Folklore Magazine - Winter 2011-12


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Poetry:

“Magical Interference" by Terri Lefebvre Prince
"Perspective" by Keith Foster

Prose:

"Campbell Innes" by Peggy Durant
Ms Durant tells us about devoted amateur historian Mr. Innes, whom initiated the saving of Fort Battleford.

“Bessbourough Hotel Memories" by Shirley Lomheim
Sam Lomheim played the piano at a College of Agriculture dance at the hotel. This is his story about a Percheron horse coming to the dance.


"A Mixed Team" by Carmen Moore
This recollection explains how the author's father managed to finish oat harvesting after one of his oxen died.

"A Prairie Exodus
" by Madeline Cutler

Ms Cutler recounts the trouble-laden journey her family experienced when leaving Saskatchewan in 1937 for the "greener pastures" of Ontario.

“House Fires" by Lillie Randa
When her family lost its home to fire, Ms Randa remembers how neighbours helped them out.
 
 “A Real Hallowe'en Trick" by Jack Perry
Neighbours & friends helped prepare the Perry flock of turkeys   for market. One friend "resurrected" a dog, then a defeathered turkey, spooking the family.

“Grampa Can't Run Anymore" Carl A. Krause
Mr. Krause's childhood notions about aging, as experienced in school, church and at his grandfather's 65th birthday.

“Palliser and the Peacemaker" by Joan Soggie
The final part of a two part story about the help Cree Chief Maskepetoon provided to Cpt. John Palliser's expedition.

“The Bag Holder" by Jack Driedger
Mr. Driedger provided a photograph and explanation of the usefulness of a grain bag holder.

“The Winter of '51" by Victor Carl Friesen
The first blizzard of the winter happened the day of his father's funeral. Mr. Friesen shares how blizzards marked this eventful winter for him.

“My Dentist, Dr. Lane" by Ruth Jeeves
Mrs. Jeeves delivers her childhood memories of going to the dentist before the common use of anesthetic.

"A Christmas Education" by Carmen Moore
A very disorganized Christmas school concert meant the author repeated her guitar solo too many times for the audience's taste.

"The RGH Nurses Residence" by Ruth Lee Knight
Ms Knight took her nursing training at the Regina General Hospital. This is her look back to that time in the late 1950s.

"Remembering Dorothy" by Kay Parley
Ms Parley was friends with the remarkable woman Dorothy Shea. She was known for her wit and sharp intuition about people. Her family knew her for her cooking and gift giving and the public knew Dorothy as Assistant Editor of Folklore and a member of the Saskatoon writers' Group.