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Title: Song, Dance, and Customs of Peasant Poland (1951)
Review: My cousin and I share a genealogical interest in Poland as we are of Polish descent. She recommended this book to me, and while I have not yet competed it, I am impressed by the author's observations. Although our family, like so many others, came to the United States in the 1800s, our generation follows many of the traditions, language and customs of our grandparents. Much, of course, has been lost in the past 100 years in this country, but some of the sayings remain in nearly daily use (for example: "starosc nie radosc, smierc nie pocieha" is one of them and the author gives a fair translation early on in the book). This book, for me, will be a reference book in my library and a welcome edition it will be.
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