Record #:

22954

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

In the late 1880s a belled buzzard was among those that roosted on the courthouse and at Buzzards Roost. In 1889 there was a State Law prohibiting the eating of Bull Robins. W. R. Whichard and B. A. Carraway killed large turkey’s. T. J. Stancill and Seth Tyson killed large eagles. Edward Dudley and W. R. Whichard killed large snakes. A. J. Griffin and Moses Heilbroner had songbirds. Heilbroner’s could whistle the “Dilberry March.” Other stories relate various madcap animal adventures

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Jun 12-25 1985, p12-13

Subject(s):

Folklore--Animals; Pitt County--Folklore--Animals