A bit of background…. The Snow Maiden is an old Russian Folktale. In Russian it is referred to as Snegurochka, which roughly translates to snow girl, or girl made of snow. The Story There are several variations of this story, but in the main one the story goes that there was once an old coupleContinue reading “The Snow Maiden”
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More Christmas Folklore
This week, I will be sharing with you some curious old tales that were collected by a folklorist in Pennsylvania in the 1950’s concerning the Christmas superstitions of the Scotch-Irish, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Quakers of the 19th century in that area. Some of these traditions are a type of ritual that people performed as partContinue reading “More Christmas Folklore”
A Winter's Dream 