Record #:

16498

Author(s):

Griffin, Hazel

Abstract:

Life may have been rough and crude in Carolina in the 1600s, but according to travelers who recorded their findings and inhabitants who wrote of their way of life in the newly-found country, good food and an abundance of it were not lacking. Ingenuity and hard work were essential in producing, finding, or cooking the products.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 8 Issue 2, Dec 1960, p45-46 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Foodways

Record #:

16499

Author(s):

Barker, Addison

Abstract:

Barker presents a list of anatomical superstitions found in BLUM'S ALMANAC.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 8 Issue 2, Dec 1960, p47-48 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Superstition

Record #:

16500

Author(s):

Brewer, J. Mason

Abstract:

There is probably no oral literature in America as varied and as localized as that of the African American. Although it is stemmed from a common African heritage, foreign cultures and indigenous traditions have wielded a powerful influence on the African American's comment on his American existence. This is especially true of that phase of lore labeled folk narrative, which although retaining certain communal traits and characteristics of its aboriginal background, has nevertheless been strongly flavored by American regional factors. It is not surprising then that the North Carolina African American's stock of oral narratives should vary to some extent from those in other sections of the South.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 9 Issue 1, July 1961, p21-33 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

African American oral narratives; Oral history--North Carolina--African American

Record #:

16501

Author(s):

Hudson, Arthur Palmer

Abstract:

Hudson relates some interesting localisms, or colloquialisms, only heard or read in Chapel Hill.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 9 Issue 1, July 1961, p34-41 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Colloquialism--Chapel Hill

Record #:

16502

Author(s):

Bradley, Francis W.

Abstract:

Sixty and seventy years ago cotton mill workers were an underprivileged class, though mill work meant regular pay, and better pay than they received as farm-hands.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 9 Issue 2, Dec 1961, p29-31 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cotton mills

Record #:

16503

Author(s):

Kottick, Edward L.

Abstract:

One of the most frequently cited explanations of the influence of folk music on cultivated music is one known as the \"seeping up\" theory. The theory states that folk music is the root of cultivated music. Although a sweeping generalization, it perhaps comes closest to having validity when it is related to the art song of the 19th-century.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 9 Issue 2, Dec 1961, p40-44, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk songs

Record #:

16504

Author(s):

Vine, Louis L.

Abstract:

As with all branches of medicine, animal as well as human, the modern treatment of dogs is the result of a gradual groping through the years, from the superstitious, the fantastic, and absurd, and finally to the scientific. Although veterinary medicine dates back more than 4000 years, it too was governed by those dogmas and superstitions which were the basis of all ancient practices. There are many remedies and treatments for the ailments of domestic animals, dogs in particular, which persist to the present day.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 7 Issue 2, Dec 1959, p18-22 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Dogs

Record #:

16505

Author(s):

Salisbury, F. C.

Abstract:

Salisbury recounts stories of several incidents of supposed witchcraft in Carteret County from the Youpon Tea Man of Morehead City to the Witch of the Dunes on Shackleford Banks.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 7 Issue 2, Dec 1959, p26-27 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Witchcraft--Carteret County

Record #:

16506

Author(s):

Mallison, Dallas

Abstract:

Dramatic and colorful days of the century-old Neuse River lighthouse, which became a part of the legendary coastal past with its dismantling over thirty years ago, live again most vividly as they are recalled by the 76-year old lightkeeper, Captain Thomas Daniels Quidley, who lived with it during the last twenty-five years of its history.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 6 Issue 2, Dec 1958, p18-25 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Lighthouses--Neuse River; Lighthouse keepers--Neuse River

Record #:

16507

Author(s):

Griffin, Hazel

Abstract:

Home remedies were by force a necessity in both dental and medical cases, and as likely to cure as not. Practically all homes were supplied with ingredients for home remedies. For example, pine tar could kill a tooth ache, horehound could be boiled as a syrup for colds, and nutmeg could ease an upset stomach.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 6 Issue 2, Dec 1958, p30-31 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk medicine

Record #:

16508

Author(s):

MacDonald, Donald

Abstract:

It has been said that Scotsmen are more ardent Scots the farther away they are from Scotland. This may indeed be true. It's certainly apparent when you watch the crowds which annually attend Linville's colorful Highland Games and Gathering of the Clans.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 6 Issue 2, Dec 1958, p36-37 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Highland games--Linville

Record #:

16509

Author(s):

Driscoll, Eleanor

Abstract:

Quilting has been practiced in the United States since pre-Revolutionary days and is still done in many sections of the country, such as North Carolina. In Moore County quilting is an important social and cultural event.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 4 Issue 1, July 1956, p11-14, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Quilting--Moore County

Record #:

16510

Author(s):

Shellans, Herbert

Abstract:

Local legends and place-names constitute a part of popular history. Although they usually contain more fancy than fact, they possess a charm that appeals to all. This article is a sampling of what North Carolina has to offer in the way of local lore and legend concerning place names.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Dec 1956, p28-32 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Names, Geographical--North Carolina

Record #:

16511

Author(s):

Walser, Richard

Abstract:

The legends revolving around the origin of the word \"Tar Heel\" are numerous. The two most frequently cited yarns come from explanations in Clark's NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENTS (1901) and in Creecy's GRANDFATHER'S TALES OF NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY (1901).

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957, p3-4 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tar Heels

Record #:

16512

Author(s):

Parker, Cherry

Abstract:

Jugtown, as we know it today, was started in 1917 by Jacques Busbee, an artist from a famous old North Carolina family. In the early days, most potters had made jugs for distilleries. When prohibition was enacted, much of the North Carolina pottery making stopped. A few potters kept at their trade, making jars, churns, crocks, and pie dishes. In fact, you might credit the staring of Jugtown to a pie dish.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957, p5-6 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pottery