Acandian Legends, Folktales, and Songs from Prince Edward Island

Acandian Legends, Folktales, and Songs from Prince Edward IslandAuthor : George Arsenault 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 gathered by lamplight in the early part of the 20th century, when the local men and women would pass on what theyd learned from elders long gone. His 17 informants were mostly hard working parents of very large families, some well educated and some not. Included

self-control

• Explains how the returning dead were once viewed as either troublemakers or guarantors of the social order

the secrecy surrounding these rites may now be lifted and they are here offered as working examples

not just in theory

Lady Haight-Ashton

and the story of how a hard-headed scientific-realist stumbled on an important piece of the puzzle of human evolution

Stories of poltergeists and their mischievous and sometimes violent actions--knocking

as well as fascinating thoughts on societal nightmares that occur in troubling times

• A study of the primordial figure of the Great Goddess and her continued worship through time as shown by the myths

& Peppermint (Mentha piperita)

spectral hounds

Journey with the enlightened feline and welcome their unique secrets