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16426
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There are many folk motifs in the poetry of Thomas Hardy. With his exposure to a culture steeped in folklore and the folk music of his fiddling father, Hardy created a poetry haunted by the sights and sounds of folklore.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 2, May 1972,
p98-104
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16427
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Of the many folktales collected in the northeastern counties of North Carolina, there are but two that tell of the exploits and adventures of John, the well-known mythic hero of mountain lore. Of these, and perhaps both, went against the folklore current, and moved eastward from the mountains onto the coastal plains.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 3, Aug 1972,
p120-122
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16428
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Halloween has had a diverting and circuitous development from ancient times to the present. Clark presents the history and development of All Saint's Day and Halloween from its ancient customs to present activities.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 3, Aug 1972,
p131-136, bibl
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16429
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Dale presents unique folk tales and lore from Harkers Island as told by Captain Stacy Guthrie, originally of Shackleford Banks, and Walter Mills, who moved from Cape Lookout to Harkers Island after Diamond City was hit by a hurricane. These men present various folktales associated with Harkers Island's history and culture.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 3, Aug 1972,
p139-144
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16430
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When German immigrants came to the Piedmont in the 18th-century, they brought with them their beliefs and customs, their ways and traditions, their lore and legends, and many of the customs associated with one of the most prominent religious holidays--Christmas. Many of the most beloved Christmas symbols are a part of the heritage received from the Germans.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 4, Nov 1972,
p171-173
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Record #:
16431
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Jesse Holmes, the Fool Killer, was a fictitious character invented by Charles Napoleon Bonaparte Evans, editor and publisher of the Milton Chronicle during most of the period form 1841 to 1883. At monthly intervals, letters to Evans from his alter ego Holmes were published in the Caswell County weekly newspaper. These letters, dealing with current topics, and often with local people, proved to be the most popular feature of the Milton paper.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 1, May 1969,
p3-8, il, bibl
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Record #:
16432
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Farmers of the coastal plain section of North Carolina can be completely understood by each other and almost incomprehensible to others. Shades of meaning of some phrases or terms depend much on locale, and dissimilar terms sometimes describe an identical activity. Additionally, the passage of time and the advent of new agricultural technology yields a changing and newer dialect.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 1, May 1969,
p9-11
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Record #:
16433
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Perhaps no figure common to folklore and literature is more popular than the devil. Also well-known are certain traditions in which men out-wit the devil.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 1, May 1969,
p15-20
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16434
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Burley tobacco has long been the chief cash crop grown in the southern Appalachian mountains. Throughout the area one finds a continuity of words and ways involved in burley tobacco production, but there is also colorful variety in local practices and terms.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 1, May 1969,
p27-38
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Record #:
16442
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West African, West Indian, and North Carolinian cultures define their spirit creatures in strikingly similar ways. This article examines parallels not just in folktales but actual cultural retention and diffusion of concepts of African origin as well.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969,
p77-84, bibl
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16443
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From its settlement to the present, the land graced by the Upper Cape Fear River has supplied wild food to supplement the sometimes meager table of the local residents. From simple materials at hand has been developed a wide range of devices for taking game, many quite ingenious and efficient.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969,
p85-90, il
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16444
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John Brickell, a colonial medical doctor in North Carolina, exemplifies the ingenuity of the common folk--more often than not he prescribed the same medicine, be it animal or plant or mineral in origin, for not one ailment but several. Clark presents several of the remedies found in Brickell's treatise.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969,
p100-124, f
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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 #:
16446
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The ubiquitous and innumerable weekly newspapers of the antebellum South are, as often as not, rich storehouses of folk humor, much of it original material acquired from oral sources and set down by editors and correspondents. Such a humorous niche was filled by Jemmy Critus for the CHARLOTTE JOURNAL.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 2, May 1970,
p95-100
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16447
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On June 30, 1906, a federal law, the Food and Drug Act of 1906 or the Wiley Act, was enacted for preventing the misbranding of food, drugs, medicines, and liquors. Booker and Booker discuss the heyday of patent medicines before the advent of the Wiley Act, including their uses, ingredients, and advertising.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Nov 1970,
p130-142, f
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