Record #:

16309

Author(s):

Baldwin, Karen

Abstract:

Mrs. Emma Dupree was born to a tradition of knowing about the curative and preventative uses of the natural pharmacopeia which grew wild along the banks of the creeks and branches and the Tar River in her home area of Falkland in Pitt County. Her interest in the healing, helping effects of the plants was established early as well as her sense of place and community. In Fountain where she lives, Mrs. Dupree serves her community of neighbors primarily with the plants she keeps in the small gardens surrounding her house. She grows a variety of sage, mint, tansy, and rabbit tobacco along with her flowers and the healing berry tree.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 32 Issue 2, Fall-Winter 1984, p50-53, f

Subject(s):

Traditional medicine