Folklore Rules @FolkloreRules
The most fun you can have with an introductory folklore text book (without, you know, destroying it in some extravagant way. tinyurl.com/FolkRules #FolkloreRules Joined August 2012-
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If there are creepy tunnels, there are satanists in them. You can count on it. #FolkloreThursday #creepy #legends #bountifulutah
I love the random stuff we have in the Fife Folklore Archives! My lucky students get to dig through our legends today! #FolkloreThursday
Is there an approachable textbook on folklore one might give to a teenager?
I ❤ @OrderGoodDeath @sarah_calavera @TheGoodDeath etc. and I've got a lot to say about bathroom ghosts, so strap in everyone. (AKA a thread)
I ❤ @OrderGoodDeath @sarah_calavera @TheGoodDeath etc. and I've got a lot to say about bathroom ghosts, so strap in everyone. (AKA a thread)
#Momo is back, and folklorists are on the job! #FolkloreRules #Momochallenge #folklorethursday mashable.com/article/momo-c…
I'm not here to be debunking anything, because I'm a folklorist. I'm more interested in belief. -@tompowercbc (in conversation with Dan Ackroyd, no less). And here I thought I couldn't adore @cbcradioq any more?? #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreRules
Elder Branson, sometimes our curiosity brings us far too close to another faith’s tragedy. Your mission is to spread the word. Your testimony will now reflect your experience.
“How often does some strange truth find you where you live and in its fierce innocence unknowingly dismantle yours?” -Carl Lindahl, showing us that #legend scholars are also poets #folklorerules #folklorethursday
Thinking a lot about #teaching today and reminded of @lynneSmcneill fantastic thoughts in our interview. #AskAFolklorist #FolkloreRules #FolkloreThursday soundcloud.com/user-248261465…
When you're out there in the big wide world teaching Folklore, what's your favorite part? #teachingtuesday #FolkloreRules
Well well well... #afsam18 #newfolk #folklorerules
Be wary of excursions into the Wasatch range as sightings of the Gadianton robbers have become more prevalent.
Even in the most dry and scripted of corporate environments, folk culture exists--always has, always will. And studying it will help us gain a more balanced understanding of life, the universe, and everything. (Folklore Rules, pg 14)
And it came to pass that winter storm Harper’s wrath touched the lives of Kyler and Beckee Jensten in an abrupt way this morning. We are glad to get your 2011 Altima to church on time this afternoon.
@sawhite1987 @lynneSmcneill @FolkloreRules @LibbyTucker686 @woden7 Things I like about Folklore Rules - it's short, really accessible for students, funny, and provides an excellent grounding in Folklore that complements whatever I do in class. I don't like the hardcover price, and I encourage students to consider the ebook.
Oh, hey! @lynneSmcneill I'm using @FolkloreRules in American Folklore, along with @neilhimself's American Gods. And field trips to @easternstate and @pennmuseum. Also some @mariamtatar, @JeffreyATolbert, and #FolkloreThursday. #firstdayofschool @PennLPS
Oh, hey! @lynneSmcneill I'm using @FolkloreRules in American Folklore, along with @neilhimself's American Gods. And field trips to @easternstate and @pennmuseum. Also some @mariamtatar, @JeffreyATolbert, and #FolkloreThursday. #firstdayofschool @PennLPS
It exists!! Thank you, @USUPress and all our contributors! @trevorjblank @AndreaKitta @JeffreyATolbert @mjkoven #FolkloreThursday #slenderman #creepypasta #halloween
"Now that the Internet is mundane, researching it is even more important." -RG Howard #folklorethursday
Centre for Folklore, .. @CentreMyth
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SelineSigil @SelineSigil9
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The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod
13K Followers 805 Following The Folklore Podcast, created by folklorist and author Mark Norman. Nearly 2 million downloads worldwide. Plus book news and updates.
Dr. Andrea Kitta 🎃.. @AndreaKitta
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The Folklore Society @FolkloreSociety
23K Followers 584 Following Since 1878 we've promoted the study of all forms of folklore, published research and provided information on folklore
Dr. Kristina Downs @LeapingPrincess
915 Followers 959 Following Executive Director, Texas Folklore Society. Assistant Prof Tarleton State Narrative, gender, colonialism, and vernacular crime discourse. She/her.
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Dr. Jeana Jorgensen @foxyfolklorist
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Icy Sedgwick @IcySedgwick
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curious ordinary @curiousordinary
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Ceri Houlbrook @CeriHoulbrook
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the faerie folk 🧚�.. @TheFaerie_Folk
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Maria Tatar @mariamtatar
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Biography Aaron Chann.. @AaronScrivener3
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Christopher Blythe @CJBlythePhD
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Alpenhex @alpenkultist
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Fluent Korean @fluentkorean_
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#LegendaryWednesday @LegendaryWedne1
4K Followers 5K Following Hosts of #LegendaryWednesday. Sharing your #legend #art #quote #folklore #mythology #poetry & #fairytale tweets on #Wednesday! Follow & we will follow back!
