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# Jean Ritchie

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Jean Ruth Ritchie was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, called by some the "Mother of Folk". In her youth she learned hundreds of folk songs in the traditional way, many of which were Appalachian variants of centuries-old British, Scottish and Irish songs, includi

##  Quotes by Jean Ritchie

> [There exists a mountain of circumstantial evidence that consciousness survives bodily death. This is the kind of evidence that would stand up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ritchie/there-exists-a-mountain-of-circumstantial-evidence-that-consciousness/)

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