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35892
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The Society for Creative Anachronisms recreates various aspects of medieval life in modern times. Several popular anecdotes are associated with this group, such as ‘the mugger vs. the chainmail shirt.”
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 35 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1988,
p133-137
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35898
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A transcription.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 36 Issue 1, Winter-Spring 1989,
p37-59
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35899
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Henry was a blues musician who had talent, perseverance, love of the blues, and helped preserve part of North Carolina’s musical heritage.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 36 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1989,
p67-69
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35900
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This story examines the performance paradigm of Stanley Hicks, a traditional instrument maker from Bethel community in Watauga County, NC. He told Jack tales for entertainment value, not monetary gain. Hicks’ was a folk authority and his conviction that the art of storytelling is acquired rather than innate.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 36 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1989,
p73-120, por
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35901
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Folk ballads served their purpose for a time before a large percentage of the general population allowed them to be superseded by more modern amusements. Ballads change over time; typically in the manner they are received.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 37 Issue 1, Winter-Spring 1990,
p13-24
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35903
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Hosted by Ray Greene, a weekly event of old-time music features fiddling, bluegrass, swing, Christian music, and more.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 37 Issue 1, Winter-Spring 1990,
p43-57
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35904
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Important contributions of African banjo tradition influenced Southern music in the genre of lively lyric and rhythmically complex, banjo songs and in the old-time string band tradition—an ensemble that honors democratic interaction and the synthesis between the Celtic-American fiddle and the African American banjo traditions.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 37 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1990,
p73-80
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35905
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Folk ballads have been a significant influence on British literary poetry. Thomas Hardy, a prolific literary balladist, was influenced by contemporary literary movements, but he also incorporated into his art qualities remembered from folk music and song encountered in his youth.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 37 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1990,
p97-109
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35921
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Mollie Blankenship serves on the board of the Cherokee Historical Association and works on behalf of the Oconaluftee Indian Village, along with serving on the advisory council to the state agricultural extension service and has helped develop programs for senior citizens.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 38 Issue 1, Wntr/Spr 1991,
p12-14
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35922
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Amateur, or ham, radio is a method of distance communication enjoyed by people of all ages and social backgrounds. To keep track of their different radio contacts, they used QSL cards, which were kept and displayed in many ways such as photo albums, picture frames, file boxes, and plastic folders.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 38 Issue 1, Wntr/Spr 1991,
p21-44, il
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Record #:
35923
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A pediatric doctor by trade, Dr. Hughes uses his facility for language and propensity for humor and rhyming expressiveness in virtually every arena of his life, including in his occupation and family folklore.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 38 Issue 1, Wntr/Spr 1991,
p45-71
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Record #:
35928
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Mr. Arliss has been whittling wood his entire life; he started by making children’s toys, but much of what he carved reflected his childhood and important figures and themes of the world around him.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 39 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1992,
p72-76, il
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Record #:
35930
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In Appalachian Jack tales, Jack is a fool or laughingstock, but still the hero of the story. The types of major types of Jack tale can be divided into seven contests: nursery rhyme, fool tale, trickster tale, wonder tale, tall tale, adult fool/trickster tale (fabliau), and culture hero, all of which the author included examples of.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 39 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1992,
p77-108, bibl
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Record #:
35936
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Since 1867 when Joe Baldwin was killed and decapitated by a train accident, multiple stories have been circulated about a strange light appearing, symbolizing Joe looking for his missing head. The accounts vary, but some aspects of the legend stay the same, such as the light, time of appearance, and location.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 39 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1992,
p30-35
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Record #:
35937
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Owner of a backyard petting zoo and arboretum, Ernest Luck enjoys telling stories about past daring or humorous incidents in his life.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 39 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1992,
p36-44
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