Folk Collection (page 12)

Macedonian women weaving Date: circa 1913

A Saltner from Merano, Italy
Since in the earliest paradise on record poor human nature found the plucking of forbidden fruit an irresistible temptation

Italy - Pretty Italian girl playing tamborine and having a dance Date: circa 1901

Oak Apple Day
Grovely, Grovely, Grovely ! OAK APPLE DAY at Wishford, Wiltshire, England. Oak branches are traditionally collected from Grovely Wood, as a right of the common folk. Date: 29 May

Chodenland Spinners
Women of Chodenland, (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia), spinning flax at their humming spinning wheels, singing folk songs as they spin in their colourful red dresses. Date: 1930s

Blaise Castle House, near Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; a late 18th century mansion, which now houses a folk museum which opened to the public in 1949. Date: late 18th century

Thatched Dairy
This thatched dairy, at Blaise Castle House Folk Museum, Bristol, England, was designed in 1811 by John Nash. Date: built 1811

St. Fagans Castle, near Cardiff, Wales, is a 16th century manor house on the site of a 13th century fortress. In 1948 it became a Welsh folk museum. Date: 16th century

York Folk Museum
A re-created early 19th century cobbled street scene, with coach and dummy horseman outside a haberdashery. York Folk Museum, York, Yorkshire, England. Date: 19th century (re-enactment)

Old Folk and Bible
An old Swedish couple sit together while he reads from the Good Book. Date: 1901

Candas - Somme Region - Rue de Beauval
Candas - Somme Region, Picardie, Northern France. Rue de Beauval. Date: circa 1910s

Retaliation, or the cudgeller caught
A cudgeller is reprimanded by three angry folk, who surround him and wave their cudgels frantically. Date: 18th Century

People from the Island of Corfu, Greece Date: circa 1899

The trio - Music at home
Three men make music in a rustic, domestic setting

Doctor M W Locke in action
Doctor Mahlon William Locke (1880-1942) - the famous foot doctor of Williamsburg, Ontario, Canada performing his twist on another patient

Bielefeld, Germany - Old Peoples Home
Bielefeld, Germany - Retirement Home Date: 1909

Gruner Wald Hospice / Rest Home
The Green Forest Hospice / Christian Rest Home (Hospiz Gruner Wald) at Bad Herrenalb - Black Forest, Germany Date: circa 1920s

Women dedicated to the worship of Khandoba
Khandoba, also known as Khanderao, is a Hindu folk deity, worshipped by the people of Maharashtra in India. The worship of Khandoba developed during the 9th/10th centuries from a folk deity into a

French & Swiss Women
Women of Strasbourg & a woman from Basle, Switzerland. Largely regional or National costumes but with ruffs (by this date were no longer fashionable). Date: 1644

Racial Types Germany
Women of Cologne of various classes: maidservant, matron & a middle class woman. All wear long white aprons & ruffs. Date: 1644

Bavarian C18th Costume

Costume / Italian Students
Two Italian students from Padova wearing breeches known as Venetians with matching doublets, small ruffs & tall crowned hats. N.B fur-lined gown with hanging sleeves. Date: 1583

Irving / Rip / Koatskill Mtn
Rip encounters the odd inhabitants of the Koatskill Mountains. Date: First published: 1819

Kaatskill Folk
The Kaatskill (Catskill) mountains of New York are peopled with the most extraordinary creatures

Scene from the legend of William Tell, Swiss folk hero
A scene from the legend of William Tell, Swiss folk hero. He springs onto the bank and pushes his enemy Gesslers boat back into the raging water, thereby causing its occupants to drown

Racial / Russia / Warsaw
A group of country folk, from Riazan, Warsaw and St Petersburg; also a Finnish woman Date: 19th century

Edwardian Garden Scene
A summer afternoon in an Edwardian garden - the older ladies take tea, while the young folk work up an appetite on the tennis court Date: circa 1905

A Charity Bazaar
A charity Bazaar in aid of the Royal National Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, Ventnor, an opportunity for fashionable folk to relieve their social consciences 1879

Swan Lake ballet, Swan Princess and Siegfried
The Swan Princess begs Siegfried not to shoot, and reveals that she and her followers are enchanted by the wicked Rotbart

Swan Lake ballet, the unfortunate girls become swans again
Siegfried and Odette are about to embrace when the evil Rotbart disguised as a large owl appears, and the unfortunate girls become swans again

Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried promises delivery from Rotbart
Siegfried promises to deliver the swans from the evil spell of Rotbart and they all dance for joy. He invites Odette to the ball his parents are giving

Music cover for A Christmas Bouquet of Choice Dance Music, by Eminent Composers. A cameo picture of a young woman in folk costume is surrounded by holly, mistletoe and flowers

Music cover for The Varsovien Mazurka
Music cover for The Varsovien (or Varsovian) Mazurka, composed by Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-1860), and dedicated to Monsieur Paris of Manchester

Couple from Hodonin, Czech Republic
A couple from Hodonin on the River Morava, in the southeast of Moravia, in the Czech Republic. They stand arm in arm, both wearing traditional local costume. Perhaps they are newlyweds?

Norway - Houses at the Norwegian Folk Museum
Norway - Wooden houses at the Norwegian Folk Museum

Gaula couple dancing, Funchal, Madeira
Two members of a folklore group from Gaula, seen here dancing in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. The couple are wearing traditional costume, including black skull caps with points

Musicians from Gaula, in Funchal, Madeira
Musicians belonging to a folklore group from Gaula, seen here in traditional dress performing on the street in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira

Camacha woman with musical instrument, Funchal, Madeira
A woman from a folklore group from the village of Camacha, seen here in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. She is holding a musical instrument known as a brinquinho

Folklore group in Funchal, Madeira
A folklore group from the village of Camacha, walking through the streets of Funchal, the capital city of Madeira

Boa Nova group couple dancing, Funchal, Madeira
Two members of a Boa Nova folklore group, seen here dancing in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. They are wearing traditional costume, including black skull caps with points

Folklore group dancing in Funchal, Madeira
A folklore group from the village of Camacha, dancing in the street in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira

Three Camacha girls, Funchal, Madeira
Three girls from a folklore group from the village of Camacha, seen here in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. They appear to be clapping in time to music

Boa Nova group members, Funchal, Madeira
Two young members of a Boa Nova folklore group, seen here in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. They are wearing traditional costume, including black skull caps with points

Boa Nova man with musical instrument, Funchal, Madeira
A man from a Boa Nova folklore group, seen here in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. He is holding a musical instrument known as a brinquinho, a stick decorated with wooden dolls

Musician from Gaula, in Funchal, Madeira
A musician belonging to a folklore group from Gaula, seen here with his violin and bow in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. Date: 2006

Camacha woman with flowers, Funchal, Madeira
A woman from a folklore group from the village of Camacha, walking through the streets of Funchal, the capital city of Madeira, with a large basket of flowers on her head

Boa Nova group, Funchal, Madeira
A traditional Boa Nova folk group playing musical instruments and singing, seen in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. The man on the right is holding a percussion instrument known as a brinquinho

Rob Roys Grave at Balquhidder
Scottish Folk Hero and outlaw Rob Roys Grave (Robert Roy MacGregor 1671 - 1734) at Balquhidder, set alongside the medieval ruins of the small parish church

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