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Record #:
35598
Author(s):
Ridenour, John
Abstract:
A joke.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 2, May 1973, p52 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Humor
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Record #:
35599
Author(s):
Owen, Guy
Abstract:
A collection of insults, mostly of the “your mom” variety.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 2, May 1973, p53-54 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Humor; Rhymes
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Record #:
35600
Author(s):
Morgan, Robert
Abstract:
A poem about quilting.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 2, May 1973, p54 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35601
Author(s):
Moose, Ruth
Abstract:
In 1972, Doris Betts wrote the novel “The River to Pickle Beach,” about life in a small North Carolina town. Betts imbued her work with folkloric elements, such as superstitions and speech, native to North Carolina; in this article, Moose highlights those elements and explains some of them.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 2, May 1973, p61-62 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Superstition; Books--Reviews; Folk speech
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Record #:
35602
Author(s):
Claudel, Alice Moser
Abstract:
A poem about a chimney sweep in New Orleans.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 2, May 1973, p63 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry; Poetry
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Record #:
35603
Author(s):
Freeman, Grace Beacham
Abstract:
A daughter describes her father’s emotions as an old house is uprooted and moved.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 2, May 1973, p69 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35604
Author(s):
Lomax, Deane Ritch
Abstract:
A poem about an old man who is happy to live life one day at a time.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 2, May 1973, p72 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35605
Author(s):
Davis, Hubert J.
Abstract:
After having a close call with some venomous snakes, an old man turned to religion to repay his prayers on during the incident.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 2, May 1973, p73-76 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Devil; Religion; Snakes
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Record #:
35606
Author(s):
Lemley, Marian
Abstract:
A knock-knock joke.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 2, May 1973, p76 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Humor
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Record #:
35615
Author(s):
Brunvand, Jan Harold
Abstract:
While traveling in Transylvania, Romania, the author took note of the various epitaphs and pictures that were present on tombstones.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 3, Sept 1973, p83-88, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Cemeteries; Epitaphs; Gravestones; Gravestones--Epitaphs; Folk art
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Record #:
35616
Author(s):
Utley, Francis Lee
Abstract:
By using “The Wife of Bath,” a story within Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, the author takes an in-depth look at how perceptions in society may have changed the meaning of the proverbs used in the story between the 14th century and the present.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 3, Sept 1973, p98-104 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Books--Reviews
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Record #:
35617
Author(s):
Stuart, Jesse
Abstract:
A poem about the narrator standing in a cemetery and calling attention to his ancestors, who fought for America.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 3, Sept 1973, p104 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35618
Author(s):
Ferris, William R., Jr.
Abstract:
Ray Lum started trading horses and mules when he was a teenager, and continued to do so even after most farming techniques turned to mechanical devices. Transcribed from an interview with Mr. Lum, the author included a glossary for the vernacular terms.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 3, Sept 1973, p105-119, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Mules; Horse industry; Farming
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Record #:
35619
Author(s):
Abrams, W. Amos
Abstract:
Created in the mid-1820s, an anthology of songs, passed down the family line until Mr. Abrams bought it in 1937, was the start of a quest to find the song tunes by Mr. Abrams.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 3, Sept 1973, p132-146, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk music; Folk songs
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Record #:
35629
Author(s):
Dorson, Richard M.
Abstract:
The Foxfire Book was a collection of folklore collected by students from their grandmothers. Dorson reviews the process and outcomes of the study, which he deemed unskilled and did not meet the criteria of folklore.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 4, Nov 1973, p157-159 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Books--Reviews
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