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35865
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The acquisition of a radio set brought the community together to listen to news, sports, and music. Wiseman learned to play music from his mother and from watching and imitating local musicians.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 33 Issue 1-2, 1985,
p55-61
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35866
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Furthering his education, Wiseman switched to a boarding school six miles from home.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 33 Issue 1-2, 1985,
p62-70
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Record #:
35867
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Wiseman went to Duke University for one year of college and spent his time trying to find ways to make money.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 33 Issue 1-2, 1985,
p71-77
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Record #:
35868
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Taking a teaching position and promising to record some of his songs, Wiseman travelled to West Virginia with his guitar. He broadcasted live songs over the radio, leading to the furthering of his musical career.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 33 Issue 1-2, 1985,
p78-90
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Record #:
35881
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The folklore found within a nuclear or extended family tends to be transmitted from parents and grandparents to children. By using genealogy, the researcher may trace traditions back through a family tree and determine their origins. The author identified four groups of descendents of David Hicks, Sr., whose geographic separation enabled him to trace the origins of their traditions by comparing likenesses and differences between them.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 34 Issue 1, Wntr-Spr 1987,
p18-28
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Record #:
35882
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The relationship between blues and gospel can be seen as two sides of the same coin; both blues are for despair, and gospel is for hope, relating to the same subject. The blues-gospel rap is a map for the psychologically unified view of the world. Using this dichotomy of hope-despair, the positions are either the blues are the illegitimate child of the spiritual, or that spiritual understanding is a marriage of hope and despair.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 34 Issue 1, Wntr-Spr 1987,
p38-51
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35883
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The geographical characteristics of surroundings can often seem to impress themselves on the individual. People that lived in the mountains tended to be independent, stubborn, and had their own code of honor.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 34 Issue 1, Wntr-Spr 1987,
p52-60
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Record #:
35884
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In addition to works of folklore related materials, the author also included historic site archaeology and restoration, farmhouses, jails, and other public buildings.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 35 Issue 1, Winter-Spring 1988,
p14-39, bibl
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Record #:
35885
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By comparing multiple copies of The Wife of Bath, the author looks at its literary antecedents and other issues concerning verbal art as actually practiced, not falsely dichotomized.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 35 Issue 1, Winter-Spring 1988,
p40-77
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35886
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Shaw was a traditional fiddler and folk musician who promoted gatherings to listen and play music.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 35 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1988,
p84-86, por
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Record #:
35887
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Thomas Burt participated in the full scope of blues history in North Carolina, from childhood to playing in blues festivals.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 35 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1988,
p87-89, por
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35888
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Teaching her children how to harmonize and encouraging their musical gifts, Landis contributed to musical life in churches, the black community, and the state of North Carolina.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 35 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1988,
p90-91, por
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35889
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Ernest East was a traditional fiddler and string band leader who kept alive old-time music.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 35 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1988,
p97-98
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Record #:
35890
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A brief overview of Doc and Merle, a documentary film about the musical duo Doc Martin and Merle Watson.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 35 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1988,
p109-113
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Record #:
35891
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Diving into her own genealogy, the author compares family tales to the archival records from the Civil War to decipher truth from tale.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 35 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1988,
p118-123
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