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Archive for the Animals Category (16 Posts)

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Homegrown Plus Premiere: Tlacuatzin Son Huasteco from Mexico

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: Hispanic American History, Homegrown Concert Series, Homegrown Plus, Homegrown Premieres, opossums

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Politics and Possum Feasts: Presidents Who Ate Opossums

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: Foodways, opossums

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A Possum Crisp and Brown: The Opossum and American Foodways

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: Animals, Foodways, opossums

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Of Possums and Presidents: Some Presidential Encounters with Opossums

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: Animals, opossums

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Awesome Possum!

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: Animals, opossums

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Solar Eclipse: A Moment of Awe, Wonder, and Belief

Posted by: Stephanie Hall

Posted in: Animals, Beliefs, Hispanic American History, Myths, Native American History

A fairy-like goddess plays a long pipe. A hare sits next to her on a mushroom, and a cherub and three more hares listen to her tune.

Ostara and the Hare: Not Ancient, but Not As Modern As Some Skeptics Think

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: Animals, Easter, Jacob Grimm, Legends, Myths, Narratives, Religion, Uncategorized

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Here Comes Peter Cottontail: Some Cultural History

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: Animals, Easter, Holidays

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On the Bunny Trail: In Search of the Easter Bunny

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: Animals, Easter, German Americans, Holidays, Jacob Grimm, Legends, Myths