Record #:

35926

Author(s):

Midgette, Joni; Paulette, Cindy; Scarborough, Lessie; Gray, Analee; Newman, Janice; Jeanette, Josie; Raynor, Andy; Merritt, Nanette

Abstract:

It was proof that fashion—albeit of the folk remedy variety--always comes back around. Among the remedies were recommendations for illnesses such as colds and croup. Others were suggestions for nail and bees sting injuries. Others were proposals for hair and oral health.

Source:

Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 1 Issue 1, Spring/Summer 1973, p36-39

Subject(s):

Medicine--Folklore; Medicine, Rural; Folk medicine; Croup

Record #:

35279

Author(s):

Baker, Liva

Abstract:

The author noted that swamps held many plants that were used in home remedies.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Nov 1967, p70 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medicine--Herbal; Medicine--Folklore; Folk medicine

Record #:

35672

Author(s):

Lee, Joshua A

Abstract:

Known as a practical and trustworthy man, Swint Fuller was an expert on animal ailments.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 3, Aug 1974, p125-128 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Veterinarians; Folk medicine; Animals

Record #:

35496

Author(s):

Herrera, Mary Armstrong

Abstract:

Remedies for common illnesses, warts, acne, and more were collected by the author, along with several remedies for animal sickness and pain.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 1, Feb 1972, p42-46 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk medicine

Record #:

38143

Author(s):

Snipes, Amy

Abstract:

For towns of yesteryear, general stores supplied an array of household goods and a community center. Threat to their survival came from the automobile, paved roads, and supermarkets. For many years, Menola’s Country Store of Yesteryear held a remnant of general stores’ onetime presence. After it closed, its artifacts were transported to the Murfreesboro Historical Association and Winborne Museum Store, making the store gone but not forgotten.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 8 Issue 5, October/November 2016, p20-25 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

General stores; Murfreesboro--Description and travel; Winborne Museum Store; Menola; Hertford County--Description and travel; Country Store of Yesteryear; Rural preservation; Folk medicine; Folk lore; Murfreesboro Historical Association ; The Store of Yesteryear

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

Record #:

35294

Author(s):

The State Newspaper

Abstract:

Used in ceremonial or spiritual contexts, Yaupon was the main ingredient in what was known as the “black drought,” or black drink, in Native American societies.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 1, May 1968, p62 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk medicine; Plants--Useful; Native Americans; Yaupon tea; Yaupon

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