Record #:

16350

Author(s):

Zug, Charles G., III

Abstract:

Starting with the pots themselves, Zug attempts a history of North Carolina folk pottery, focusing on its European ancestry, various designs, and contemporary equivalents.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 27 Issue 2, Nov 1979, p34-55, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pottery

Record #:

16351

Author(s):

Barfield, Rodney

Abstract:

Although many believe that nothing materially survived from Afro-American antebellum society, Barfield argues that not only free Blacks but also slaves produced a large amount of domestic tools and furnishings during the antebellum period. They also acquired and made pottery, utensils, glassware, Bibles, photographs, and other trinkets.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 27 Issue 2, Nov 1979, p61-66, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Material culture--African Americans; Antebellum period, 1820-1961--African Americans

Record #:

16352

Author(s):

Walser, Richard

Abstract:

Several folk cures were discovered at the North Carolina Division of Archives and History among the private papers of John Ashworth of Buncombe County. They include cures for dropsy, scald head, and cancer.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 27 Issue 2, Nov 1979, p67-68 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medicine--Folklore

Record #:

35803

Author(s):

Hinson, Glenn

Abstract:

One of the few basket weavers left, Leon Berry learned the trade from his father. Used primarily for holding freshly picked cotton, livestock feed, or catching fish, baskets were a staple product on any farm.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 27 Issue 2, Nov 1979, p56-60, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Basket makers