Record #:

35908

Author(s):

Wise, Jim

Abstract:

Mentioned was Smoke to Gold, a book produced by a local junior historic club, the Skewarkians. Getting the spotlight, though, was their second literary endeavor, Weird Tales. Many of the tales told were the byproduct of club members interviewing residents of Martin County, living in towns like Bear Grass. Helping the book to live up to its name and claim were ghost stories, local superstitions, and folk medicine.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 8 Issue 8, Oct 1980, p16

Subject(s):

Ghosts; Folk medicine; Superstition; Storytellers; Tobacco farms; Skewarkians; Bear Grass, NC