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16397
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The muddy water of the Tar River in Edgecombe County near Tarboro moves sluggishly between the ready, oak-shadowed banks as slowly and sullenly as it did centuries ago. The grist mill that once stood on the curve below the dam is gone and no sign of the dam remains. But on misty August nights when the yellow moon tilts on end and the rain crow calls for rain, the cry of the banshee that haunts the river splits the mist in a shrill, wild scream that echoes from bank to bank.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p11-14
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16398
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Old Hill lifts its peaks far above the fertile valleys of eastern Forsyth County. On the tiptop is a large opening, now crowded with debris and undergrowth, its rocky, perpendicular sides glazed by wind and rain. This is the deserted gold mine that still holds the spirit of Elizabeth Reed. Every time the wind whips around the crags and crevices, there issues from the depths of the pit an agonizing wail.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p14-17
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Record #:
35408
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A man known as Big Foot Billy was confronted by the devil, who wanted to bring him down to hell for his drinking practices.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p4-5
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35409
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A group of men are led into a supposedly haunted pocosin, or wetland, in an attempt to find a sawmill and city on the other side.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p6-8
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35410
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With superstitions running high and the death of two people within two weeks, a mailman was spooked by the possibility of seeing a ghost.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p8-11
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35411
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A tenant was supposedly a wizard and placed a curse on his landlord’s family when he was angry.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p18-19
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35412
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A superstitious man believed his crop was cursed and was told by a witch doctor how to break it.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p20
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35413
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An old man continuously asked a woman for the things she treasured and cursed them when she refused. For payback, the woman cursed him until he died.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p21-23
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35414
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After practicing a way to tell who their future husbands would be, two sisters married the men and eventually came to a dark ending.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p24-26
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35415
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A variant of the tales “Suppose” and “The Well,” about a hypothetical death.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p26-27
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35416
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The accounts of a well-known prankster in Raleigh.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p28-32
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