Record #:

16448

Author(s):

Duncan, Gwyneth

Abstract:

Much of the folklore in North Carolina has its roots in British and European folklore, brought over by the original settlers. This article deals with material collected from Mrs. Bridget Van Steen, an Irishwoman now living in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Van Steen was born and raised in County May and takes great interest in the folklore of Ireland.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Nov 1970, p148-153 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Irish--North Carolina--Folklore

Record #:

16449

Author(s):

Spears, James E.

Abstract:

African American folk speech in the South possesses certain features which are in contrast with African American speech in other geographical areas of the country as well as with general and highland Southern dialects of whites. From a linguistic point of view this may be attributable to various reasons such as a language not usually seen in print.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Nov 1970, p154-157 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk speech--African Americans

Record #:

16450

Author(s):

Brewer, J. Mason

Abstract:

It is though by some folklore scholars that narrators of folk songs and folk tales sing their native songs and tell their traditional tales more enthusiastically and more vividly when they are dwelling in localities far distant and far different from their original habitat. Although the folk song and the folk tale have no natural boundaries and no linguistic barriers when it comes to their expansion and survival, they nevertheless undergo some changes when being translated from one language to another, and are affected, to some extent, by the forces and materials in a new environment whenever they are transplanted. This article relates animal tales told by African American students attending Livingstone College--tales possessing the qualities of geographical-spread, historical longevity, and group property status, and are authentic reflectors of folk life in a particular region.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 1, May 1968, p19-34 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk tales--African American

Record #:

16451

Author(s):

Crawford, Portia Naomi

Abstract:

In the early years of the 20th-century, America experienced an upsurge of interest in the collecting and preserving of folk songs. Not least among the interests of collectors were the songs of minority groups, chief among whom were Southern African Americans.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 2, Oct 1968, p67-139 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk songs--African American

Record #:

16452

Author(s):

Wigginton, B. Eliot

Abstract:

In an age of capsules and expensive doctors visits, faith healing may be regarded with a doubtful eye. But there are those in the southern Appalachians that claim to be able to cure certain ailments through faith healing.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 3, Nov 1968, p163-165, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medicine--Folklore

Record #:

16457

Author(s):

West, John Foster

Abstract:

In the Appalachians of North Carolina, a child was trained, sustained, and entertained through the folklore of childhood. In the cradle they were comforted by regional lullabies, and on the parents' knees, by rhythmical verse. Later on, communal participation involved the young in folk games, dances, riddle solving, ballad singing, superstitions, and cures for childhood afflictions.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 3, Nov 1968, p166-169 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folklore--Children

Record #:

16458

Author(s):

Wilson, Gordon

Abstract:

When folk medicines are mentioned, most people think only of vegetable products. It is true that the gathering and preparing of leaves, roots, and bark took a large portion of the time of the old-fashioned folk medicine specialists, but many mineral and animal products were always at hand to be used as ready-made medicines or as the base for various mixtures.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 3, Nov 1968, p177-181 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medicine--Folklore

Record #:

16459

Author(s):

Clark, Joseph D.

Abstract:

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.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 14 Issue 1, July 1966, p3-40 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Superstition

Record #:

16460

Author(s):

Hudson, Arthur Palmer

Abstract:

In the Bicentenary of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, perhaps the noblest heritage to be remembered is that of the Moravian Church. The Church is symbolized by two services well known to the American public--Easter Sunrise Service and the Lovefeast. But there was another service, called by its German name, the Singstunde--a service dedicated to hymns.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 14 Issue 2, Nov 1966, p4-11 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Moravians--Winston-Salem; Moravians--Services

Record #:

16461

Author(s):

McCullen, J.T., Jr.

Abstract:

The individual tale which recounts the origin of tobacco is linked with one of two groups of origin narratives: either myths handed down by tribal sages who preserved lore among American Indians, or myths and legends found in the lore and literature of European and Asiatic peoples who became acquainted with tobacco subsequent to discoveries of the 16th-century. This article surveys origin narratives which sprang up among people introduced to tobacco after the discovery of America.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 14 Issue 2, Nov 1966, p21-25 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tobacco--Folklore

Record #:

16462

Author(s):

Street, Julia M.

Abstract:

The Appalachian, mountain, or plucked dulcimer is not the same instrument as one called by that name in the Bible. Nor is it the trapezoidal harp-like forerunner of the piano described in Webster's Dictionary. The mountain dulcimer seems an entirely homogeneous and unique handmade creation, distinct from any other stringed musical instrument.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 14 Issue 2, Nov 1966, p26-31, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Dulcimer

Record #:

16463

Author(s):

West, John Foster

Abstract:

West presents examples of the unique dialect encountered in the Southern Appalachians Mountains.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 14 Issue 2, Nov 1966, p31-34 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

English language--Dialects--Appalachian

Record #:

16464

Author(s):

Morgan, Robert

Abstract:

Morgan relates some activity from Henderson County, North Carolina that is linked to the occurrence of witchcraft, from unsolved murders to unexplainable cures.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 1, May 1967, p4-5 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Witchcraft--Henderson County

Record #:

16465

Author(s):

Williams, Cratis

Abstract:

Williams recounts the story of moonshining in the Appalachian South beginning during the early years of administration of President George Washington.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 1, May 1967, p11-17 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Distilling, Illicit--Appalachian Mountains; Moonshine

Record #:

16466

Author(s):

Jones, Michael Owens

Abstract:

Jones discusses the extensive compendia of folk medical beliefs in North Carolina. These are divided between maintenance, diagnosis, notions, and techniques involved in folk medicine.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 1, May 1967, p23-27 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medicine--Folklore