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Items with subject 'Folklife - Death'
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Folklife Collection - Untitled [The Willett Family of Charles County, Maryland]
by Salisbury University Students (1991)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1991, former Salisbury University Student Carol Willet collected folk material. Her collection focuses on the history of her family, established in Charles County for over a hundred years. Her main informant was her grandmother. Photographs and copy of deed enclosed.
Folklife Collection - Urban Legend: Dog Licks Owners Hand
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the years of 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of the urban legend about a man who would break in to someone's house, kill the owners dog, and while the people where sleeping he would lick their fingers pretending to be the dog. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Urban Legend: Impaled Garment Causes Death by Fright
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1972)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents, Mike Mulligan and Gordon W. Brittingham during the years of 1970 to 1972, former Salisbury University students and tprofessors: Martha Blank, Anne Blank and Julia Taylor, collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of the urban legend about a young person who is frightened to death by a coat mysterious standing up on the floor. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Urban Legend: Mother or Babysitter Cooks Child
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1971)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the years of 1970 to 1971, former Salisbury University students and professors collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of the urban legend about a mother or a babysitter who kills a child by cooking them due to different reasons such as drug abuse or insanity. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Urban Legends: The Babysitter
by Salisbury University Students (1971 – 1972)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the years of 1971 to 1972, former Salisbury University students and professors collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of the urban legend about the babysitter who was one the phone with a killer who was also inside the home. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Urban Legends: The Boyfriend's Death
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the years of 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of the urban legend about a boyfriend who is murder outside of the car which the girlfriend is still inside of. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Urban Legends: The Hook Man
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the years of 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of the urban legend about a couple in a car who hear scratching outside, the boy goes to investigate and does not return. The girl and police find the boy the next day, murdered and all cut up. Thus the killer gaining the name of the Hooked Man. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Urban Legends: The Killer in the Back Seat
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the years of 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of the urban legend about the impending murder of a female driver who is unaware of a murderer in the back seat of her car, but the girl was always saved or protected by other people. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.