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Items with subject 'Folklife - Beliefs'
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Folklife Collection - Superstition and Popular Belief: Love, Courtship, and Marriage
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 love, courtship, and marriage. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
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 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 of Watermen on the Lower Eastern Shore
by Salisbury University Students (Undated)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1992, former Salisbury University students Christa Campbell and Kelly Pierce collected folk material related to the superstitions of watermen on the Lower Eastern shore. They interviewed the wives of watermen, native of Rumbley, Maryland, who shared the beliefs of their husbands and other popular superstitions transmitted by the previous generations. The second part of the paper is a collection of popular watermen beliefs such as what brings bad luck. It is believed, for instance, that a woman brings bad luck if she is the first visitor on New Year's day, so people will not allow any female visitors on that day.
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 - Talbot County Folklore and Salisbury Area Superstitions
by Salisbury University Students (1977 – 1977)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1977, Salisbury University Student Michelle McCabe collected folk material. Her collection focuses on local stories and superstitions of the Salisbury area and Talbot County. Her paper includes various legends such as George Washington spending a night at the Robert Morris Inn as well as different superstitions related to birth, death, animals, etc. Also enclosed are pictures of the places mentioned in the stories.