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Record #:
35362
Author(s):
Reid, William W.
Abstract:
A slow-walking old man compares himself to a snail, and then is killed by a train.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p96 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore
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Record #:
35363
Author(s):
Miller, Jim Wayne
Abstract:
The structural components of verses used by faith healers.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p97-98 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Linguistics; Folk medicine; Medicine--Magic, mystic, and spagiric
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Record #:
35364
Author(s):
McCullen, J.T., Jr.
Abstract:
Told from the viewpoint of a young boy, the church-goers of a town usually go and pray at the bedside of a dying person until they pass. In this particular case, however, the man who lay in the sickbed was not prayed over because people thought of him as a bad man for drinking and not attending church.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 2, May 1970, p71-77, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Short stories, North Carolina; Religion; Death--Causes
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Record #:
35365
Author(s):
Reid, William W.
Abstract:
Found in an old trunk, several miscellaneous writings were found, including this parable about flowers.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 2, May 1970, p78-79 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Short stories, North Carolina; Flowers
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Record #:
35366
Author(s):
Chappell, Fred
Abstract:
The story about how a very smart hunting dog went looking for a large raccoon, and the owner followed him until he was very lost, and ended up living in a cave with an American Indian woman for two years, before finding his way home and getting sent to fight in World War 2.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 2, May 1970, p80-83 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Dogs; Hunting dogs
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Record #:
35367
Author(s):
Miller, Jim Wayne
Abstract:
A poem about hunting a fox that always gets away.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 2, May 1970, p83 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35368
Author(s):
Not Given
Abstract:
A collection of ‘boners,’ or stupid mistakes, that were found in literature by professors at NC State University.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 2, May 1970, p84-88 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Literature
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Record #:
35369
Author(s):
Doar, Harriet
Abstract:
A poem about a woman’s religious conversion.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 2, May 1970, p89 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry; Religion
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Record #:
35370
Author(s):
Lumpkin, Ben Gray
Abstract:
In the Aarne-Thompson index, Tale Type 62 refers to “Peace among the Animals-the Fox and the Cock.” The opening story is a variation of that type, and the author continues on to analyze similar variations.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 2, May 1970, p90-94 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Animal lore; Tall tales
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Record #:
35371
Author(s):
West, John Foster
Abstract:
A poem about a man who left specific instructions for his burial upon his death, particularly about not wanting to be buried in a church yard. However, his burial ground ended up being part of a church several years later.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 2, May 1970, p94 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35372
Author(s):
Morgan, Robert
Abstract:
A poem describing a smoke house and the area around it.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 2, May 1970, p100 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35373
Author(s):
Scott, Robert W.
Abstract:
When Governor Scott moved into the Governor’s mansion, the bed from the first governors stay was still in the master bedroom, and when it was removed, a strange knocking on the walls began.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Nov 1970, p115-116 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Ghost stories
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Record #:
35374
Author(s):
Hand, Wayland D.
Abstract:
As people settled across America, they brought their superstitions and beliefs with them; the list is composed of 145 beliefs that were found in California but originated from North Carolina.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Nov 1970, p117-123 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Superstition; Folk beliefs
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Record #:
35375
Author(s):
Hartley, Lodwick
Abstract:
Written in the same dialect of the setting, this is a story of how a young couple ended up together.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Nov 1970, p124-128 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Linguistics
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Record #:
35376
Author(s):
Pipkin, John M.
Abstract:
A poem about a woman who drowned herself.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Nov 1970, p128 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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