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16317
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Whitener presents a selection of columns from his weekly newspaper column, \"Folk-Ways and Folk-Speech.\" He reports of authentic folklore through interviews, stories, and tales.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 29 Issue 1, Spring-Summer 1981,
p5-86
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16318
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With the use of a seemingly undecipherable scrap of paper, weavers at the Hezekiah Alexander Homesite (of the Mint Museum of History, Charlotte, NC) have discovered a \"new\" historic coverlet pattern.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 29 Issue 2, Fall-Winter 1981,
p94-101, f
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16319
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Robeson County is a high crime area. A subculture of violence, generated in part by continuing tension between the races, characterizes the area. The high crime rate translates into many arrests and lots of defendants. For defendants, root workers offer an opportunity for action which goes beyond legal defenses. Root workers, or doctors, among the Lumbee use spells, rituals, powders, talisman, plants and earth to conjure good luck, prevent harm, and persuade judges and juries in court cases.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 29 Issue 2, Fall-Spring 1981,
p102-105
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16320
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Devil's Shoe String is the popular name for a plant growing in the eastern United States. It was believed to provide a cure for the poisonous bite of a rattlesnake when boiled in sweet milk and applied as a poultice.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 29 Issue 2, Fall-Winter 1981,
p107-108
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16321
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At one time, virtually all the major forms of naturopathic and magico-healing were known and practiced throughout the Deep Run area, often in lieu of orthodox medical care. People relied on their own ingenuity and on individuals to treat illnesses and provide medications prepared from the herbs, roots, and other substances that grew in abundance on their farms. It is common place in this community for centuries-old traditions to co-exist with modern scientific medical practices, and folk medicine remains vital and meaningful even for passive tradition bearers.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 30 Issue 1, Spring-Summer 1982,
p43-51
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16322
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The Asheville News, published from 1849-69, edited a time by Thomas Atkin, is an undistinguished newspaper, but a notable one in illustrations of folklore scattered throughout the newspaper.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 30 Issue 1, Spring-Summer 1982,
p18-33, f
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Record #:
16323
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The songs composed and performed by the striking textile mill hands in Gastonia between April and September 1929 not only increase our knowledge of events and issues the strikers thought important, but when reconstructed in their referential richness and performative intensity, these strike songs reveal processes that underlay the discrete events and structured the course of the whole strike.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 30 Issue 2, Fall-Winter 1982,
p87-98
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16324
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North of Chapel Hill on State Route 86 is what looks like a group of small, white, stone doghouses on the side of the road. About twenty structures form White Rock Village, and they are all the work of one man, Henry Warren. White Rock Village is an intriguing and impressive work of folk art, drawing considerable attention to his use of available materials and traditions patterns of stonemasonry.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 30 Issue 1, Spring-Summer 1982,
p99-108, f
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Record #:
16338
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Glass details the cures and remedies of an Indian doctor found in an Englishman's diary from the early 1830s. Remedies are used to cure such ailments as Rheumatism, colic, tooth ache, fever, and ear ache to name a few.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 31 Issue 1, Spring-Summer 1983,
p38-42, f
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16339
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The folk belief, \"If you have a mole on your neck, you will be hanged,\" was heard around the turn of the century and before, when hanging was a common form of execution. Charles Waddell Chesnutt uses this belief from the folklore of southern African Americans as an important tool to develop the theme of social strangulation in The Marrow of Tradition, first published in 1901.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 31 Issue 1, Spring-Summer 1983,
p43-44
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Record #:
16340
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In a town dubbed \"Potluck\" in the northern Tidewater region of North Carolina, there are many ways of sharing food, all of which force communion between isolated individuals. The whole social interaction based on food is made possible because raising, catching, or hunting food is the core of the local economy and the center of a good deal of leisure activity. This economic foundation reinforces the seasonal round of foods that grace the table, the methods for cooking, and the people involved.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 31 Issue 2, Fall-Winter 1983,
p76-84
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Record #:
16341
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The purpose of Sea Chest is to involve the young people of Cape Hatteras School in the documentation and preservation of the history and culture of Hatteras Island and the North Carolina coastal area. Using tape recorders and cameras to conduct interviews with the older members of the community, the students are able to document the wisdom and capture the essence of their cultural heritage as well as obtain a wide range of skills.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 26 Issue 1, May 1978,
p22-25
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Record #:
16342
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Horton and Moser provide a bibliography of folklore books and media on North Carolina folklore. This list includes reference books, books for primary and secondary schools, and books of special and local interest.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 26 Issue 1, May 1978,
p37-43
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Record #:
16343
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Kay Wilkins has done her neighbors, state, and region proud for her educational endeavors and the perpetuation of Appalachian cultural traditions. Wilkins served as a teacher in the Avery County public schools for thirty-five years, and in 1948 formed the Cranberry High School Folk Dance Team in order to revive a dying from of recreation. Her clogging and dance teams have won local, regional, and national folk dance awards.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 26 Issue 1, May 1978,
p45-46
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Record #:
16344
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The story of \"Jack and the Beanstalk\" is widely known throughout the United States and England. However, few people outside of the Southern Appalachians realize that Jack is also the hero of dozens of other wonder stories. These stories, called \"Jack Tales\" are especially numerous in northwestern North Carolina.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 26 Issue 2, Sept 1978,
p85-110
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