The Frank C. Brown Collection of NC Folklore: Vol. VII : Popular Beliefs and Superstitions from North Carolina, pt. 2

Frank C. Brown organized the North Carolina Folklore Society in 1913. Both Dr. Brown and the Society collected stores from individuals Brown through his classes at Duke University and through his summer expeditions in the North Carolina mountains, and the Society by interviewing its members and also...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hand, Wayland D. (Editor ), White, Newman Ivey (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Duke University Press Books 1977.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Folklore > North Carolina.
Folklore > America.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • AFTERWORD
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • VII. DEATH AND FUNEREAL CUSTOMS
  • INFANTS, CHILDREN
  • Stars, Prenatal Influences, Drowning
  • Naming, Physical Activity, Care of Child
  • Animals and Plants
  • Miscellaneous
  • Burial of Children
  • Mother
  • ADULTS
  • General
  • Death Bell, Singing, Noises
  • Choking, Itching, Shivering, Twitching, etc.
  • Sneezing
  • Hair, Teeth
  • Nudity, Clothes, Shoes
  • Sleep, Beds
  • Wedding, Honeymoon
  • The Sick
  • The Dead and the Dying
  • Work
  • Moving, Stepping
  • DOMESTIC SIGNS AND PORTENTS
  • House
  • Clocks.
  • Mirrors
  • Pictures, Photographs
  • Table, Meals, Food
  • Chairs
  • Household, Miscellaneous
  • Housework, Removing Ashes
  • Sweeping
  • Washing, Wiping
  • Sewing, Quilting
  • Miscellaneous
  • PHYSICAL WORLD
  • Stars
  • Weather
  • Candles, Fires, Lights
  • Water, Drowning
  • Animal Portents
  • Fowls
  • Birds
  • Insects, Worms, etc.
  • Plants, Vegetables
  • Flowers, Bushes
  • Trees
  • Farm Implements
  • CARE FOR THE DEAD
  • Clocks, Mirrors, Pictures, etc.
  • The Corpse
  • Wake, Funeral Prelintinaries
  • Funeral Procession
  • Funereal Clothing
  • Graves Graveyards
  • Burying Weather
  • After Burial.
  • VIII. WITCHCRAFT, GHOSTS, MAGICAL, PRACTICES
  • Conjuring, Casting of Spells
  • Warding Off Spells
  • Removal of Conjurer
  • WITCHES, WITCHCRAFT
  • Witches, Wizards
  • Signs of Witches Bewitchtment
  • Preventives of Witchcraft
  • Laying Witches
  • Evil Eye
  • Nightmare
  • Ghosts
  • Dispelling Ghosts
  • Spirits
  • Warding Off Spirits
  • Hants
  • Laying Hants
  • Jack-O'Lanterns
  • Devil
  • FAIRIES, ELVES, GOBLINS
  • CHARMS, LUCKY PIECES
  • Human
  • Animal
  • Plant
  • Talismans, Coins, Gems
  • Miscellaneous Charms
  • Verbal Charm
  • FORTUNE TELLING, DIVINATION
  • Water Witching.
  • Horses Locating Water
  • Hidden Treasure, Mines
  • Lode Lights, Treasure Lights
  • Divining Rods, Dowsing
  • Silver, Gold
  • IX. COSMIC PHENOMENA: TIMES, NUMBERS, SEASONS
  • COSMIC PHENOMENA
  • Portents of War and Disaster
  • Moon
  • Seeing the Moon ""Clear""
  • Moon Through Trees, Clouds
  • Moon Through Rings, Windows
  • Miscellaneous
  • The Man in the Moon
  • Stars
  • Falling Slars, Meteors
  • Miscellaneous
  • TIMES, NUMBERS, SEASONS
  • Trial Periods, Indicators
  • Days of the Week
  • Time of Day
  • Special Days, Holidays
  • Numbers
  • X. WEATHER
  • SEASONS
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter.
  • Cold (Severe) Winters
  • Mild Winters
  • Weather Indicators
  • Bad (Foul) Weather
  • Changing Weather
  • Clear Weather
  • Sunny Weather, Sun, Eclipse, etc.
  • Cold Weather
  • Dry Weather
  • Fair Weather
  • Good Weather
  • Warm (Hot) Weather
  • Wet (Falling) Weather
  • RAIN
  • Indicators
  • The Sun as Indicator of Rain
  • Clouds as Indicators of Rain
  • The Moon as an Indicator of Rain
  • Stars as Indicators of Rain
  • Rain, Rainbows as Indicators of Rain
  • Dew, Moisture, Sweat as Signs of Rain
  • Mist, Fog as Indicators of Rain
  • Winds, Whirlwinds as Indicators of Rain.

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