Record #:

16382

Author(s):

Benton, Celia M.

Abstract:

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.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 4, Nov 1974, p131-139, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Corn shucking

Record #:

16383

Author(s):

Kohn, Pege Bulger

Abstract:

Bird and fowl augury was, and is, widely practiced in folk communities. The list of folk beliefs centering on birds is massive: they are proclaimers of omens, revealers of secrets, originators of music, messengers of the gods, and guardians of the tree of knowledge.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 4, Nov 1974, p159-160 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds--Folklore

Record #:

16384

Author(s):

Ferris, William R.

Abstract:

The railroad has been probably the greatest single catalyst for folklore in American life. Both religious and secular songs have used the image of the train as a basic vehicle of expression. Railroads also embody American democracy, the spirit of the American frontier, and the divide between management and labor.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 4, Nov 1974, p169-175, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Railroads--Folklore

Record #:

35673

Author(s):

Abrams, W. Amos

Abstract:

Horton Barker, a folk singer from Virginia, interviewed with the author about his life and folk singing. Several manuscripts came from the interaction, and the ballads are written out at the end of the article.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 4, Nov 1974, p141-153, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk music; Folk songs; Ballads; Folk singers

Record #:

35674

Author(s):

Thomas, Michael O.

Abstract:

In general, ghosts tend to get a bad rap; they’re frightening and usually originate from some sort of gruesome or untimely death. However, these two stories paint ghosts as helpful creatures, who led people to find hidden money.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 4, Nov 1974, p155-158 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folklore; Ghost stories

Record #:

35675

Author(s):

Williams, Mary C.

Abstract:

In the 1500s, Ben Jonson was a notable playwright for satirical comedies. Tale of a Tub is a comedy about marriages arranged on St. Valentine’s Day. The play is filled with folk customs, speech, and ballads from the time.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 4, Nov 1974, p161-168 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Playwrights; Folk speech; Ballads; Dancers--Chapel Hill; Folk festivals