So Ole Says to Lena: Folk Humor of the Upper Midwest Book

So Ole Says to Lena: Folk Humor of the Upper Midwest, In the land of beer, cheese, and muskies—where the polka is danced and winter is unending and where Lutherans and Catholics predominate—everybody is ethnic, the politics are clean, and the humor is plentiful. This collection includes jokes, humorous anecd, So Ole Says to Lena: Folk Humor of the Upper Midwest

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So Ole Says to Lena: Folk Humor of the Upper Midwest
Written by author James P. Leary
Published by University of Wisconsin Press, August 2001
In the land of beer, cheese, and muskies—where the polka is danced and winter is unending and where Lutherans and Catholics predominate—everybody is ethnic, the politics are clean, and the humor is plentiful. This collection includes jokes, humorous anecd
In this collection of folk humor from the Midwest, Leary (Scandinavian studies, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) presents jokes, humorous anecdotes, and tall tales from a variety of ethnic groups—Woodland Indians, French, Cornish, Germans, Irish, Scandinavia

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Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Yah, Hey! 3
The Indians 19
The French 37
The Cornish 43
The Germans 49
The Irish 57
The Scandinavians 63
The Finns 83
The Poles 101
Other Ethnics 107
The Loggers 111
The Miners 133
The Farmers 145
The Townsfolk 161
Hunters and Fishers 183
Some of the Joke Tellers 195
Collection Notes 203
Bibliography 233
Index of Tellers 239
Index of Places Where Material Was Collected 241
Index of Motifs 243
Index of Tale Types 246
Afterword 247

Title: So Ole Says to Lena: Folk Humor of the Upper Midwest

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Publication Date: August 2001

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Daniel Buckley

reviewed So Ole Says to Lena: Folk Humor of the Upper Midwest on March 31, 2017

So Ole Says to Lena

Such fun to read! The book is well organized, and is a terrific assemblage of humorous short stories and jokes from the upper midwest US. You can dip into stories of Swedes, farmers, or just about any other ethnic or occupational category that exists in that region, which is quite diverse and pretty consistently funny.

Be advised: despite its avowed content, this is a serious folkloric/ethnographic study, so there is a long and turgid introduction preceding, and extensive footnotes following, the actual jokes and fun stuff. Feel free to skip all of that, however I do recommend taking a look at the photographs and biographical info on the actual tellers, which is located just before the endnotes. The bibliographical and source material is very complete and extremely useful, for those who need it.

Highly recommended to folklorists!

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	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction	xi
	Yah, Hey!	3
	The Indians	19
	The French	37
	The Cornish	43
	The Germans	49
	The Irish	57
	The Scandinavians	63
	The Finns	83
	The Poles	101
	Other Ethnics	107
	The Loggers	111
	The Miners	133
	The Farmers	145
	The Townsfolk	161
	Hunters and Fishers	183
	Some of the Joke Tellers	195
	Collection Notes	203
	Bibliography	233
	Index of Tellers	239
	Index of Places Where Material Was Collected	241
	Index of Motifs	243
	Index of Tale Types	246
	Afterword	247