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Items with subject 'Folklife - Folk Stories and Legends'
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Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Dungleburger Farm
by Salisbury University Students (1972 – 1972)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a interview with local Eastern Shore resident Tommy Dean in 1972, former Salisbury University student Lynn Beckwith collected multiple accounts of urban legends about the Dungleburger Farm in Caroline County, Maryland. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story shared.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Eastern Shore of Virginia (Misc.)
by Salisbury University Students (1971 – 1971)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1971, former Salisbury University students and professors collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of ghosts and other supernatural legends that occurred somewhere on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Family 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. This collection focuses on stories about family deaths whether it was murder or accidental. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Feral Men
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 feral men or men whom seem to take on characteristics of various animals such as cats, bunnies, goats, and sheep. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Fireball or Other Mysterious Lights
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 strange or mysterious events involving bright lights or fireballs located somewhere along the Eastern Shore. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Ghost Light Road
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 strange and mysterious events that occurred on ghost light road, in Hebron Maryland. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Ghosts Communicating with the Living
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 people having moments where they are able to communicate with a ghost or revenants, or a moment where a ghost communicated with them. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Ghosts of Unhappy Lovers
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1972)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the years of 1970 to 1972, former Salisbury University students and professors collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of haunted houses that had ghosts or strange events caused by unhappy or jilted lovers. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Gravity Hill
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 various locations that when you leave your car in neutral at the bottom of a hill, it will mysteriously go up the hill by itself. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Haunted Bridges
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1972)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1970 to 1972, former Salisbury University students and professors collected local legends. For this collection, all stories recorded occurred at or near a bridge and are about a strange or violent event that happened there. These stories take place in various locations along the Eastern Shore. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Haunted Cemeteries and Churches
by Salisbury University Students (1971 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1971 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected local legends. For this collection, all stories recorded occurred at or near a cemetery or church and are about a strange or violent event that happened there. These stories take place in various locations along the Eastern Shore. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Haunted House: Bloodstain of Murder Victim
by Salisbury University Students (1969 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the years of 1969 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors; Rachel L. Chapman, Mary Lou Bembe, and Ronny Dallam collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focused on various ghost stories that include the element of bloodstains from murdered victims. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.