Holiday and Celebration
Holiday and Celebration
Holiday and Celebration: An Overview...186
Nelson Rhodes
Festivals...188
Anna M. Dempsey
Harvest Time...190
Matthew Mitchell
Shuckings...192
Marguerite P. Garvey
Socials...196
Nicholas Gaffney
Language and Dialects...197
Katherine E. Rohrer
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