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Record #:
16442
Author(s):
Evans, David K.; Rice, Don Stephen; Partin, Joanne Kline
Abstract:
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.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p77-84, bibl Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk tales--North Carolina; Folk tales--African origin
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Record #:
16443
Author(s):
Betts, Leonidas
Abstract:
From its settlement to the present, the land graced by the Upper Cape Fear River has supplied wild food to supplement the sometimes meager table of the local residents. From simple materials at hand has been developed a wide range of devices for taking game, many quite ingenious and efficient.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p85-90, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Hunting--Upper Cape Fear; Fishing--Upper Cape Fear
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Record #:
16444
Author(s):
Clark, Joseph D.
Abstract:
John Brickell, a colonial medical doctor in North Carolina, exemplifies the ingenuity of the common folk--more often than not he prescribed the same medicine, be it animal or plant or mineral in origin, for not one ailment but several. Clark presents several of the remedies found in Brickell's treatise.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p100-124, f Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Brickell, John, 1710-1745; Folk medicine
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Record #:
35349
Author(s):
Lumpkin, Ben Gray
Abstract:
Two songs, both with lyrics and sheet music, that center around death of children. The author recorded these songs from Mrs. Pearl Hartsell of Chapel Hill. With illustration.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p56-60, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk music; Folk songs; Ballads
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Record #:
35351
Author(s):
Stem, Thad, Jr.
Abstract:
The author reflects on the various poems, biblical writings, stories, and writings down my famous historical figures that allude to finding the cure for male flaccidity via herbal remedies.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p61-66 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Herbal Medicine; Folk medicine; North Carolina Museum of Art--Collections
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Record #:
35352
Author(s):
Hudson, Arthur Palmer
Abstract:
: Recorded in 1966 and grouped together depending on the singer, folksongs found around the area of Beech Mountain, NC, have been compiled into two books.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p67-69 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk music; Folk songs; Ballads; Beech Mountain--Description and travel
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Record #:
35354
Author(s):
Boswell, George W.
Abstract:
As an avid collector of all things folklore, the author begins the article with an overview of some of the superstitions, speech, home remedies, and place name origins. The last part of the article deals with humorous anecdotes and jokes he had come across in Kentucky. With illustration.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p71-76, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Humorous stories; Linguistics; Folk speech
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Record #:
35355
Author(s):
Tobin, Juanita
Abstract:
A poem about the desire to have a song for wanting something not given.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p76 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35356
Author(s):
Dane, J. K.
Abstract:
A retelling of the author’s first experience seeing souse meat, and the explanation of what it is and how it was prepared.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p84 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Food preparation
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Record #:
35357
Author(s):
Upadhyaya, Hari S.
Abstract:
In the context of this article, the author uses the term ‘fairy’ as synonymous with the Turkish ‘peri’ and Indian ‘apsara.’ The article outlines their mythical origin, purpose, and outlines the structural components of stories that have the fairies as subjects, along with comparing and contrasting the two to European fairies.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p91-94 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore; Linguistics
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Record #:
35360
Author(s):
Hulme, Francis Pledger
Abstract:
Two folk songs from the mountains about which plants make what color dyes.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p95-96 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk music; Folk songs; Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers
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Record #:
35361
Author(s):
McCullen, J.T., Jr.
Abstract:
Different perspectives on the amount of rainfall in Texas.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p96 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Weather
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Record #:
35362
Author(s):
Reid, William W.
Abstract:
A slow-walking old man compares himself to a snail, and then is killed by a train.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p96 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore
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Record #:
35363
Author(s):
Miller, Jim Wayne
Abstract:
The structural components of verses used by faith healers.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p97-98 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Linguistics; Folk medicine; Medicine--Magic, mystic, and spagiric
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