From The Archives
Pass It On - Storytelling
7/15/1986 | 28m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
Highlights the tradition of telling stories, reciting poems and spinning tall tales.
This program highlights the tradition of telling stories, reciting poems and spinning tall tales. Among the storytellers are Keith Wallace of Waterbury, Cora Bardwell of Dover and Claire Bouffard Chase of Jericho. Richard Sweterlitsch, a professor who teaches folklore at the University of Vermont, and Jane Beck, the state folklorist, comment on the narrative styles heard in the program.
From The Archives is a local public television program presented by Vermont Public
From The Archives
Pass It On - Storytelling
7/15/1986 | 28m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
This program highlights the tradition of telling stories, reciting poems and spinning tall tales. Among the storytellers are Keith Wallace of Waterbury, Cora Bardwell of Dover and Claire Bouffard Chase of Jericho. Richard Sweterlitsch, a professor who teaches folklore at the University of Vermont, and Jane Beck, the state folklorist, comment on the narrative styles heard in the program.
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