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Kentucky Bluegrass Country by R. Gerald Alvey Horse breeding, the cultures of tobacco and bourbon, the forms of architecture, the codes of the hunt, the traditions of gambling and dueling, convivial celebrations, regional foodways-all of these are ingredients in the folklife of the Inner Bluegrass Region that is the focus of this fascinating book. R. Gerald Alvey (retired) was a professor of folklore and English at the University of Kentucky.
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Kentucky Bluegrass Country Folklife in the South Series
author
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Alvey, R. Gerald.; Clark, Thomas D.
publisher
:
University Press of Mississippi
isbn10 | asin
:
0878055444
print isbn13
:
9780878055449
ebook isbn13
:
9780585282275
language
:
English
subject
Folklore--Kentucky, Material culture--Kentucky, Kentucky--Social life and customs.
publication date
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1992
lcc
:
GR110.K4A46 1992eb
ddc
:
976.9/3
subject
:
Folklore--Kentucky, Material culture--Kentucky, Kentucky--Social life and customs.
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Kentucky Bluegrass Country
R. Gerald Alvey
WITH A FOREWORD BY Thomas D. Clark
Lynwood Montell, General Editor
FOLKLIFE IN THE SOUTH SERIES
Page iv
Copyright 1992 by University Press of Mississippi
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
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The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Alvey, R. Gerald, 1935 Kentucky bluegrass country / R. Gerald Alvey; with a foreword by Thomas D. Clark. p. cm. (Folklife in the South series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87805-510-X (alk. paper). ISBN 0-87805-544-5 (pbk. alk. paper) 1. KentuckySocial life and customs. I. Title. II. Series. F451.A68 1992 91-48029 976.9'3dc20 CIP
British Library Cataloging-in-Publication data available
Page v
For Donna my beloved wife
Page vii
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface
xi
Foreword
xiii
Introduction
xix
Part One The Lay of the Land, and the People Who Walk on It
1
1. Limestone, "Blue" Grass, Boone, and Folk Worldview
3
2. Demographics, Stereotypes, and the Formation of Bluegrass Culture
17
Part Two Folk Patterns and Material Culture Forms on the Bluegrass Landscape
35
3. Fences
37
4. Antebellum Folk Houses
49
5. Postbellum Vernacular House Forms and Folk Patterns of Residence
71
6. The Bluegrass Gentleman Farm and Other Rural Folk Patterns
93
7. Mills, Taverns, and Churches on the Historic Bluegrass Landscape
103
Part Three Bluegrass Folk Customs and Other Traditional Activities
125
8. Folk Traditions of the Bluegrass Horse World
127
9. Traditional Horse Farm Procedures
153
10. The Gaming Spirit
187
11. "Riding to Hound"
195
12. Guns, Rods and Reels, and Baited Fields
201
13. The Code Duello
215
14. Bourbon: Kentucky's "Hosesome Beverage"
223
15. Burley Tobacco: From Hand to Mouth
243
Page viii
16. "Grease Spots in the Air," Lamb Fries, and Other Bluegrass Epicurean Delights
253
Afterword
285
Bibliographic Notes
289
Index
313
Page ix
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure 1. Map of Kentucky showing approximate boundaries of Inner and Outer Bluegrass and the nine counties featured in this study
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