Roberts, Leonard W.

[Folklore; Appalachian] Up Cutshin and Down Greasy: Folkways of a Kentucky Mountain Family

Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1988. Soft cover.

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'A classic about the life and culture of eastern Kentucky.' [Library Lane]

Along the isolated headwaters of the Kentucky River Cutshin and Greasy creeks folklorist Leonard Roberts found the Couches, a remarkable mountain family of gifted memory and imagination. For half a century they had preserved the traditional ways of their forebears the farming methods, the household arts, and the games, ballads, dances, and tales that were their chief entertainment.

Item #013949
ISBN: 9780813101767

Price: $15.00