Central Appalachia Li.. @ctapplivingtrad
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Rawan Alfuraih روا.. @Rawan_AlFuraih
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Yeonjae Ra(she/her) @lalalasha6
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Jessica McWilliams @JessicaSpickes
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Van Troi Tran @VtroiTran
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Weird Tanino @WeirdTanino
720 Followers 540 Following Looking for weird. high strangeness, paranormal, horror movies, parapsychology, dreams, art, LGBTQ. I draw sometimes. Kindness and Humor. He/Him, 🏳️🌈 🇵🇸🍉
Christine Blythe @ChristineElyseB
27 Followers 36 Following I am a folklorist, an archivist, and a boy-mom of three
Eigill Saunderson @EgilSaunderson
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Dr. Andrea Kitta 🎃.. @AndreaKitta
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The Folklore Society @FolkloreSociety
23K Followers 584 Following Since 1878 we've promoted the study of all forms of folklore, published research and provided information on folklore
Terri Windling @terri.. @terriwindling
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Ellen Datlow @EllenDatlow
20K Followers 926 Following Award-winning editor of short sf/f/h. I live & die by the Oxford comma & I tweet about my passions, take it or leave it. I block mooks-don't be one. she/her
Dr Ian Brodie @AVulgarArt
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201 Followers 112 Following Hosted by @jessefivecoate and @hasken4trouble, and prod by @djnexius, this podcast discusses all things supernatural and paranormal with a #folklore perspective
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730 Followers 175 Following The account for the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research. Follow this year’s meeting online but in our ❤️s in Tarragona Spain with #ISCLR2021
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Folk Phenomena 🎻 �.. @folkphenomena
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537 Followers 960 Following Watcher/listener. Folklorist, prof, radio host, roots-music devotee. Consultant on medicine/culture, pt/physician communication.
Mark Norman @Mr_Mark_Norman
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It's an Urban Legend @ULTweets
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Ok, let's do it. Season 5 of #paranormalcaughtoncamera is happening on @travelchannel . Lay your Qs on me.
If there are creepy tunnels, there are satanists in them. You can count on it. #FolkloreThursday #creepy #legends #bountifulutah
You never know what you'll find when digging in the archives... #FootCake #FolkloreThursday #Baking
Your #horrorstory #pseudonym is the name of a literary/media character who is a bad #stereotype of your race/ethnicity/sexuality/gender + a #torture device/methodology or sentence that would have probably been used on you. Just call me Esmeralda Oubliette.
I love the random stuff we have in the Fife Folklore Archives! My lucky students get to dig through our legends today! #FolkloreThursday
@ZachWeiner I'll second @folklore_adam's suggestion of @FolkloreRules by @lynneSmcneill. It's clear, interesting, funny, and includes contemporary relevant examples. It's become my intro textbook of choice.
@ZachWeiner Folklore Rules by @lynneSmcneill might be a good place to start. amazon.com/dp/0874219051/…
Is there an approachable textbook on folklore one might give to a teenager?
3/ Liminal spaces are "inbetwixt and inbetween," they fall out of categories, they are neither here nor there and they are VERY important because they're either very good or very bad.
4/ So, think about beings that are neither mortal or god, like angels and demons, neither living or completely dead, like ghosts, or spaces that are part of the house but not, like attics, basements, stairways, hallways, and (you guessed it) bathrooms.
6/ Add to that bathrooms are private spaces, we do things there we don't want others to witness and in those things we're confronted with our own morality and the aging process. We're vulnerable there.
7/ Aside: You may/may not be alarmed to hear how many people TO THIS DAY are freaked out by #Psycho My students *still* talk about this movie, which shows the intersection of #Folklore and #PopCulture and how they constantly feed on each other.
8/ So, bathrooms are OBVIOUS places for #hauntings because they're so charged. They're a #liminal space, where we confront #mortality, #death and do things we don't want others to see.
9/ Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. You should 100% read @profjeannie work on #bathroomghosts , check out Purity and Danger by Mary Douglas, and give love to @OrderGoodDeath and your local #folklorist #deathpositive #FolkloreThursday #askafolklorist
5/ We don't *live* in these spaces in the same way we do other spaces, like living rooms (it's literally in the name!) but they're a part of our houses and not coincidently, where most people report #hauntings.
So #bathroomghosts are really important for a lot of reasons, primarily because bathrooms are liminal spaces and because bathrooms are where we face aging and our own morality.
I ❤ @OrderGoodDeath @sarah_calavera @TheGoodDeath etc. and I've got a lot to say about bathroom ghosts, so strap in everyone. (AKA a thread)
“Although folklore, ghost stories and superstitions are often dismissed as frivolous...they expose our fears—not only about the monsters among us, but within us as a nation.” It’s a good time to revisit our podcast episode, ‘Or Maybe, It’s a Ghost?’ 🎧➡️podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dea…
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The conference started out today like all conferences should, with a march of ducks over at the Peabody Hotel. #ducks #ISCLR2019 #ISCLR19
I'm not here to be debunking anything, because I'm a folklorist. I'm more interested in belief. -@tompowercbc (in conversation with Dan Ackroyd, no less). And here I thought I couldn't adore @cbcradioq any more?? #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreRules
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