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American folklore : an encyclopedia / edited by Jan Harold Brunvand. New York : Garland Pub., 1998, c1996.
Available online through Library catalog.
Encyclopedia of American folklife / Simon J. Bronner, editor.
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2006.
Davis Library Reference GR105 .E53 2006
Encyclopedia of black folklore and humor /
compiled and edited by Henry D. Spalding ; introduction by J. Mason Brewer. Middle Village, N.Y. : Jonathan David Publishers, 1990.
Davis Library Reference PN6231.N5 S6 1990
Encyclopedia of folklore and literature / editors,
Mary Ellen Brown, Bruce A. Rosenberg ; editorial assistants, Peter Harle, Kathy Sitarski.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1998.
Davis Library Reference PN41 .E48 1998.
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