Hair of the Dog- Cider
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COMM 245 / The Folklore of Alcohol
Hair of the Dog
Response Questions
Episode:
Cider
Due Date: March 15, 2024
Please answer the following questions. Given the nature of the questions, all answers are confidential. Please double-space papers and use a 12 point font. Please be certain to include your name on the paper.
The purpose of these Response Questions is to hold students accountable to listening to the Hair of the Dog
audio lecture series. Although the answers do not need to be lengthy, they should reflect such a commitment. Recall that successful completion of all of them guarantees a B for a final grade. As a rule of thumb, extremely brief responses may be returned for further information.
1.
How do you interpret the story of the Apple Tree Man? In your opinion, what important themes emerge in this tale, especially concerning cider? There is no single way to interpret this folktale, so feel welcome to ruminate.
I would interpret the Apple Tree Man’s story as portrayed as a spirit of apple orchards, which means the Apple Tree Man was one that embraced the power of fertility of producing apples. I feel that a common theme would be nature because the story is based on the connection between humans and nature, which embraced the practices using apples for the creation of cider. Another theme that I noticed would be the seasonal rituals that were used, such as the story of the Apple Tree Man would have harvest celebrations, this would occur during the apple picking season. I believed that this theme is important because of the traditions that took place, which one tradition that would take place would be cider making. All these events that took place would revolve around cider
being a symbol of bounty. Another theme that I noticed in the episode is going to be spiritual belief because of the Apple Man Trees story, this is because of the human desire to know what the meaning was for all of the stories surrounding what everyone’s experiences were every day, meaning that what people were believing in and what their religious practices were every day. Another theme that I noticed was cultural identity, this is because with the story of the Apple Tree Man the story is connected to what people’s religious identities were. This revolved around what cider people were using as a tradition and the Apple Tree Man would be connected to all the principles that came with cider traditions. There was a lot of diversity that came with cider and depending on which practices people were doing would show what culture they took part in and these people would have their own sense of a community with different ciders.
2.
Periodically, I will record this episode again to include new information or to contemporize the material better for undergraduates. In your opinion, which part of the current episode needs to remain? Why do you think that information is essential for undergraduates in this introductory class? Please be specific and explain your reasons in detail.
Cider mostly never contains alcohol, most times when going to a store you’re going to need to buy hard cider to have alcohol in it. I felt that leaving in the apple picking season was important because this depends on certain areas of when your able to go apple picking and this is going to cause for the most time cider is going to be made. Cider can go up to 10% or 12%, which is a high percentage alcohol. Cider is going to be filtered and pasteurized because of the nature of picking them from apple trees and is mostly going to be clear when done. Some areas aren’t going to have apples because of the temperatures that occur there like Australia and New Zealand, which is why in New England cider is more abundant compared to other areas. There was a folklore that if a worm was in an apple that it was better for ciders and extra protein was better for ciders, but these folk beliefs weren’t always the best and is not the case now. Cider can be still and sparkling, there was a bottling process that involved yeast. Using the skin of the apples can be used but in some places they are banned and prefer not to use them. I would also keep in the Apple Tree Man’s story, this is because this gives us a background
of where cider came from and why cider plays such an importance from the past and still in the present. The Apple Tree Man’s story shows us that people are able to use cider for different traditions, beliefs, and cultures, now people are able to use cider to find their own community and live this traditions on just coming from an apple. The Apple Tree Man’s story played a great belief in embracing the principle of why humans used cider for traditions and helped people along with their traditions and religious beliefs in order to have the best orchards and cider possible. Another part I would keep in would be which regions had the best orchards because this meant a lot depending on which orchard
would make the best production of cider and humans in the European time would want the best cider to celebrate traditions and not want to have a bad cider when celebrating a tradition. Mostly I would keep in the creation of where cider originated and what is used for cider, other parts such as the cultures that came into play with cider, and the Apple Tree Man’s story felt to me as the most important parts during the episode. I look forward to reading your answers and please trust that they will benefit future generations of students. Cheers to you!
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