Record #:

3004

Author(s):

Jones, Andrea

Abstract:

Graves and gravestones in the Alamance Presbyterian Church near Greensboro date back to 1762. The graveyard is unique because of the number of 18th-century stones and the information they contain, including facts on ethnic origin and views of death.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 43 Issue 1, Wntr/Spr 1996, p47-68, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Alamance Presbyterian Church; Cemeteries--Alamance County; Sepulchral monuments--Alamance County

Record #:

3023

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

The North Carolina Folklore Society's Community Traditions Award is given to organizations that make valuable contributions to the state's folklife. The first award was given in 1992 to the Sharp Point Volunteer Fire Department in Pitt County.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 43 Issue 1, Wntr/Spr 1996, p3, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Folklore Society--Community Traditions Award

Record #:

3024

Author(s):

Prioli, Carmine

Abstract:

The N.C. Folklore Society's 1996 Community Traditions Award was given to the Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild of Harkers Island for perpetuating waterfowl tradition and waterfowl carving and painting.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 43 Issue 1, Wntr/Spr 1996, p4-8, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Folklore Society--Community Traditions Award

Record #:

36032

Author(s):

Danforth, Margaret Marion

Abstract:

Mrs. Grace Cooper was the subject of the author’s interviews due to her great skill with storytelling. Two genres of stories came out of these interviews, narratives describing her life and her account of her journey to heaven when she nearly died during surgery.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 43 Issue 1, Wntr/Spr 1996, p12-46 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Storytellers; Personal narratives

Record #:

36033

Author(s):

Love, C. Renee

Abstract:

Raised on hearing ghost stories and superstitions from her grandmother, the author believes the people of the South are haunted, if not from a particular ghost, then by the manifestation of guilt from the atrocities that took place in the past.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 43 Issue 1, Wntr/Spr 1996, p69-72 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ghost stories; Slavery; Ghosts