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PA Center for Folklore @pafolklore.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Celebrate local folklore with a funded roadside marker! Applications for Legends & Lore Marker Grants are open until October 12! Details at www.wgpfoundation.org/history/legends-lore/

A Pennsylvania barn surrounded by autumn trees. Superimposed above the barn is the text "Legends & Lore applications due October 12." In a white bar at the bottom of the image are the logos of the Pennsylvania Center for Folklore and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation

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PA Center for Folklore @pafolklore.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Some exciting new developments are underway at the PA Center for Folklore. Read about them in our spring newsletter! sites.psu.edu/pafolklore/n...

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Anthony Bak Buccitelli @abbuccitelli.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I am thrilled to post the cover image for my newest book, The Internet is Real Life: Performing Folklore Online and Off, which is slated for publication with @uwiscpress.bsky.social in November. Check it out and pre-order here: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-...

The cover design for "The Internet is Real Life: Performing Folklore Online and Off" by Anthony Bak Buccitelli. It shows colorful text and a cluster of heart-eyed and heart emojis.

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PA Center for Folklore @pafolklore.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Applications are open until April 27 for Legends & Lore grants! Celebrate your local folklore with a roadside marker. Details at www.wgpfoundation.org/history/lege...

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PA Center for Folklore @pafolklore.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

A ghost—sometimes with the head of a pig—haunts the countryside near Darlington, PA. In some versions of the story she is restless, a victim of murder. In others she warns children not to play in the abandoned mines nearby. [Photo credit: Mike Wintermantel from the Historical Marker Database]

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American Studies at Penn State University @pennstateamst.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

For more information about how to join Dr. Kupfner in our undergraduate or graduate museum studies certificate programs, visit our website at: harrisburg.psu.edu/humanities/a...

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American Studies at Penn State Harrisburg

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PA Center for Folklore @pafolklore.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

With the arrival of harvest season, we thought it was the right time to look at examples of wheat weaving from our collections. Though these samples originate elsewhere, the practice has been active in Pennsylvania. Interest re-emerged in the mid-20th century, when some of these were created.

Wheat weaving from the Yvonne Milspaw Collection.

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Anthony Bak Buccitelli @abbuccitelli.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

University Press of Mississippi has announced a Holiday Sale that includes pre-orders, so from Nov 12-19, you should be able to pre-order your copy of The Folklore of Democracy (July 2026) for only $20.26!

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The Folklore of Democracy

Contributions by Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Richard Bauman, Norma Cantú, Miguel Díaz-Barriga, Margaret Dorsey, Ehsan Estiri, Gary Alan Fine, Lisa Gilman, Jay Mechling, Whitney Phillips, Afsane Rezaei, Li...

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PA Center for Folklore @pafolklore.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Philadelphia-area workshops are starting soon through The National Network for Folk Arts in Education! Visit locallearningnetwork.org/facts for more information.

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American Studies at Penn State University @pennstateamst.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Dr. David Puglia (PhD American Studies, 2015) shares his insights as a teacher and administrator at a community college in the Francis Lee Utley invited plenary panel on Folklore in Higher Education given by the Fellows of the American Folklore Society.

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Anthony Bak Buccitelli @abbuccitelli.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I’m beyond thrilled to announce that I’ve been elected a fellow of the American Folklore Society! It’s such a great honor to be part of this group, which includes so many of the scholars who have mentored and inspired me over the years.

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American Studies at Penn State University @pennstateamst.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Opening night at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting and Penn State Harrisburg is already well represented! Faculty Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Jeffrey Tolbert, and Simon J. Bronner were joined by alumni Amy Milligan, Mary Sellers, and Susan Asbury, and PhD candidate Steven Lee.

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Anthony Bak Buccitelli @abbuccitelli.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Love Fairy Tales? I’m teaching a new course this spring on folktales and legends in American literature. It’s open to Penn State undergraduate and graduate students. Sign up today! #academicsky #folklore #fairytales

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PA Center for Folklore @pafolklore.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Last chance for Legends & Lore applications for 2025! The deadline for William G. Pomeroy Foundation's grant for Legends and Lore markers is October 13, 2025. The grant allows applications for a roadside marker for local folklore and legends in your town! From wgpfoundation.org

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Legends & Lore® Marker Grant Program | William G. Pomeroy Foundation

Does your community have a great piece of folklore that should be shared? Legends & Lore is designed to promote cultural tourism and commemorate legends and folklore as part of cultural heritage.

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PA Center for Folklore @pafolklore.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Does eating pumpkin seeds help prevent bedwetting? Folklorist MacBarrick recorded this belief in Central Pennsylvania in 1976. You can find more of the beliefs he recorded in our newly-restored Pennsylvania Folk Belief Collection Database! sites.psu.edu/folklib

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Pennsylvania Folk Belief Collection | Compiled from Fieldwork by Mac E. Barrick

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PA Center for Folklore @pafolklore.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Check out our spring newsletter, available now! sites.psu.edu/pafolklore/n...

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PA Center for Folklore @pafolklore.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Reminder: we’re looking for items for our newsletter! Click here for more info: tinyurl.com/2z8u9fw9

Deadline approaching for Pennsylvania Folklore News (January 15). Send information or ideas to folklore@psu.edu.

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PA Center for Folklore @pafolklore.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

We're looking for items for our newsletter. If your work involves Pennsylvania folklore in any form, we want to hear about it! Reach out to us at folklore@psu.edu, or click here for more information: mailchi.mp/5140783632f7....

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