Jokes
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Don Wilson, John Hiescock, Walter Seaha, Jim Davenporte, interviewed by Jerome Gamache
Gerard Raymond, Rev. Br. Jerome Forest, Reverend Brother Lionel Morneau, Mr. Paul Gobeil, Mrs. Paul Gobeil, and others, interviewed by Richard Jacques
Hallie Harriman and Charlotte Hobbs, interviewed by Patricia Chandler
Leighton Jackson, George Erswell Sr., and George Erswell Jr., interviewed by Elisabeth Erswell
0122 Leighton Jackson, George Erswell Sr., and George Erswell Jr., interviewed by Elizabeth Erswell for CP 180, fall 1964, Brunswick, Maine. Jackson and the Erswells talk about tall tales; jokes; stories about hunting, fishing, and working in the lumber woods. Text: 11 pp. catalog. Recording: T 0227, PM 0022 1 hour
Milledge Lewis, Margaret Hallett and Paul Morrison, interviewed by Pauline Lewis
Robert N. Golding, interviewed by Virginia Pottle
Student paper, by Charlene Henderson
NA0821 By Charlene Henderson for English Folklore course at Ricker College, spring 1973, Houlton, Maine. Paper deals with a collection of tall tales; ghost stories; superstitions; jokes; hoaxes; trucking stories. Text: 21 pp. paper with table of contents. Restrictions: None
Student paper, by Dave Milgram
NA0892 Various, interviewed by Dave Milgram, for Folklore Course at Ricker College taught by Gifford Stevens, Houlton, Maine, spring 1975. Paper, titled “Peanuts: Fine Rhyme on One Line,” is a collection of dirty jokes collected from various sources mostly from Houlton College ages 11 to 28; includes one-line jokes, fake book titles, sayings, proverbs, superstitions, rhymes, songs, and military chants. Text: 20 pp. paper. Restrictions: None
Student paper, by Dennis Donovan
NA0607 By Dennis Donovan for Folklore at Ricker College, spring 1971, Houlton, Maine. Paper deals with ethnic jokes. Text: 10 pp. paper. Restricted: No release.
Student paper, by Janet Sheridan
NA0827 By Janet Sheridan for for English Folklore course at Ricker College, spring 1973, Long Island, New York. Paper deals with a collection of good luck superstitions; bad luck superstitions; remedies; place name legends; jokes; songs. Text: 22 pp. paper. Restrictions: None
Student paper, by Peter Sewall
NA0608 By Peter Sewall for Folklore at Ricker College, spring 1971, Yarmouth, Maine; Winchester, Massachusetts. Paper deals with summer complaint stories; jokes; folk remedies; forerunners. Text: 14 pp. paper. Restricted: No release.
Student paper, by Robert McCartney
NA0612 By Robert McCartney for Folklore at Ricker College, spring 1971, Houlton, Maine. Paper deals with a collection of jokes: dead baby, moron, elephant, ethnic; other jokes; beliefs. Text: 13 pp. paper. Restricted: No release.
Student paper, by Tom Leonard
NA0603 By Tom Leonard for Folklore at Ricker College, spring 1971, Houlton, Maine. Paper on jokes collected at Ricker College. Text: 25 pp. paper. Restricted: No release.
Various, interviewed by Alta Kilton
0224 Various, interviewed by Alta Kilton for CP 180, fall 1963, Rogue Bluffs, Maine. Paper deals with beliefs; stories about the Watt Boys; hero tales; poacher Wilbur Day; hermit Willie ‘Racker" Foss; hermits Nick and Mell Bryant; place names; Indian race for princess; forerunner; jokes by Faunce Bryant; many songs and ballads. Text: 77 pp. paper. RESTRICTED.
Various, interviewed by Braley Gray
0157 Various, interviewed by Braley Gray for CP 180, spring 1964, Old Town and Deer Isle, Maine; Marblehead, Massachusetts. Thomas Mossey of Old Town, Maine; Ruth Gray of Old Town, Maine; Roger Kimball Stone of Marblehead, Mass.; Waldo Cookson, Old Town, Maine; Earl Whitmore, Old Town, Maine; and Morris Noyes, Old Town, Maine. Paper deals with tall tales; animal tales; hunting stories; "smart" answers; dialect stories; place names; jokes. Text: 30 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by D. E. Smith
0357 By D. E. Smith for CP 180, spring 1962, Houlton, Maine; New Brunswick. Informants include Judy Maines, Dim Cormier, Linda Waterhouse, Barbara Prescott, Belmont Adams, Danielle Spear, Prof. Donald Quinsey, Alice Rideout, and Nancy Erikson. Paper deals with poaching stories; tall tales; anecdotes; devil stories; jokes. Text: 37 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Elsie Appleby
Various, interviewed by Iona Coffin
0062 Various, interviewed by Iona Coffin for CP 180, fall 1963, Lubec, Steuben, Unionville, and Milbridge, Maine. Tall tales; legends; jokes; song; Will Stanley stories; Barney Beal; forerunners; bear stories; hunting stories; treasure; ghost; phantom ship; haunted house; devil; poem; small pox remedy; cante fable; place name. Text: 76 pp. manuscript
Various, interviewed by James W. Burns
0028 Various, interviewed by James Burns for CP 180, summer 1964, Dexter, New Sharon, and Garland, Maine. Informants include Emery Fletcher, George Porter, Carroll Ellsmore, Richard "Dick" Barstow, Emma Bentley, Rodney A. Young, and Ila (Young) Burns. Paper deals with anecdotes and humorous tales; folk heroes; legends; belief tale; witch tales; short woods song; stories about George Magoon and Wilbur Day, poachers. Text: 82 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Joyce Conlogue
0057 Various, interviewed by Joyce Conlogue for CP 180, spring 1962, Danforth, Prentiss, and Weston, Maine. Paper deals with songs; ghost and devil stories; big wind storm story; hunting and fishing stories; folk heroes: Bill Estabrooke, Bill McKay; jokes and anecdotes; Märchen; poems; Indian story; charming. Text: 62 pp. manuscript. RESTRICTED.
