Literature

  • The Blind Men and the Elephant

    The Blind Men and the Elephant

    The Blind Men and the Elephant is a parable from India that has been adapted by many religions and published in…

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  • The Legend of Babouscka

    The Legend of Babouscka

    The Legend of Babouscka is an old Russian tale in which an old woman missed the chance to travel with the…

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  • The Little Thief in the Pantry

    The Little Thief in the Pantry

    A Little Thief in the Pantry is in the collection A Christmas Hamper: A Volume of Pictures and Stories for Little Folks,…

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  • The Night After Christmas

    The Night After Christmas

    The Night After Christmas was published in Dear Santa Claus: Charming Holiday Stories for Boys and Girls (1901) by W.B. Conkey Company, author…

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  • A Christmas Hamper

    A Christmas Hamper

    A Christmas Hamper: A Volume of Pictures and Stories for Little Folks was published in 1889 by T. Nelson and Sons…

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  • A Snow Man

    A Snow Man

    A Snow Man from A Christmas Hamper: A Volume of Pictures and Stories for Little Folks was published in 1889 by T. Nelson…

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  • Halloween

    Halloween

    Halloween is a holiday poem published in The Holidays’ Carnival (1904) by Elizabeth F. Guptil. On the last night of October,Comes the mystic…

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  • Jack-O-Lantern Song

    Jack-O-Lantern Song

    Jack-O-Lantern Song was published in South Dakota Educator (1917), attributed to “Canadian Teacher.” It is sung to the music, “Rig-a-jig” Upon one wild…

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  • Jolly Halloween

    Jolly Halloween

    Jolly Halloween sung to the tune of “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp” is from Normal Instructor and Primary Plans (October 1922), submitted by Clara Emogene…

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  • Many Thousand Gone

    Many Thousand Gone

    Many Thousand Gone was a popular African-American song during the Civil War, sung by slaves fleeing plantations and heading to the…

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