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35709
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After hearing about Mr. Miller’s stories, the author spent the morning with him, collecting stories and folktales that Mr. Miller had experienced or heard since his childhood.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 23 Issue 2, May 1975,
p56-64
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2.Acting a Fool by Ritter, William North Carolina Folklore Journal Vol. 62 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 2015
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36967
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Folktales often come from events done by local characters; fools or jesters in their respective communities often represented the archetypal stories that are still talked about today. The subjects of these stories played an active role in the social landscape and were celebrated for acting a fool.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 62 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 2015,
p57-74
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Record #:
35668
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According to his family, an ancestor of the author had a run-in with the infamous pirate Blackbeard. Apparently the two men showed off their skills with swordplay, and parted ways amicably.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 3, Aug 1974,
p109-111
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Record #:
35138
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This article is an excerpt from a book the author was currently working on, and dealt with her brief time spent in a mountain settlement, trying to separate folktale from truth.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957,
p7-8
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35459
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Two stories, “The One-mule Wagon Speedster in Chapel Hill,” and “The Dove-Gassaway Fight,” told to the author.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 3, May 1971,
p107-108
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Record #:
35495
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This is a synopsis of the novel Sea-Gift, written by Edwin W. Fuller in 1873. The author of the article believes this to be the earliest example of tall tale narratives in America.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 1, Feb 1972,
p36-41, il
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Record #:
35656
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A collection entitled the “Tar-Pitt Tales” relates various stories that are located along the banks of the Tar River. Five of the stories are copied here, “Noey Lee’s Treasure,” “Mrs. Williams’ Ride,” “George Banks,” “Old Nelson House,” and “Death Light.”
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 1, Feb 1974,
p15-19
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Record #:
35737
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A collection of stories about ghosts, stilling, fishing, death omens, and animals. Written by various authors.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 24 Issue 2, Aug 1976,
p64-68
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Record #:
35252
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This article is the analysis of symbolism and folklore in the novel “The Track of the Cat.” The novel contains elements of animal symbolism, good versus evil, fear of the unknown, gender stereotypes, and death.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 12 Issue 2, Dec 1964,
p30-34
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Record #:
35835
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In 1859, Taliaferro’s work Fisher’s River (NC) Scenes and Characters by Skitt Who was Raised Thar, presented a view or Southern Appalachian folk life through his fictional characters.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 31 Issue 2, Fall-Winter 1983,
p65-75
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Record #:
35786
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An introduction for four stories about Jack Tales, which are a subgenre of folklore that always center on the character “Jack,” the hero.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 26 Issue 2, Sept 1978,
p51-84
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Record #:
35447
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Romulus Linney wrote Heathen Valley in 1962 about a group of peoples residing in the North Carolina Mountains and how they responded to an overly zealous missionary. The story is filled with folk speech, myths, traditional medicine, and other folk elements to portray the characters as accurately as possible.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Mar 1971,
p55-58
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Record #:
35883
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The geographical characteristics of surroundings can often seem to impress themselves on the individual. People that lived in the mountains tended to be independent, stubborn, and had their own code of honor.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 34 Issue 1, Wntr-Spr 1987,
p52-60
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35139
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The story of how a town full of illiterate people gained their information in 1814, by electing the one man in town who could read as their county reader.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957,
p9-10
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Record #:
16442
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West African, West Indian, and North Carolinian cultures define their spirit creatures in strikingly similar ways. This article examines parallels not just in folktales but actual cultural retention and diffusion of concepts of African origin as well.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969,
p77-84, bibl
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