There's a nonsensical incantation in Vance Randolph's 1947 book "Ozark Magic and Folklore." It goes, "Dullix, ix, ux, You ...

DEVELOPING a strategy in Zimbabwe, and I am sure in many other jurisdictions, has become a ritual rather than a genuine act of thinking about how to win. Over the years, I have observed that what most ...

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While much of the folk magic tradition of the Ozarks came from the Scots-Irish, by way of Appalachia, there is a link to Pennsylvania Dutch powwow.

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A new children's book, written and illustrated by two local men, is based on the life of Olaudah Equiano, whose ...

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Author Allie Tagle-Dokus teaches at Parker Charter School in Devens, the same school she attended as a student.

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A little more than a year ago, on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya, some colleagues and I met a 12-year-old Masai boy named Richard Turere, who told us a fascinating story. His family raises livestock on the ...