

Haunted houses in the United States (16 C, 20 F)
Frank Hopkins (4 F)

I

I Hear America Singing; 55 Songs and Choruses for Community Singing (40 F)

J

Jack (hero) (12 C)
John Henry (folk hero) (1 C, 19 F)

L

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (5 C, 33 F)
Legendary American people (1 C)
Legends of the United States (11 C, 2 F)
Li'l' gal (1904) (33 F)
Sophie Lyons (2 F)

M

Madoc (3 F)
Joe Magarac (2 F)
Bat Masterson (1 C, 14 F)
Joseph Meek (12 F)
Minnehaha (5 C, 15 F)
Kate Morgan (3 F)
Mormon folklore (1 C)
Mrs. Claus (2 C, 3 F)

N

Native Americans in popular culture (6 C, 19 F)
New England Legends and Folk-Lore (117 F)
NS Pope Lick Creek Viaduct (1 F)

O

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (5 C, 9 F)

P

Paul Bunyan Statue (Bangor, Maine) (4 F)
Molly Pitcher (3 C)

R

Rednecks (9 F)
Bass Reeves (8 F)
Uncle Remus (2 C, 16 F)
Pocahontas (6 C, 1 P, 5 F)
Betsy Ross (5 C, 1 P, 37 F)

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Sacagawea (9 C, 1 P, 21 F)
Santa Claus (26 C, 312 F)
Sally St. Clair (1 F)
Superstitions in the United States (2 C, 1 F)

T

Tall tales (10 C, 1 F)
Tar baby (4 F)

W

Bigfoot Wallace (1 C, 6 F)
Folklore of Washington, D.C. (1 C)
Wiki Loves Folklore in the United States (2 C)
Wild West (67 C, 2 P, 239 F)
Witchcraft in the United States (9 C, 10 F)

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