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Record #:
16375
Author(s):
Parramore, Thomas C.
Abstract:
North Carolina is well-known today for team sports, including basketball and football. The state was also known in the 1800s and 1900s for its role in horse racing. It is not well-remembered, however, that antebellum North Carolina sports entertainment included fistic gladiators, a form of boxing popular during this period.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 2, May 1974, p55-62 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Boxing
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Record #:
35658
Author(s):
Wigginton, B. Eliot
Abstract:
In response to a scathing review of the Foxfire book in a previous issue, Wigginton defends and addresses the criticism made about his book.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 2, May 1974, p35-41 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Books--Reviews
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Record #:
35659
Author(s):
McCallum, Righton
Abstract:
A student collected stories about outhouses from people who were in their 80s.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 2, May 1974, p42 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore
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Record #:
35660
Author(s):
Quillin, Brenda Joyce
Abstract:
In 1901, Nell Cropsey was murdered. Although her boyfriend was charged with her murder due to circumstantial evidence, the true events were never known. This has caused Nell’s story to become a legend, and different speculations and variations arose from the mystery. Along with the stories came several folksongs about the incident.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 2, May 1974, p43-54, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklore; Folk music; Folk songs; Ballads; Murder; Death--Causes; Legends
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Record #:
35661
Author(s):
Hilliard, Addie Suggs
Abstract:
The county of Chester was formed in the early 1800s from several towns, and was primarily agriculture driven and populated by English and Scotch-Irish descendants. As such, many common sayings and phrases could be traced back to Shakespearean origins. A list of these sayings and the corresponding Shakespearean works are included.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 2, May 1974, p63-74 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Sayings and phrases; Folk speech--North Carolina, Northeastern; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic productions
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Record #:
35663
Author(s):
West, John Foster
Abstract:
A poem about a woman who knew when her husband had been killed in the Civil War because she saw an angel fly into the sky.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 2, May 1974, p79 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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Record #:
35664
Author(s):
Mason, Julian
Abstract:
Based from a previous article from the November 1973 issue, a letter from Mr. Grimshawe pertaining to Owen Wister has been added.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 2, May 1974, p82-83 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folklorists
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Record #:
35665
Author(s):
Betts, Leonidas
Abstract:
The author collected various folk medicinal beliefs from three women in Harnett County. An appendix of the cures are categorized by the informant.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 2, May 1974, p84-94 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk medicine; Medicine--Herbal
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Record #:
35666
Author(s):
Bartels, Susan
Abstract:
A poem about a ghostly stain on a pillar of a house.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 2, May 1974, p94 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Poetry
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