American Folklore

From AmericanFolklore.net

UF researchers genetically manipulated mosquitoes to produce lovebugs. (Not really.)

Washington Irving's American classic about a man who falls asleep to wake many years later.

Joe Harris' tales documenting the culture of the post-war South, including that of African Americans. Popularized by Disney's The Song of the South.

The text of the ballad describing John Henry's race against a steam drill. This event is variously claimed to have occurred in Virginia, North Carolina, or Alabama.

Early 20th century copy of the book by Otis T. Howd, Ray Cloice Howd, and Robert Marshall.

Published in 1913, includes stories of Pecos Bill and others.

1915 work by Eleanor Atkinson about Johnny Appleseed as a romantic American hero.