Folklore Reference Collection at Indiana University
This guide will introduce you to indexes, bibliographies, encylopedias, and dictionaries useful for research in folklore and ethnomusicology.
What is folk speech?
Here you will find dictionaries devoted to regional English, slang, verbal obscenities, and folk etymologies.
Proverbs and related forms have their own separate tab.
Folk Speech
Dictionary of American Regional English by Call Number: PE2843 .D52 1985 v.1-5ISBN: 0674205111Publication Date: 1985THE reference work for American folk speech. Also useful for explaining obscure folk customs, such as "shivaree."A Dictionary of International Slurs by
Call Number: HT1523 .R6 1979ISBN: 0916500055Publication Date: 1979International Dictionary of Obscenities by
Call Number: PB421.O27 K86ISBN: 0933884184Publication Date: 1981A Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors by
Call Number: PE1689 .W56 1993ISBN: 0415075238Publication Date: 1993
The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang by Call Number: PE3721 .O94 2005ISBN: 0198610521Publication Date: 2005Lowspeak : a dictionary of criminal and sexual slang by
Call Number: PE3721 .M67 1989ISBN: 0207162298Publication Date: 1989
A dictionary of slang, jargon & cant embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian slang, pidgin English, gypsies' jargon and other irregular phraseology by Call Number: PE3721 .B3 1897 v.1-2Publication Date: 1897
An Encyclopedia of Swearing by Call Number: PE3724.O3 H84 2006ISBN: 0765612313Publication Date: 2006Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins by
Call Number: PE1580 .M6 1977ISBN: 006013058XPublication Date: 1977
A Dictionary of Epithets and Terms of Address by Call Number: PE1582.A3 D8 1990ISBN: 0415007615Publication Date: 1990Dictionary of idioms and their origins by
Call Number: PE1460 .F55 1992ISBN: 1856260674Publication Date: 1992The Methuen dictionary of clichés by
Call Number: PE1689 .A484 1992ISBN: 0413668509Publication Date: 1992
