SILVER MAPLE WITH ROBIN'S NESTWEDDED TO THE LAND AND THE LAND HOLDS MEMORIES
COUNTRY FARM -- ESTILL COUNTY -- RED LICK CREEK AREA 2009
SMALL TOWN OF PAINT LICK -- GARRAD COUNTY -- 2009
TOWN OF BEREA -- ONE ROOM BLACK SCHOOLHOUSE -- 1922PHOTO COURTESY JESSE WARD
EARLY LARGE FARM HOUSE AND LAND -- EARLY 1800s OR BEFORE -- MADISON COUNTY
The above photos represent pieces of the folk culture that was or is now found in Central Kentucky. Together they start to define a folk region.
In the book Kentucky Folk Architecture a definition of a folk region is put forth by Richard M. Dorson from his book American Folklore -- as follows: "a place where the people are wedded to the land, and the land holds memories. The people possess identity and ancestry and close family ties through continuous occupation of the same soil."
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