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Record #:
35175
Author(s):
Borowsky, Anton
Abstract:
Two humorous stories from the Low Country of the Carolinas, one about two competing fisherwomen, and the other about a rabbi who accidentally got baptized.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 9 Issue 1, July 1961, p46-48 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore; Fish trade--Ocracoke Island; Jews--North Carolina
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Record #:
35183
Author(s):
Howell, Almonte C.
Abstract:
The telling of three Korean folktales: “The Yangpan and the Barley,” “The Best Liar, and the Yangpan’s Daughter,” and “The Peddler and the Tiger.”
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 10 Issue 1, July 1962, p26-29 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore; Folklore--Literature
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Record #:
35255
Author(s):
Keller, John E.
Abstract:
King Alfonso X of Spain made many contributions to his kingdom, including law, astrology, science, medicine, and music in the 13th century. He also contributed to folkloric studies, which was evident in his literary work the Canticles of Holy Mary, which acted as a collection of folk miracles.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 13 Issue 1-2, 1965, p19-24 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore
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Record #:
35265
Author(s):
Mull, Alex; Dare, Carol
Abstract:
Two excerpts from a magazine titled “Mountain Yarns,” (Sept 1966) and “Merely a Woman’s Opinion,” (April 1966).
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 1, May 1967, p17 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore
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Record #:
35336
Author(s):
Walters, Thomas N.
Abstract:
An interview conducted by the author, Thad Stem Jr. talks about his usage of folk material in his writings. With illustration “Goose and Grease.”
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 1, May 1969, p40-52 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore; Folklorists; Writing
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Record #:
35357
Author(s):
Upadhyaya, Hari S.
Abstract:
In the context of this article, the author uses the term ‘fairy’ as synonymous with the Turkish ‘peri’ and Indian ‘apsara.’ The article outlines their mythical origin, purpose, and outlines the structural components of stories that have the fairies as subjects, along with comparing and contrasting the two to European fairies.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p91-94 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore; Linguistics
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Record #:
35362
Author(s):
Reid, William W.
Abstract:
A slow-walking old man compares himself to a snail, and then is killed by a train.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p96 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore
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Record #:
35414
Author(s):
Hicks, Mary A.
Abstract:
After practicing a way to tell who their future husbands would be, two sisters married the men and eventually came to a dark ending.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971, p24-26 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore--Manners and customs; Murder; Folklore
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Record #:
35446
Author(s):
West, John Foster
Abstract:
Kathleen Morehouse wrote Rain on the Just in the latter half of the nineteenth century, about the fictional Allen family in Wilkesboro, NC. A synopsis of the novel is given, and then the elements of folklore, particularly folk speech, are identified and discussed.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Mar 1971, p47-54 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore; Novels--North Carolina; Folk speech; Sayings and phrases; Books--Reviews
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Record #:
35469
Author(s):
Barton, Lee
Abstract:
Several superstitions and stories concerning the supernatural that was told to the author as a boy by his father.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 4, Nov 1971, p173-176 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Ghost stories; Ghosts; Folklore; Lumbee Indians--North Carolina; Superstition; Witchcraft; Poetry
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Record #:
35493
Author(s):
Joines, Jerry D.
Abstract:
A set of twelve tales told to the author by his father.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 1, Feb 1972, p3-10 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Animal lore; Hunting dogs; Folklore; Folk tales--North Carolina; Tall tales
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Record #:
35538
Author(s):
Not Given
Abstract:
A collection of 17 stories and folktales written by children, each with an accompanying drawing.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 3, Aug 1972, p108-114, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore; Superstition; Folklore--Weather
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Record #:
35539
Author(s):
Herrera, Mary Armstrong
Abstract:
The author heard a story from her mother about a girl named Flossie who swore she was being chased by a fireball on two separate occasions.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 3, Aug 1972, p115-118 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Supernatural events--North Carolina mountains; Folklore
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Record #:
35548
Author(s):
Booker, Louise R.
Abstract:
Believed to have been cursed by fairies, a woman turned into a large rat for several days each year.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 4, Nov 1972, p157-158 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore
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Record #:
35581
Author(s):
Dickens, Gloria
Abstract:
A story about how a player hit a baseball onto the top of a passing train, and the opposing team had to retrieve it from the next town over.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 1, Apr 1973, p3 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Baseball; Sports; Folklore; Tall tales
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