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A 1916 edition of the Martinsburg Herald wrote about the founding of the West Virginia Folklore Society, an organization which is still active today. [18] Another newspaper article published in the same year details a meeting of the West Virginia University Women's Club where they asked the folklore society to create a collection of ghost ...
The West Virginia Folklore Society was an organization devoted to studying and collecting folklore in the United States, founded on July 15, 1915. [1] It was among the most prominent such organizations in the early 20th century.
In 1950 she revived the state’s folklore society, dormant since 1917 (two years after its founding), and in 1951 became the founding editor of West Virginia Folklore, serving in that capacity until her retirement in 1967. According to her eulogy by William Hugh Jansen, Folklore Professor at the University of Kentucky, she had become “a ...
The group organizing the event chose the Mothman to be the center of the festival due to its uniqueness, and as a way to celebrate its local legacy in the town. [30] According to the event organizer Jeff Wamsley, the average attendance for the Mothman Festival is an estimated 10–12 thousand people per year. [30]
The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales is a collection of 100 folklore and ghost stories compiled by Ruth Ann Musick. The tales surround ghost stories from around the Marion County area in northern West Virginia .
The Flatwoods monster (also known as the Braxton County monster, [1] Braxie, [2] or the Phantom of Flatwoods), [3] in West Virginia folklore, is a creature reported to have been sighted in the town of Flatwoods in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, on September 12, 1952, after a bright light crossed the night sky.
Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, West Virginia, United States, is a non-profit organization which fosters the scholarly study and practice of traditional arts in music, dance, craft, and folklore. The program started in 1973 as a summer program named "Augusta Heritage Arts Workshops" that focused on Appalachian heritage and traditions.
Events in West Virginia (10 C, 5 P) F. Festivals in West Virginia (2 C, 6 P) ... West Virginia Day; West Virginia folklore; Template:West Virginia Music Hall of Fame;