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61
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The authors present the government's official definition of \"folklife\", and introduce various aspects of the study of folklife.
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35155
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A brief story of the serenading of a young woman gone wrong. Through miscommunication, the serenades were run off by the father, who thought his household was under attack.
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35296
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Written by a Baptist minister, “Fischer’s River Scenes and Characters” portrays the customs and social life of people in the southern mountains of North Carolina. Customs, attitudes, anecdotes, and tall tales are all included in the author’s analysis of the book.
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35414
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After practicing a way to tell who their future husbands would be, two sisters married the men and eventually came to a dark ending.
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35449
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As a folklorist in North Carolina, Burke Davis collected a wide variety of folk customs for his book, The Summer Land. Within the book are folkloric elements relating to customs, speech, domestic tasks, hunting, and more.
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35494
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The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina is the largest folklore collection in the United States; included within the article is several of its unpublished works, including games, sayings, and legends.
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35741
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The author reviews the novel, pointing out the particular folkways in the writing, such as riddles, speech, and folktales.