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Record #:
35448
Author(s):
Tobin, Juanita
Abstract:
A poem about a woman who knew a variety of folk medicines.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Mar 1971, p58 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35449
Author(s):
Clark, Joseph D.
Abstract:
As a folklorist in North Carolina, Burke Davis collected a wide variety of folk customs for his book, The Summer Land. Within the book are folkloric elements relating to customs, speech, domestic tasks, hunting, and more.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Mar 1971, p59-65 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklorists; Folklore--Manners and customs; Folk songs; Sayings and phrases
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Record #:
35450
Author(s):
Betts, Leonidas
Abstract:
A short poem describing the scene after a traditional Mayan sacrifice.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Mar 1971, p65 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35451
Author(s):
West, John Foster
Abstract:
A poem about a travelling preacher who has relations with the young women of the towns on his route.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Mar 1971, p72 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35452
Author(s):
Owen, Guy
Abstract:
The author analyzes his own work to decipher how folklore has influenced the novels he has written.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Mar 1971, p73-79, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk speech; Folk music
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Record #:
35453
Author(s):
White, Robert B., Jr.
Abstract:
Season of Fear, written by Guy Owen in 1960, is about a lonely, middle-aged man whose hindered psychological developments and sexual frustrations lead him to commit violent acts. The book is riddled with imagery pertaining to sexuality, particularly from serpents and reptiles.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Mar 1971, p80-84 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Books--Reviews
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Record #:
35455
Author(s):
Claudel, Alice Moser
Abstract:
A poem about the end of summer, with the summer clothing put away and the coal sellers coming to town.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Mar 1971, p84 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35456
Author(s):
Patterson, Daniel W.
Abstract:
A list of musical recordings that was originally compiled to help educators teach folklore.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 3, May 1971, p99-104 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk music; Teachers--Training of; Folk songs
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Record #:
35458
Author(s):
Clark, Joseph D.
Abstract:
A doctor was taught a new method delivering babies when several women used tobacco smoke to induce the final stage of labor.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 3, May 1971, p105-106 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Medicine, Rural; Folk tales--African origin; Tobacco
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Record #:
35459
Author(s):
Hudson, Arthur Palmer
Abstract:
Two stories, “The One-mule Wagon Speedster in Chapel Hill,” and “The Dove-Gassaway Fight,” told to the author.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 3, May 1971, p107-108 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk tales--North Carolina
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Record #:
35460
Author(s):
Owen, Guy
Abstract:
When a man went in a barbershop for a haircut, the other patrons started telling exaggerated stories about how great some of their dogs were.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 3, May 1971, p109-115 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Dogs; Hunting dogs; Folk tales--North Carolina
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Record #:
35461
Author(s):
Kenan, Sarah
Abstract:
A house had a number of residents throughout its 200 year history, and the current owners and staff tell the author about the ghostly encounters they believe were experienced.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 3, May 1971, p123-130 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Ghost stories--Uwharrie Mountains
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Record #:
35462
Author(s):
West, John Foster
Abstract:
A short story about a man who left his shoes after having an affair with a married woman, and the encounter with the husband the next day, who returned the shoes.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 3, May 1971, p134 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35463
Author(s):
Walser, Richard
Abstract:
The author surmises where the tradition of Old Buck came from as a part of Old Christmas in the Outer Banks.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 3, May 1971, p135-136, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Traditions--North Carolina, Coastal; Christmas--Rodanthe; Superstition--Christmas
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Record #:
35464
Author(s):
Owen, Guy
Abstract:
A poem about an old plow that now acts as a mailbox stand.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 3, May 1971, p136, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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