Jared B Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 4872419 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jared B Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jared B |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bath |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0273-4898 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Three Breton Traditions Viewed from the West Country and Farther Afield
The first of the three traditions referred to, in effect a practical joke in which water is poured over an unsuspecting dupe, turns out to have parallels in different parts of England, but also in Newfoundland. There follow two mermaid traditions. The first, in which a mermaid’s submarine garden is ruined by a dropped anchor, has counterparts in North America as well as England and Ireland. Finally, we have a less easily matched story, with echoe…
On the Protection of Puddings
Many superstitions and superstitious practices formerly surrounded foodstuffs, the preparation of which was subject to hazards that can now be rationally explained. In this note we are concerned with practices the aim of which was to keep ‘puddings’ such as sausages and haggises from bursting during preparation. Such foods would, for instance, be dedicated to some absent person described as ‘bearing horns’. The same applied to the preparation of …
William Barnes, Grenley, and the Miraculous Beam
Among the Dorset dialect poems of William Barnes (1801–86) is one called 'The Beam in Grenley Church', which tells how the said beam, having been cut too short during building, was miraculously lengthened by a mysterious carpenter, presumed to be Christ. In this essay, we attempt to show that Barnes's poem was inspired by the story of the Miraculous Beam in Christchurch Priory. The story not only has many pious forerunners and analogues, but also…
Lying for the Whetstone
Whatever their importance today, whetstones were once vital. Every so often, maybe four times an hour, the wielder of scythe or sickle would need to sharpen his blade. Without this, his work would have been impossible, and the crops on which all depended could not have been harvested. The names and types of whetstone and pouch varied from place to place. North Yorkshire and many adjacent areas knew the strickle, once described as ‘a four-sided im…
Shick-Shack and Shit-Sack
Reviewing Ronald Hutton's The Stations of the Sun in a recent issue of Folklore, Malcolm Jones reminds us that 29 May, Shickshack Day, better known as Royal Oak Day or Oak-Apple Day from its association with Charles II's concealment in an oak after his defeat at Worcester in 1651, most probably gets its name from the word shit-sack (Hutton 1997; Jones 1997, 139). This was originally a term of abuse applied to Nonconformists and others not wearing…
Misers and Woodpeckers
Mennear: 'Aw, he was a reg'lar split-fig, an' 'ud go where the devil can't, an' that's atween the oak an' the rind.' Shortly after the appearance of my essay, the Editor kindly drew my attention to tales of the Type Aa/Th 751A, The Peasant Woman is Changed into a Woodpecker. Dr Simpson pointed out that in some of these there is an interesting conjunction of the idea of miserliness and the bark-and-tree motif, and suggested that it might be worth …
Lying for the Whetstone
Whatever their importance today, whetstones were once vital. Every so often, maybe four times an hour, the wielder of scythe or sickle would need to sharpen his blade. Without this, his work would have been impossible, and the crops on which all depended could not have been harvested. The names and types of whetstone and pouch varied from place to place. North Yorkshire and many adjacent areas knew the strickle, once described as ‘a four-sided im…
Shick-Shack and Shit-Sack
Reviewing Ronald Hutton's The Stations of the Sun in a recent issue of Folklore, Malcolm Jones reminds us that 29 May, Shickshack Day, better known as Royal Oak Day or Oak-Apple Day from its association with Charles II's concealment in an oak after his defeat at Worcester in 1651, most probably gets its name from the word shit-sack (Hutton 1997; Jones 1997, 139). This was originally a term of abuse applied to Nonconformists and others not wearing…
Misers and Woodpeckers
Mennear: 'Aw, he was a reg'lar split-fig, an' 'ud go where the devil can't, an' that's atween the oak an' the rind.' Shortly after the appearance of my essay, the Editor kindly drew my attention to tales of the Type Aa/Th 751A, The Peasant Woman is Changed into a Woodpecker. Dr Simpson pointed out that in some of these there is an interesting conjunction of the idea of miserliness and the bark-and-tree motif, and suggested that it might be worth …
Shick-Shack and Shit-Sack
Reviewing Ronald Hutton's The Stations of the Sun in a recent issue of Folklore, Malcolm Jones reminds us that 29 May, Shickshack Day, better known as Royal Oak Day or Oak-Apple Day from its association with Charles II's concealment in an oak after his defeat at Worcester in 1651, most probably gets its name from the word shit-sack (Hutton 1997; Jones 1997, 139). This was originally a term of abuse applied to Nonconformists and others not wearing…
Lying for the Whetstone
Whatever their importance today, whetstones were once vital. Every so often, maybe four times an hour, the wielder of scythe or sickle would need to sharpen his blade. Without this, his work would have been impossible, and the crops on which all depended could not have been harvested. The names and types of whetstone and pouch varied from place to place. North Yorkshire and many adjacent areas knew the strickle, once described as ‘a four-sided im…
William Barnes, Grenley, and the Miraculous Beam
Among the Dorset dialect poems of William Barnes (1801–86) is one called 'The Beam in Grenley Church', which tells how the said beam, having been cut too short during building, was miraculously lengthened by a mysterious carpenter, presumed to be Christ. In this essay, we attempt to show that Barnes's poem was inspired by the story of the Miraculous Beam in Christchurch Priory. The story not only has many pious forerunners and analogues, but also…
Three Breton Traditions Viewed from the West Country and Farther Afield
The first of the three traditions referred to, in effect a practical joke in which water is poured over an unsuspecting dupe, turns out to have parallels in different parts of England, but also in Newfoundland. There follow two mermaid traditions. The first, in which a mermaid’s submarine garden is ruined by a dropped anchor, has counterparts in North America as well as England and Ireland. Finally, we have a less easily matched story, with echoe…
On the Protection of Puddings
Many superstitions and superstitious practices formerly surrounded foodstuffs, the preparation of which was subject to hazards that can now be rationally explained. In this note we are concerned with practices the aim of which was to keep ‘puddings’ such as sausages and haggises from bursting during preparation. Such foods would, for instance, be dedicated to some absent person described as ‘bearing horns’. The same applied to the preparation of …
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