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Record #:
35271
Author(s):
Kennedy, Philip Houston
Abstract:
The song “Ginnie’s gone to Ohio” was popular in the area and the author analyzes its origins, variations, and composition. The article is complete with the lyrics and accompanying sheet music.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 1, May 1967, p30-34 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk music; Folk songs; Ballads
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Record #:
35272
Author(s):
Barbour, Mary
Abstract:
Three stories that feature snakes as the subject matter; “Tenderhearted Little Girl,” “Down in the Basement,” and “The Snake Hunter.”
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Nov 1967, p44-46 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Animal lore; Snakes
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Record #:
35273
Author(s):
Hodgin, Jean
Abstract:
A short poem about grass blades making arcs.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Nov 1967, p Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35274
Author(s):
Owen, Guy; Owen, Dorothy Jennings
Abstract:
An overview of Blowing Rock Craft Fair, which hosted a wide array of folk artisans. The author described the setting and some of the participants.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Nov 1967, p47-50 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk art; Craft festivals; Folk festivals
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Record #:
35275
Author(s):
Not Given
Abstract:
A list of 15 superstitions relating to children, weather, love/marriage, and death.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Nov 1967, p50 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Superstition; Folklore--Weather; Animal lore
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Record #:
35276
Author(s):
Johnson, F. Roy
Abstract:
This is a collection of three remedies: for whitening and straightening teeth, hair removal, and to see ghosts and apparitions.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Nov 1967, p55 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk medicine; Folk medicine--Animal products; Medicine--Magic, mystic, and spagiric; Medicine--Herbal
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Record #:
35277
Author(s):
Patterson, Daniel W.
Abstract:
The author briefly notes the acquisition of the song recorded in the rest of the article, “The Wayfaring Stranger.”
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Nov 1967, p58-59 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk music; Folk songs; Ballads
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Record #:
35278
Author(s):
McCullen, J.T., Jr.
Abstract:
Stories and legends about the biblical character Cain, and what he represents.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Nov 1967, p60-64 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Bible--Study and teaching
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Record #:
35279
Author(s):
Baker, Liva
Abstract:
The author noted that swamps held many plants that were used in home remedies.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Nov 1967, p70 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Medicine--Herbal; Medicine--Folklore; Folk medicine
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Record #:
35280
Author(s):
Walser, Richard
Abstract:
In 1857, two photographers competed for favor with customers, the evidence of which was laid out in their newspaper advertisements.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Nov 1967, p71-76 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Photographers; Photography
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Record #:
35281
Author(s):
Frost, Robert
Abstract:
This is a transcribed conversation with Robert Frost, who told his companions about the first time he visited North Carolina.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 1, May 1968, p3-8 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963
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Record #:
35282
Author(s):
Meyers, Walter E.
Abstract:
By using “the Wolf and the Fox in a Well” as a case study, the author analyzes the differences in story and style in its different variations.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 1, May 1968, p9-11 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Linguistics; Folk speech
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Record #:
35283
Author(s):
Griswold, Susan G.; Calhoon, Robert M.
Abstract:
Several sonnets, written by John Harvey with heavy Shakespearian influence, about a young woman are presented in this article. This is the earliest example of Shakespeare’s works being manifested in colonial America.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 1, May 1968, p12-14 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk music; Folk songs; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic productions; Poetry
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Record #:
35284
Author(s):
Morgan, Robert
Abstract:
A poem about how the emergence of yellow jackets foretold the beginning of farming season.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 1, May 1968, p14 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35285
Author(s):
Clark, James W., Jr.
Abstract:
An excerpt from “A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, now in England,” details the process of tobacco farming in North Carolina from a slave hand’s perspective.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 1, May 1968, p15-18 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Tobacco farms; Tobacco; Slavery
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