Folklore Magazine - Winter 2008

Poetry:

My Curling Adventure - by Keith Foster

Features:

Food On the Table - by Jean Fahlman
The necessity of hunting and trapping to sustain a family.

Hogmanay - by Lois (Borland) Lee
Scottish traditions on New Year's Eve and other ethnic addictions during the Borland family celebrations.

Plateau School - by Orvil Mything
Plateau School is a good example of how school districts were organized and how they served the community.

Passing Time at Fort San - by Bev Lundahl
Details of life at a tuberculosis sanatorium revealed in copies of its newspaper.

We Harbored an AWOL - by L. M. Sivertson
The Sivertson's family horrific experience of unknowingly harbouring a World War II deserter.

The Art of Making Cheese - by Jean Fahlman
The author's marriage brought new expectations of learning to make cottage cheese and 'cheese buttons'.

To Bee or Not to Bee - by L. M. Sivertson
Sleepy bees awaken in a warm kitchen and march outside in the middle of the night.

The "Little Joker" - by Donald A. Bowman
Mr. D. Clink's enterprise with his handwritten periodical reproduced with a hectograph.

Games for Christmas - by Gwen Follick
Amusements for Christmas holidays.

The Turnbull Story - by Kay Parley
John Turnbull, a sea captain from Sterlingshire, Scotland and his settlement in Moffat.

Mr. Dalke's Reindeer - by Jack Ives Sr.
Jake Dalke's team of reindeer pulling Santa was a common site in Tisdale.

The Regina Teacher's College - by Marilyn Paul
The author's memories of attending the College which included classes in wartime H-huts.

Power Farming - by Neva Bayliss
A detailed account of the experience of using early power farm machinery as technology progressed.

Chokecherry Syrup - by Margaret Lees
The wonders of two young sisters trying to make chokecherry jelly.

The Ghostly Village of Smuts - by Peggy Durant
The village named after Jan Smuts and its current condition today.

Columns:

Looking Back - by Jack Drieger
The use of a coil oil lamp chick incubator and how chicks imprint on humans.

Depression Ingenuity - by Jack Driedger
Description of a grindstone powered by a stationary engine used to sharpen a mower's cutting blade.

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