Record #:

35130

Author(s):

Peebles, Ms.

Abstract:

A letter written to Daniel Turner in 1864 by the widow Peebles, professing her longing to see him since the war had ended.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Dec 1956, p10 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Personal narratives

Record #:

35132

Author(s):

McDonald, Flora

Abstract:

This is a list of remedies that can be made at the home for ailments such as itchiness, wounds, coughing, and more serious illnesses like the measles.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Dec 1956, p17-18 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medicine--Folklore; Medicine--Herbal; Herbal Medicine

Record #:

35133

Author(s):

Cooper, Elizabeth Scott

Abstract:

The author composed this ballad about how the island of Ocracoke got its name from legends told to her as she was en route to the island, having to do with the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Dec 1956, p19-21 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Names, Geographical; Names, Geographical--North Carolina; Folk music; Ocracoke Island--History; Blackbeard, d. 1718

Record #:

35134

Author(s):

McCanless, James

Abstract:

A letter, in the form of a ballad, was sent by the author and his sister to his brother David, essentially catching up since their last correspondence.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Dec 1956, p22-26 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Poetry; Ballads

Record #:

35135

Author(s):

Bowman, Grace Greenlee

Abstract:

The widow, Grace Greenlee Bowman, wrote a short poem about her husband’s passing.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Dec 1956, p27 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Poetry; Eulogy

Record #:

35136

Author(s):

McGavran, Edward G.

Abstract:

A story that the author’s father had told him from his time as a missionary in India. It consists of his experience with a lake that apparently had a devil in it that would drown anything that tried to swim in it.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957, p1-2 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folklore and history--North Carolina

Record #:

35137

Author(s):

Unknown

Abstract:

This is a ballad about the life and death of Josiah Wedgwood Sheffield, also known as Old Joe Shuffle, who was a potter at Jugtown.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957, p6 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Jugtown Pottery (Firm); Folk music; Ballads; Folk songs

Record #:

35138

Author(s):

Cushman, Rebecca

Abstract:

This article is an excerpt from a book the author was currently working on, and dealt with her brief time spent in a mountain settlement, trying to separate folktale from truth.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957, p7-8 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk tales--North Carolina; Mountain people--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

35139

Author(s):

Smith, O.H.

Abstract:

The story of how a town full of illiterate people gained their information in 1814, by electing the one man in town who could read as their county reader.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957, p9-10 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Literacy; Folk tales--North Carolina

Record #:

35140

Author(s):

Barker, Addison

Abstract:

A collection of lore surrounding weather outcomes in North Carolina.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957, p11-19 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folklore--Weather; Superstition

Record #:

35141

Author(s):

Stephenson, William

Abstract:

A ballad about a mother who kills her newborn sons, and then is foretold by some children that she will go to hell in seven years’ time.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957, p20-21 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk music; Ballads; Mothers; Mothers--Mortality

Record #:

35142

Author(s):

Medley, Mary Louise

Abstract:

A collection of anecdotes from Anson County.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957, p22-24 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Anecdotes; Anson County--History

Record #:

35143

Author(s):

Hall, Alonzo C.

Abstract:

A collection of epitaphs the author collected from cemeteries, some lighthearted, others of a darker nature.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Dec 1957, p1-12 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Epitaphs; Sayings and phrases

Record #:

35144

Author(s):

West, John Foster

Abstract:

This article features several haints, or ghost stories, that the author had heard while growing up in Wilkes County.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Dec 1957, p13-15 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ghost stories; Tall tales

Record #:

35145

Author(s):

Saunders, J. Maryon

Abstract:

This is the origin of UNC Chapel Hill’s official song. It is set to the tune of Amici, and was originally sung by a glee club, although many of the lyrics are different now. Several of the verses are included.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Dec 1957, p16-18 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk music; Chapel Hill