Folklore Magazine - Summer 2008

Poetry:

Salt of the Earth
A Trip to the Old Farm

Features:

Raising the Roof
A growing family in Ethelton literally raised the roof on their home to add space.

Ponies and Pals
School children often rode horses 'bareback' for safety reasons. At the last day of school at Wolf Creek, the author organized a Gymkhana that grew into a performance group of school ponies!

School in the Good Old Days
The author's experience of being a student at a country school at Grenfell then her first job as a teacher at Ebenezer.

A Place Where Spirits Gather
Artists Fran Hartsook and Dean R. Francis at Sagebrush Studios have a unique location near Eyre. The landscape, its history and the influence of three old churches on the property influence the work of the artists.

Stretching the Problem
The lack of electricity and running water meant washed and dried wool socks were a problem for men's feet.

Old Time Radio Comedy
An extensive review of 1940s comedy shows when radio was "king".

Beneath the Field of Grain
The author describes her childhood occupation of Undertaker and keeper of a critter cemetery.

Old Time Opera Houses
The predominance of 'opera houses' throughout Saskatchewan illustrates how immigrants transplanted culture as well as their families.

Gopher Tales
Boyhood memories of the various techniques used to eliminate the Richardson’s Ground Squirrel from farmland.

Homesteading in the Thirties
The author's and his family's on-the-road experience of moving from Minnesota to Northern Saskatchewan in 1931.

Columns:

Looking Back
The technology associated with an Edison wind-up phonograph and the gramophone.

Working
Memories of entertainment available during the 1920s in Saskatoon.

Depression Ingenuity
How to repair a Model T windshield with washers and a bolt.