Word: folke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ever since they left Germany two and a half centuries ago, the Mennonites have farmed the rich land of Lancaster County, Pa. They are simple folk, and simplicity is the heart of their religion. They do not believe in war or violence. The strictest Mennonites do not believe in self-decoration; buttons are taboo, and so are pictures. They do not believe in getting mixed up with their nonbelieving neighbors...
...Digitalis, a powerful heart stimulant used as a folk remedy for centuries, is derived from the purple foxglove. Most of it was imported from Germany, Belgium, France and Italy, but none has entered the U.S. since last January. Digitalis is one of the most difficult drugs to manufacture: foxglove leaves, which contain the drug, begin to deteriorate as soon as they are separated from the plant, must be dried at once at high temperatures, then powdered. There are foxglove farms in about ten places in the northern U.S., capable of producing 1,000 Ib. an acre...
Brazilian Songs (Elsie Houston with Pablo Miguel, pianist; Victor; 6 sides; $3.50). Sultry, brunette-voiced Singer Houston's inimitable way with Brazil's suave, tropical folk melodies makes this the album of the month. Her famed, tongue-twisting Dansa de cabodo (Frog Song) and primitive, wailing Berimbao (about a dolphin who transformed itself into a youth no virgin could resist) are heady as Negrita...
...perfection. He has admirable assistance: Mother York (Margaret Wycherly), Pastor Rosier Pile (Walter Brennan), York's sweetheart Gracie Williams (Joan Leslie) and a first-rate supporting cast. The picture also manages to produce an almost documentary description of the meager, resourceful life of the South's mountain folk...
That snatch of a song had a college professor, a U.S. poet, numerous song collectors and Mississippi river folk scratching their heads last week. The lines had been sent to Bill Henry, columnist in the Los Angeles Times, by a friend who remembered hearing them many years ago in "Hell's Half Acre" in St. Louis. Henry printed the song, remarked its similarity to the current No. 1 sheet-music seller, the No. 2 ditty of the NBC and CBS networks, The Hut-Sut Song. This doubletalk, mock-Swedish "serenade" was written by Ted McMichael (of the singing "Merry...