a. Tell in your own words what folklore* is. List some folklore stories, folk songs, or historical legends from your own state or part of the country. Play the Folklore Match Game on page 48**.

**Answer key to the Folklore Match Game: 19, 15, 17, 11, 14, 10, 7, 13, 12, 8, 9, 5, 6, 18, 13, 4, 16, 20, 1, 2

Invite a good story teller and have a Spooky Stories den meeting. Put a blanket on the floor and have the boys gather around an electric lantern for light, or read the stories by a campfire.

Play a game of charades where the boys act (or dress up with some props) as the Tall Tale characters in their book - have the other boys guess who the character is.

Myths, Folktales, and Fairytales

Communicating beltloop and pin requirements

*Folklore and folklife (including traditional arts, belief, traditional ways of work and leisure, adornment and celebrations) are cultural ways in which a group maintains and passes on a shared way of life.

b. Name at least five stories about American folklore. Point out on a United States map where they happened.

c. Read two folklore stories and tell your favorite one to your den.

The story of Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett (read this with a hillbilly accent)