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Items with subject 'Folklife - Superstitions'
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Folklife Collection - Superstition and Popular Belief: Plants and Plant Husbandry
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 superstitious and popular beliefs about plants and plant husbandry. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Superstition and Popular Belief: Travel and Communications
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 superstitious and popular beliefs about travel and communication. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Superstition and Popular Belief: Weather
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 professors and teachers collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of superstitious and popular beliefs about weather. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Superstition and Popular Belief: Witchcraft, Ghosts, and Magical Practices
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 superstitious and popular beliefs about witchcraft, ghosts, and magical practices. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Superstitions
by Salisbury University Students (1977 – 1977)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1977, Salisbury University Student Cynthia L. Cooper collected folklore material. This paper gathers a considerable number of local superstitions about death, weather, animals, plants, the human body, relationships, wishes, food and drinks, household objects, etc.
Folklife Collection - Superstitions
by Salisbury University Students (1979)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1979, Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. For this collection, Susan Milloy chose to focus on a specific folk group : the athletes of Salisbury State College. She put together a series of questions relating to the superstitious beliefs of her informants (a total of 30 athletes), including what they think about the effects of diet, location, music, colors, weather, prayers, team attitude on their performance or whether they had a good luck charm.
Folklife Collection - Superstitions
by Salisbury University Students (1982)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1982, former Salisbury University Student Karen White collected folk material. Her collection focuses on superstitions. She interviewed fifteen local residents from which she gathered a considerable number of superstitious anecdotes around pregnancy, birth, luck, relationships, etc.
Folklife Collection - Superstitions
by Salisbury University Students (1977 – 1977)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1977, Salisbury University Student Kathleen M. Young collected folk material covering a vast array of local superstitions. The group of informants include retired patrons of diverse origins, students at Salisbury State Collage as well as a Catholic priest. Their contributions are organized by topics such as birth, travel, marriage, folk medicine, magical practices, cosmic beliefs, animal, plant, hunting, etc.
Folklife Collection - Superstitions of the Eastern Shore
by Salisbury University Students (1977)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1977, former Salisbury University Student Anne Brinsfield collected folk material. She interviewed housewives, farmers and ministers from several towns in Maryland and Delaware. Her project focused on superstitions and local customs. The topics covered range from folk medicine, childhood, bad luck, magical practices, funerals and more.
Folklife Collection - Superstitions, Attitudes and Beliefs of Athletes
by Salisbury University Students (1992)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1992, Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. This collection examines the superstitions, attitudes and beliefs within the athletic community. The student uses personal narratives or experiences he witnessed himself with his informant to illustrate the role played by these elements in sports.
Folklife Collection - Superstitions, Customs, and Beliefs: A Collection of Lore
by Salisbury University Students (1977)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1977, former Salisbury University Student Lisa D. Wimbrow collected local folklore material. Her paper covers various themes such as childhood, social relations, love and marriage, travel and communication, esoteries, animal and plant husbandry, etc. It is a collection of local myths, proverbs, superstitions, customs, and remedies gathered from the people of Salisbury, Maryland.
Folklife Collection - Superstitions: Eastern Coast
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 superstitions from across the Eastern Coast. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.