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35377
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A poem from a woman who lived on a Native American reservation.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Nov 1970,
p142
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35378
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The author has pulled an excerpt from a book published in 1572 as an example of the feelings that come with the belief that one is about to die.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Nov 1970,
p143
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Record #:
35379
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A tale about a patient buzzard and an impatient hawk is the basis for the author’s analysis of story variations. It is a companion article to one published in the previous issue, titled “The Fox and the Goose.”
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Nov 1970,
p144-147
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35380
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When the weather turned cold enough, the annual hog killing would start, which was a full day’s work for the slaves.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Nov 1970,
p158-160
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35408
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A man known as Big Foot Billy was confronted by the devil, who wanted to bring him down to hell for his drinking practices.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p4-5
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35409
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A group of men are led into a supposedly haunted pocosin, or wetland, in an attempt to find a sawmill and city on the other side.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p6-8
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Record #:
35410
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With superstitions running high and the death of two people within two weeks, a mailman was spooked by the possibility of seeing a ghost.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p8-11
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35411
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A tenant was supposedly a wizard and placed a curse on his landlord’s family when he was angry.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p18-19
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35412
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A superstitious man believed his crop was cursed and was told by a witch doctor how to break it.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p20
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35413
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An old man continuously asked a woman for the things she treasured and cursed them when she refused. For payback, the woman cursed him until he died.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p21-23
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35414
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After practicing a way to tell who their future husbands would be, two sisters married the men and eventually came to a dark ending.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p24-26
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35415
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A variant of the tales “Suppose” and “The Well,” about a hypothetical death.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p26-27
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35416
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The accounts of a well-known prankster in Raleigh.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p28-32
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Record #:
35446
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Kathleen Morehouse wrote Rain on the Just in the latter half of the nineteenth century, about the fictional Allen family in Wilkesboro, NC. A synopsis of the novel is given, and then the elements of folklore, particularly folk speech, are identified and discussed.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Mar 1971,
p47-54
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Record #:
35447
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Romulus Linney wrote Heathen Valley in 1962 about a group of peoples residing in the North Carolina Mountains and how they responded to an overly zealous missionary. The story is filled with folk speech, myths, traditional medicine, and other folk elements to portray the characters as accurately as possible.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Mar 1971,
p55-58
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