FOLK 1000 Lecture 17: Unit 8: Kit Gallagher

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Folklore
• Course: FOLK 1000
• Professor: Kari Sawden

Document Summary

Kit gallagher: nova scotian folksinger, many songs published by helen creighton. Co(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) e(cid:454)pla(cid:374)atio(cid:374) fo(cid:396) the atla(cid:374)ti(cid:272) p(cid:396)o(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)es" (cid:396)i(cid:272)h he(cid:396)itage of folkso(cid:374)g is the (cid:396)egio(cid:374)"s link to certain predominate male occupations: notably lumbering and seafaring. Scholars accepted the belief that in the off-season men returned to their homes with expanded song repertoires that they shared with family and neighbours. Looking at the meaning of her repertoire, a (cid:862)fe(cid:373)ale side(cid:863) of the t(cid:396)aditio(cid:374) e(cid:373)e(cid:396)ges that allo(cid:449)s us to (cid:271)ette(cid:396) u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)d (cid:271)oth the pla(cid:272)e of so(cid:374)gs i(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s li(cid:448)es a(cid:374)d the (cid:396)ole of women singers in folksong creation and transmission. Characteristics of repertoires of some other women singers, is an abundance of strong, central female characters, who act in an assertive manner. Ballads might have contained a warning to young women that the realities of married life do(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s li(cid:448)e up to e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)tatio(cid:374)s: several options are presented for dealing with disappointment and betrayal.