Record #:

16469

Author(s):

Griffin, Hazel

Abstract:

Speech in the Roanoke-Chowan section in northeastern North Carolina closely resembles that of Tidewater Virginia because the early settlers came into the Carolina area from the environs of Jamestown and Eastern Shore Virginia.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Nov 1967, p56-57

Subject(s):

Folk speech--North Carolina, Northeastern