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Folklife Collection - Riddles and Jokes

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

(1969 – 1973)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier FK69.021
Creator(s) Salisbury University Students
Acquisition

The Folklife Collection at the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture was transferred by Dr. Polly Stewart, English Department, Salisbury University.

 
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Kacie Cassar, January, 2019.
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Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1969 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and teachers collected information on folk speech, this collection focuses on riddles and jokes. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, the riddle or joke and the answer.

Scope and Content Note

Various types of jokes are in this collection, different types include; knock-knock jokes, non-narrative jokes, fiddle jokes, ethnic slurs, Polack jokes, Helen Keller jokes, elephant jokes, Little Moron jokes, hillbilly jokes, and gesture jokes.

Materials within the Folklife Collection are for research use only – names of students and the interviewed subject(s) may not be published without the explicit permission of the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University.

Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Folklife - Language
    • Folklife - Jokes

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