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16515
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Walker provides a sampling of folklore from Rutherford County that includes superstitions, descriptions of the practice of folk medicine, a modern account of the practice of witchcraft, African American words and expressions, a ghost tale, a family anecdote, and a Christmas story.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 3 Issue 2, Dec 1955,
p6-16
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Record #:
35053
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A story told to a boy about if a tree was named after someone and any harm came to the tree, then harm would come to the person as well.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Sept 1954,
p20-21
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35048
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A short story about the superstitions that a screech owl could foretell a death.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Sept 1954,
p18-19
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Record #:
16499
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Barker presents a list of anatomical superstitions found in BLUM'S ALMANAC.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 8 Issue 2, Dec 1960,
p47-48
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Record #:
14995
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Although many have rejected the world of the occult, many in North Carolina still abide by superstitions that deal with death, sickness, good and bad luck, marriage, weather, and success.
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35275
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A list of 15 superstitions relating to children, weather, love/marriage, and death.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Nov 1967,
p50
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Record #:
8222
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Many North Carolina traditions and superstitions are observed during the Christmas season. Proctor highlights several of these folktales. Included are holiday charms such as using the previous year's Christmas Yule log, stepping into a house with your right foot, wearing a new suit, tasting plum pudding, and eating mince pie. It is a good omen if Christmas falls on Sunday but bad if it falls on Saturday. Included also are actions that will result in bad luck such as pruning evergreens, having a loaf of bread break while cutting it, and crossing your knife and fork while they are on a table. Superstitions surround not only Christmas but New Years as well. For example, if a dark-haired man comes to your house New Year's morning, it is a good sign, but if a woman or a light-haired man comes the following year will not go well.
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35670
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A collection of stories from teenage boys about ghosts, haunted houses, murder, and more.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 3, Aug 1974,
p115-118
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35267
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This is an excerpt from the newspaper Raleigh News and Observer about some superstitions regarding love and marriage.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 1, May 1967,
p20
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35469
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Several superstitions and stories concerning the supernatural that was told to the author as a boy by his father.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 4, Nov 1971,
p173-176
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Record #:
16374
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Maley presents a list of North Carolina superstitions about animals and the weather. For example, pure white cats are good luck, if a bird gets loose in your house it is a sign of death, red sails at night, sailors delight, and large berry crops on hollies is a sign of a cold winter.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 1, Feb 1974,
p21-25
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Record #:
35374
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As people settled across America, they brought their superstitions and beliefs with them; the list is composed of 145 beliefs that were found in California but originated from North Carolina.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Nov 1970,
p117-123
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Record #:
16445
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Clark presents 1683 entries of popular belief and superstition widespread across North Carolina and gathered from magazines, monographs, newspapers, and other texts. The beliefs are divided between such entries as birth, infancy, and childhood; human body; domestic pursuits; economic and social relations; travel; love; death; witchcraft; seasons; weather; animals; and plants.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 1, Jan 1970,
p2-66
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Record #:
16459
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This article provides a compilation of North Carolina superstitions gathered by Joseph D. Clark since 1955 during his career at North Carolina State University. The superstitions relate to many areas such as birth, death, the human body, and more.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 14 Issue 1, July 1966,
p3-40
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Record #:
35538
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A collection of 17 stories and folktales written by children, each with an accompanying drawing.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 3, Aug 1972,
p108-114, il
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