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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[A Hand-Me-Down Harvest; Half Root Beer and Half Dandelion Wine]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This episode is "Half Root Beer and Half Dandelion Wine. This program discusses the lifestyle in rural Vermont during the time the recordings were collected. First, they discuss folklore in medicine and the different plants and oils they used as cures. Next, they discussed farming techniques. Most of the techniques revolved around planting crops according to the lunar cycle. An anecdote is given about dandelion wine and mixing it with root beer. Finally, they talk about how families were much closer knit back then. Everyone worked together for a common goal. They recall all shucking corn together and having dances in the barn all night. The program ends with a man recalling sledding down a big hill in the winter with all of his neighbors. "The series A HAND-ME-DOWN HARVEST is a culmination of efforts begun in VPR in 1978 when it became known to us that a truly remarkable collection of folklore was archived at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt. Having only the year before been transcribed by the Library of Congress, this extraordinary collection was largely unknown even within scholarly circles and had never been widely distributed to the general public. Properly referred to as the Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection, it consists of 250 wax cylinders, 1500 discs and 55 tapes, as well as letters, field notes and photos of people interviews by Mrs. Flanders in New England, beginning in 1930 at the request of the Committee of Traditions and Ideals of the Vermont Commission on Country Life and continuing as Mrs. Flanders['] life work until her death in the 1950's. In 1979 we received a grant from the NEA for the purpose of studying the collection and producing a one-hour pilot program which was broadcast locally in 1980 and nationally as part of the NPR 'Options' series in 1981. Then, in cooperation with Vermont State Folklorist, Jane Beck of the Vermont Council on the Arts, we applied for a second grant from the NEA for the purpose of [remixing] the pilot into two half-hour programs and for the development of six new [segments] designed to test whether elements of the material collected by Mrs. Flanders were still a viable part of the social fabric today. 4,000 staff hours, 18,000 miles of travel and 74 miles of recording tape later, our production team, headed by Producer Ev Grimes, has demonstrated that the heritage documented originally by Mrs. Flanders is alive and flourishing in our region. This series combines archival and contemporary material in a rich tapestry of voices, songs, stories, beliefs and traditions. Recorded actualities effectively span 50 years. The series offers an unusual opportunity to participate in traditions which can be traced back literally hundreds of years. It echoes with ancestral voices which continue to enrich our lives today."--1984 Peabody Awards entry form.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Vermont Public Radio]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Digital Commonwealth]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1984]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:references><![CDATA[https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-dr2p55fk0m]]></dcterms:references>
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