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16396
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Herb doctors filled a gap in American history when doctors were scarce and expensive. Today the herb doctors are very few and tend to take their secrets with them. In Scotland and Robeson counties of North Carolina herb doctors still work with various herbs in various methods.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 4, Nov 1973,
p166-170
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35629
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The Foxfire Book was a collection of folklore collected by students from their grandmothers. Dorson reviews the process and outcomes of the study, which he deemed unskilled and did not meet the criteria of folklore.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 4, Nov 1973,
p157-159
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35630
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The use of molding baked goods has a long, symbolic history; the molds have been simple or very intricate. For Christmas time, cookies were commonly molded into biblical scenes, but eventually became simpler, along with the recipes that made them. The author included several pictures of molds that were used in Switzerland and Germany.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 4, Nov 1973,
p160-165
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35631
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An explanation of the play-party game “Miller Boy,” which was a combination of song and movements.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 4, Nov 1973,
p171-176
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35632
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Drawing from an article in the journal issue published in September 1973, the author came to possess the lyrics of “Sweet Sally,” a song that was in the Adams Manuscript.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 4, Nov 1973,
p177-180
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35633
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While traveling in Romania, the author collected a series of jokes dealing with propaganda, speech repression, dialogue, and graffiti.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 4, Nov 1973,
p181-188
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35634
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A collection of tales from a musically inclined family. Each story centered on an instrument, like a banjo or guitar, and had elements of supernatural entities in it.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 4, Nov 1973,
p189-194
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