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for "Walser, Richard"
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35463
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The author surmises where the tradition of Old Buck came from as a part of Old Christmas in the Outer Banks.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 3, May 1971,
p135-136, il
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35467
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Brought over from the Bahamas, the John Kuner celebration was held on or around Christmas. The celebration included costumes, songs, a performance, and dancing; the traditions was continuously practiced until the turn of the 20th century.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 4, Nov 1971,
p160-172, il
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16446
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The ubiquitous and innumerable weekly newspapers of the antebellum South are, as often as not, rich storehouses of folk humor, much of it original material acquired from oral sources and set down by editors and correspondents. Such a humorous niche was filled by Jemmy Critus for the CHARLOTTE JOURNAL.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 2, May 1970,
p95-100
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35280
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In 1857, two photographers competed for favor with customers, the evidence of which was laid out in their newspaper advertisements.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Nov 1967,
p71-76
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11289
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Walser reviews some of North Carolina's literary firsts, including the first play written by a native North Carolinian.
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16489
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Among the short-lived but delightful antebellum newspapers with a marked penchant for humor was the RASP, published in Raleigh during 1841 and 1842. Although a small paper, it had a wide circulation with numerous readers.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 13 Issue 1-2, 1965,
p121-134, il
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16471
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Of all the survivals of folk celebrations in North Carolina, non none excites more curiosity and interest than Old Christmas at Rodanthe on Hatteras Island. Though the customary December date is now recognized and honored in the typical, expected fashion, the Rodanthians have not abandoned the custom of their forefathers in signalizing January 5 as the \"real\" Christmas.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 10 Issue 1, July 1962,
p22-25
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13437
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LeGette Blythe, long-time newspaper man for the Charlotte Observer, is defined by the term professional writer, earning his entire income from the writing of books. Blythe, known as the literary squire of Mecklenburg, was raised in Huntersville and attended the University of North Carolina before working for the Charlotte News, and the New York Post. Blythe returned to the Charlotte Observer, working as a reporter until he began his successful career as a writer of books in 1950.
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11943
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The history and folklore of concerning Hatteras banks has been recounted in Ben Dixon MacNeill's The Hatterasman. Although not a native of North Carolina, MacNeill, a well-known newspaperman, spent his youth enjoying Hatteras. MacNeill's volume outlines the early settlement of Hatteras, through the World War II.
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10.Why North Carolinians Are Called Tar Heels by Walser, Richard The State Vol. 26 Issue 5, Aug 1958
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12187
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The legends revolving around the origin of the work \"Tar Heel\" are numerous and confusing. The two most frequently cited yarns come from explanations in Clark's North Carolina Regiments (1901), and Creecy's Grandfather's Tales of North Carolina History (1901). Both versions were written long after the supposed events, and refer to the Civil War era, when the North Carolina soldiers were presumably noted for not retreating from advanced positions that they gained a reputation of having tar on their heels, incapacitating their flight in the heat of battle.
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32240
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Walser gives a profile of Author and Northampton resident Bernice Kelly Harris. Originally from Raleigh, Harris moved to Seaboard, NC to teach English and has authored seven novels and numerous plays.
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35163
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In 1841, it appeared to rain blood, which was later found out to be part of a large amount of butterflies shedding their pupa. However, this did not stop more extreme explanations from coming forth.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 6 Issue 2, Dec 1958,
p34-35
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16511
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The legends revolving around the origin of the word \"Tar Heel\" are numerous. The two most frequently cited yarns come from explanations in Clark's NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENTS (1901) and in Creecy's GRANDFATHER'S TALES OF NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY (1901).
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957,
p3-4
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13180
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Good Morning, Miss Dove, a novel by Frances Gray Patton, a Durham, North Carolina native, has been produced into a movie by Cinemascope and Technicolor starring Jennifer Jones. The best-selling novel, which began as a short story printed in Ladies Home Journal, tells the story of a geography teacher trying to make better citizens of her students. The novel has been awarded with the Christopher Literary Award and the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for excellence in fiction by a North Carolina writer. Patton has written a series of short stories, plays, and articles regularly seen in Harper's, Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's, Collier's, and the New Yorker.
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20218
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North Carolina came late into the history of American fiction. Until the middle of the 19th century, few novelists had used the state for background or character, and often life as it actually existed in North Carolina was not taken into account. But in 1850 several novels appeared in which North Carolina received its first contemporary fictional treatment by one who knew of and had been a part of life in the state--Gregory Seaworthy, aka George Higby Throop.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 33 Issue 1, Jan 1956,
p12-44, f
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