David J Puglia: 3 books
by David J. Puglia
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Powwow practitioners of York County, the headless ghost of a murdered girl that roams the back roads of Schuylkill County and the Hummelstown Hermit who still lingers in Indian Echo Caverns--these tales are all part of the lore of South Central Pennsylvania. Such legends offer a fuller history of the...
Maryland Legends
Folklore from the Old Line State
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
The demon car of Seven Hills Road, the ominous Hell House above the Patapsco River, the mythical Snallygaster of western Maryland--these are the extraordinary tales and bizarre creatures that color Maryland's folklore. The Blue Dog of Port Tobacco faithfully guards his master's gold even in death, and...
Tradition, Urban Identity, and the Baltimore “Hon"
The Folk in the City
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Baltimoreans have garnered a reputation for greeting one another by tagging “hon” to their speech. In the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, this small piece of local dialect took center stage in a series of rancorous public debates over the identity associated with Baltimore culture....