Record #:

16338

Author(s):

Glass, James L.

Abstract:

Glass details the cures and remedies of an Indian doctor found in an Englishman's diary from the early 1830s. Remedies are used to cure such ailments as Rheumatism, colic, tooth ache, fever, and ear ache to name a few.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 31 Issue 1, Spring-Summer 1983, p38-42, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medicine, Rural; Folk medicine

Record #:

16339

Author(s):

Hedges, James S.

Abstract:

The folk belief, \"If you have a mole on your neck, you will be hanged,\" was heard around the turn of the century and before, when hanging was a common form of execution. Charles Waddell Chesnutt uses this belief from the folklore of southern African Americans as an important tool to develop the theme of social strangulation in The Marrow of Tradition, first published in 1901.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 31 Issue 1, Spring-Summer 1983, p43-44 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Superstition; Folk beliefs; Folklore--Literature; Folklore--African Americans; Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932

Record #:

35831

Author(s):

McDermitt, Barbara

Abstract:

Beginning with a brief biography of Ray Hicks and how he began telling Jack tales, the author recorded three tales, “The Doctor’s Daughter/Jack and the Robbers,” “The Cat and the Mouse,” and “Lucky and Unlucky Jack.”

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 31 Issue 1, Spring-Summer 1983, p3-22, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Jack tales; Folk tales--North Carolina

Record #:

35832

Author(s):

Forrest, John

Abstract:

Starting as an anthropological study in northeastern North Carolina, the author learns about the techniques used in making and using duck decoys, as duck hunting is a large part of society. The decoys work no matter how crudely they are made, but the carvings and designs on it are symbolic of social status.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 31 Issue 1, Spring-Summer 1983, p23-30, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Duck decoys; Duck shooting; Anthropology; Culture--Southern; Culture--North Carolina

Record #:

35833

Author(s):

Shillingsburg, Miriam J.

Abstract:

The earliest written accounts of plants and roots being used to cure snake bites and other maladies in the new world.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 31 Issue 1, Spring-Summer 1983, p31-36 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk medicine; Medicine--Herbal