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Record #:
16359
Author(s):
Leloudis, James, II
Abstract:
A common form of folk tales in eastern Perquimans, a county located near the coast in northeastern North Carolina, is that of \"tokens of death.\" They are tales and statements of belief concerning both natural and supernatural phenomena which were considered to have been omens, or tokens, of various deaths. These tales are intimately related to the history of Perquimans County and to the course of its economic and cultural development.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Nov 1977, p47-60 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk tales--Perquimans County; Perquimans County--Social life and customs; Perquimans County--Economic Conditions
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Record #:
16360
Author(s):
Whitely, Marilyn
Abstract:
Customs surrounding death and burial are considered rites of passage, those rituals observed at a person's passing from one stage of life to another. The people of Franklin County observe a unique set of death and burial customs that include stopping clocks, the bathing of the deceased, and the honoring of certain objects.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Nov 1977, p61-66 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Superstition; Burial customs
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Record #:
35747
Author(s):
Patterson, Daniel W.
Abstract:
This discography of folk songs covers several regions of North Carolina, ethnic traditions, and folklore genres. Part one was included in NC Folklore Journal Volume 19, issue 3.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Nov 1977, p67-74 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk music; Folk speech
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Record #:
35748
Author(s):
Warner, Anne; Warner, Frank L.
Abstract:
An unusual pattern of speech arose on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, namely switching the ‘v’ and ‘w’ sounds at the beginning of words. The authors were given an example of a song that included this phenomenon, “Wictory shall be mine.”
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Nov 1977, p75-77 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk speech; Folk music; Folk songs
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