REGIONAL FOLKLORE This collection of folklore is of regional type..Stories, cures, predictions, superstitions and other typessof folklore were collected from a man and his wife.. Theirnames are Lisker Draughon and Virginia (Cricket) Draughon..They are residents of Pamilico County, near Oriental. Theyown a marina called Green Bay Marina, where they also rentlots for mobile homes which brings up my association withthem. My father has a mobile home on one of their lots...Through our fishing trip down there I came to know them verywell, so they were more than happy to help me with my col-lection..While talking with them I recorded most of the importantstories on a cassettee while others I just remembered.Included in the conversation was the "Teach's Oak" legend. This is oneof the many legends of Blackbeard. Mr. Draughon also showedme this oak which is no longer standing, but is visible inthe edge of the water. I followed up on this legend and foundit written in a book. They also told of another historicaloak which was in their store yard. Mrs. Draughon claimed thisoak had been that same size for at least 60 years... She alsosaid it had the same chains hanging from one of the limbs, thathad held up numerous swings in the past and now holds one.. Inthe same book that the "Teach's Oak" story was in this oakwas also mentioned. In the same article, the storm of 1933was referred to. Mr. and Mrs.. Draughon told stories concerningthis storm. She said this occurred before hurricanes were named. Among the stories told many were from Mrs. Draughon's childhood.After hearing stories I asked about superstitions.From there I asked more about folk cures, weather predictionsand a recipe for lye soap. Under the topic of superstitionswas old fisherman's superstitions. One was that they didn'tallow suitcases or women on the boat when they were goingout to make a catch. They felt this would brings bad luck.As for the folk cures the earth's resources were veryuseful. When I asked about the weather predictions Mrs.Draugh on told me of the ways her father forecasted theweather. Later she told me of the lye soap recipe which wassMr. Draughon's mother's. This recipe was accompanied with astory of the first time they tried to make lye soap whilefollowing his mother's recipe. These stories and other folk-lore mentioned are just a small part of my collectionsI think the majority of my collection is a good exampleof folklore. It has the characteristics of oral folklore..It is verbal, not published and it is one person's accountof happenings, or stories and other folklore that has beenpassed down from elders.This has been an enjoyable project, but it was stilla learning experience. What I learned is something that can-not be learned in books. After gathering this material Ifeel that what I have learned has very much value. What ismost important is that folklore affects the common man whilebooks deal with those in fame.