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Items with subject 'Folklife - Folk Stories and Legends'
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Folklife Collection - Local Legends: People with Special Powers
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected local legends. For this collection, these stories tell of local Eastern Shore people said to have special powers such as being able to make objects move, fortune telling, spell casting, healing powers, and root working. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Phantom Brakeman
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected local legends. For this collection, all stories recorded occurred on railways and trains. These stories tell of strange events that took place there. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Phantom Instruments
by Salisbury University Students (1971 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the years of 1971 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of strange and mysterious events where certain musical instruments such as pianos and violins began to play without anyone playing them. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Place Names in Worcester County
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected local legends. For this collection, all stories recorded share how a particular location in Worcester County, Maryland got its name or nickname. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Place Names of Dorchester County
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected local legends. For this collection, all stories recorded share how a particular location in Dorchester County, Maryland got its name or nickname. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Place Names of Somerset County
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected local legends. For this collection, all stories recorded share how a particular location in Somerset County, Maryland got its name or nickname. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Place Names of Upper Eastern Maryland
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected local legends. For this collection, all stories recorded share how a particular location on the Upper Eastern Shore of Maryland got its name or nickname. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Place Names of Various Locations
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected local legends. For this collection, all stories recorded share how locations around the Mid-Atlantic States and various other places in the United States and Poland got its name or nickname. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Place Names of Wicomico County
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected local legends. For this collection, all stories recorded share how a particular location in Wicomico County, Maryland got its name or nickname. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Pocomoke Forest
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 ghosts, strange events, and other supernatural legends that occurred somewhere in the Pocomoke Forest. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Religious Legends
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected local legends. For this collection, these stories tell of strange events or occurrences that revolved around a religious setting, person, or object, such as a church or bible. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Roommates Death
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected folk legends and scary stories, for this collection they specifically interviewed about mysterious deaths of roommates. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story itself.