Abstract:
Smith discusses folklorist Bill Mansfield's newest book, SONG OF AN UNSUNG PLACE: LIVING TRADITIONS BY THE PAMLICO SOUND. In it the author documents \"the folklore and folklife of the coastal county's mainland communities.\" Today Hyde County's population is 5,800, only half of what it was in 1990. Mansfield sees this as a concern if traditional ways are to be carried on and preserved. If the children and grandchildren move away, who will continue the old ways.