Various, interviewed by Lina Bagley
0025 Various, interviewed by Lina Bagley for CP 180, fall 1963, East Machias area, Maine. Informants include Edgar Bagley, John Bagley, Roy K. Dennison, William Prescott, and Iman Bagley. Paper deals with place names; forerunners; murder story; discovery of a corpse; tall tale; a few songs; place names; hunting and sailing stories; four long poems. Text: 50 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Lloyd Record
0345 Various, interviewed by Lloyd Record for CP 180, spring 1964, UMaine, Orono and South Paris, Maine. Informants include Douglas Mullen, Amos Orcutt, Colby Fahey, Richard Sieberg, Larry Shirlord, Steve German, Leona Record, Steve Gould, and Howard Record. Paper deals with tall tales; hunting stories; legends; scrapbook jokes; Buck Monument story; Devil’s Rock; Molly Ockett. Also included: newspaper clippings and photocopies of newspaper clippings. Text: 43 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Marguerite M. Burnham
0034 Various, interviewed by Marguerite M. Burnham for CP 180, summer, 1959, Machias, Maine. Informants include George D. Perry, Archie Dill, and Emma Mcans. Paper deals with local characters: The Shacker Boys of Wesley; Wilbur Day, poacher. Text: 16 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Muriel Wallace
0418 Various, interviewed by Muriel Wallace for CP 180, fall 1963, Crawford, Eastport, and Perry, Maine; Oak Bay, New Brunswick. Paper deals with George Magoon stories; Wilbur Day, poacher; bear stories; forerunner; haunted house; devil stories; ghost stories: headless ghost; jokes: latest Quoddy story; songs. Text: 49 pp. paper.
Various, interviewed by Nancy Thibodeau
0399 Various, interviewed by Nancy Thibodeau for CP 180, spring 1965, UMaine, Orono and Portland, Maine. Informants include Janice Wyman, Mary Ellen Willard, Janet Salter, Nancy Thibodeau, Margaret MacAvoy, Pamela Webb, Meredith Ring, Catherine Runyan, Judith Rich, Sandra Urquhart, Jane Hannon, Hildreth Urquhart, Ida Urquhart, and Meredith Ring. Paper deals with wish rituals; place names; hunting stories; witchcraft; local characters; jokes and riddles. Text: 36 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Paul Goodine
0163 By Paul Goodine for CP 180, spring 1965, Skowhegan, Maine and Grand Falls, New Brunswick. Informants include Ambrose Goodine and Margaret (Whelan) Goodine, Skowhegan, Maine; Alan Banister, York Harbor, Maine; and Karl Turner, Eastport, Maine. Paper deals with tall tales; poaching stories; local character: Ike Goodine; lumbering stories; legends; Boone Island; place names; riddles; jokes. Text: 43 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Roger Mitchell and Joyce Mitchell
Various, interviewed by Sandra Hinkley
0186 Various, interviewed by Sandra Hinkley for CP 180, summer 1964, Fairfield, Litchfield, Oakland, Waterville, Maine. Informants include Ervin E. Hinkley, Evelyn Murrey Hinkley, Ervin Eugene Hinkley, Jr., Sandra Hinkley, Erma Dancer, Margaret Smith, and Doris Foulkes Browne. Paper deals with songs; anecdotes; ghosts; legends; hunting stories; jokes. Text: 57 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Thomas Ward
0426 Various, interviewed by Thomas Ward for CP 180, spring 1965, Auburn, Old Town, and Allagash region, Maine. Informants include: Carroll Coiley of Old Town; Thomas MacDonald, Madison; Gerry Rich, Auburn; Wendell Ward, Auburn; and George Dwelley, Calais. Paper deals with jokes; poacher stories; song; riddles. Text: 28 pp. paper