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16298
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The settlements were few and far between in the southern foothills area of the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. In the early part of the 20th-century, life was hard and the people were poor. In order to cope with hard times, the people helped each other; one way in which they helped was the annual event called corn shucking. Corn shucking brought people together by combining the work of shucking corn with a social gathering.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 35 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1988,
p138-141
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16382
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In the early years of the 20th-century, the final event in the corn-growing season was shucking. It was the most convenient way to get the corn ready for storing, and combined the labor of the whole community with the opportunity for socializing. Benton relates some corn shucking stories from Sampson County.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 4, Nov 1974,
p131-139, il
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