{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Keepers of Tradition","provider_url":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org","title":"A Folklorist's Folklorist: Bess L. Hawes (1921-2009) - Keepers of Tradition","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"E6isMXDgTP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2009\/12\/a-folklorists-folklorist-bess-l-hawes-1921-2009\/\">A Folklorist&#8217;s Folklorist: Bess L. Hawes (1921-2009)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2009\/12\/a-folklorists-folklorist-bess-l-hawes-1921-2009\/embed\/#?secret=E6isMXDgTP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;A Folklorist&#8217;s Folklorist: Bess L. Hawes (1921-2009)&#8221; &#8212; Keepers of Tradition\" data-secret=\"E6isMXDgTP\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":". Addressing the American Folklore Society at the 1988\u00a0Centennial Meetings, Bess Lomax Hawes\u00a0told a story about doing fieldwork, the sine qua non of the folklore profession.\u00a0When she was teaching years ago,\u00a0a\u00a0student of hers had done an excellent term paper based on some folk curing beliefs which he had collected from an old lady in his &hellip; Continue reading \"\"","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/besshawesyoung.jpg"}