true folklore of northeast arkansas

[mrsmollie40]

I AM COLLECTING DATA ON THE FOLKLORE OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS, IF ENOUGH IS GATHERED, FOR PUBLICATION REASONS. NOTHING IS TURNED DOWN FOR CONSIDERATION! MY GUIDELINES ARE LISTED BELOW!
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE, MOLLIE.

FOLK CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS
1. Document all sources of information.
Name, Date and Place of Birth, Where raised, Parents and Grandparents background (Great Grandparent if available, et cetera.); born, raised at and date of death if applicable. Include name, address and phone number in case I need to get in touch with them. Not for publication purposes.
A. Has GOT to be at least three generations long (preferably longer) for it to be considered Folklore and only from Arkansas.
B. Has GOT to be from lower Arkansas, not from Ozarks or out of state.
C. Cannot be out of any written publication, has got to be orally told. Note: If they say their Great Grandmother read it someplace, that is fine, as long as they did not and as long as it is still in use today.
Items do not have to be used or practiced today as long as Elders did.
2. First hand descriptions.
3. Include minor events and everyday occurrences.
4. Include other matters of Folklore interest.
(Items listed below are used as an example)
5. Arkansas Music, Folk Songs, Ballads, Gospel Singing, Dances, Singing, Schools, Superstitions relating to music
6. Arkansas Folk Tales (These are just examples)
Proverbs-wise long running saying, Antidotes-short stories, Tall Tales, Legends, Romance Stories, Superstition, Sayings, Witchcraft, Jokes, Hexes. Ghost Stories
7. Arkansas Customs and Beliefs (These are just examples)
Quilting, Traditional Sayings, Transportation, Spinning, Beliefs, Shoe Making, Dyeing, Traditions, Folk Speech, Tanning Leather, Midwives, Making Soap, Home Remedies, Doctors, Superstitions, Weaving, Games, Metaphors-figure of speech.
8. Arkansas Food (These are just examples)
Trapping, Superstitions relating to food, Pioneer life and old ways of doing things. Hunting, Gardening, Preserving, Work Eating, Salting Meat, Fishing
9. Celebrations (These are just examples)
Traditions, Quilting Parties, Reunions, Dances, Games, Ground Breaking, Crop Harvest
10. Architecture (These are just examples)
Folk Arts And Crafts, Toys, Furniture Making, Place Names and History, House Building, Clearing Ground, Schools, School Life
11. Minority Material
Relates to everything above.

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[mrsmollie40]

mrsmollie40 wrote:

I AM COLLECTING DATA ON THE FOLKLORE OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS, IF ENOUGH IS GATHERED, FOR PUBLICATION REASONS. NOTHING IS TURNED DOWN FOR CONSIDERATION! MY GUIDELINES ARE LISTED BELOW!
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE, MOLLIE.
FOLK CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS
1. Document all sources of information.
Name, Date and Place of Birth, Where raised, Parents and Grandparents background (Great Grandparent if available, et cetera.); born, raised at and date of death if applicable. Include name, address and phone number in case I need to get in touch with them. Not for publication purposes.
A. Has GOT to be at least three generations long (preferably longer) for it to be considered Folklore and only from Arkansas.
B. Has GOT to be from lower Arkansas, not from Ozarks or out of state.
C. Cannot be out of any written publication, has got to be orally told. Note: If they say their Great Grandmother read it someplace, that is fine, as long as they did not and as long as it is still in use today.
Items do not have to be used or practiced today as long as Elders did.
2. First hand descriptions.
3. Include minor events and everyday occurrences.
4. Include other matters of Folklore interest.
(Items listed below are used as an example)
5. Arkansas Music, Folk Songs, Ballads, Gospel Singing, Dances, Singing, Schools, Superstitions relating to music
6. Arkansas Folk Tales (These are just examples)
Proverbs-wise long running saying, Antidotes-short stories, Tall Tales, Legends, Romance Stories, Superstition, Sayings, Witchcraft, Jokes, Hexes. Ghost Stories
7. Arkansas Customs and Beliefs (These are just examples)
Quilting, Traditional Sayings, Transportation, Spinning, Beliefs, Shoe Making, Dyeing, Traditions, Folk Speech, Tanning Leather, Midwives, Making Soap, Home Remedies, Doctors, Superstitions, Weaving, Games, Metaphors-figure of speech.
8. Arkansas Food (These are just examples)
Trapping, Superstitions relating to food, Pioneer life and old ways of doing things. Hunting, Gardening, Preserving, Work Eating, Salting Meat, Fishing
9. Celebrations (These are just examples)
Traditions, Quilting Parties, Reunions, Dances, Games, Ground Breaking, Crop Harvest
10. Architecture (These are just examples)
Folk Arts And Crafts, Toys, Furniture Making, Place Names and History, House Building, Clearing Ground, Schools, School Life
11. Minority Material
Relates to everything above.

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Mollie Collett K
Knobel, Arkansas 72435

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I am really interested in how things were different than they are now; an Aunt told me it use to be so cold here they often hung small game on the eve of the house in the wintertime, superstitions; my mother always had a fit when an ax was brought into the house, beliefs such as the shivarre or putting switches on the porch for a warning, true ghost stories; my Mother said after Grandma passed away she came to her to say goodbye, working; my family cut for the railroad, picked cotton, the children were often rented out to others who needed them for work, homemade soap, whiskey, meat curing, clothing, shoes, and anything else you can think of such as hardships. What were some of your favoriate things, least favoriate, what do you miss the most, is there anything you would change about these modern times?
All responces are welcome be it long or short.