Richard Chase

The old folk-song as it is sung in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Kindergarten - Grade 2.

The narrator says he's only heard one tale about Jack marrying. Jack's wife learns that others are more foolish than he is after he brings home a rock he acquires in a series of foolish trades. Like the young bridegroom in European variants, the wife returns to Jack after traveling to find other sillies; she finds people (both men and women) trying to get the moon's reflection out of a pool, trying to pull a plow themselves instead of using their mule, and trying to get a man's head through a shirt without cutting a neck hole in it. The wife gets money from each of the people she helps. The well-designed illustration repeated at the beginning and end sums up the whole story. Color and black-and-white drawings alternate throughout the book. Description by Tina L. Hanlon, Ferrum College. See

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Tunes, verses, and full directions for performing 18 traditional American-English dances--children's singing games and folk games or figure dances for young people of all ages. The tunes have been kept easy enough to be read by children and teachers with limited musical experience and to be played on the various flutes and recorders used in many schools.

Contains a collection of folk tales from North Carolina and Virginia.

The humor, hardships and traditions of the Southern Appalachian Mountains are represented in stories and songs in the American folk tradition.

Contains an American version of the story of Jack and the beanstalk, together with 17 other tales about the adventures of Jack, a poor Appalachian farm boy.