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Tales and Folk Lore from the North Carolina CoastTales and Folk Lore from the North Carolina Coast
1) Storytelling History
a) Why was storytelling so important
b) Who told stories â€" did people go to places to hear certain people tell stories
i) If so, who were they
ii) What stories did they tell
c) Where were these stories told
d) Include information about what the stories were centered about
e) How is Storytelling different today
f) Include any other information you find on the history
2) Styles of Storytelling
a) Down East style, i.e. Captain Jim Willis of Salter Path
i) What defines this style
ii) How is it distinguished from others
iii) Give an example of the story
iv) What community can you expect to find this style of story telling
b) Southern Style, i.e. Rodney Kemp
i) What defines this style
ii) How is it distinguished from others
iii) Give an example of the story
iv) What community can you expect to find this style of story telling
v) Other styles you come across
c) The Scrub Club â€" Liars club
i) Explain what this is
ii) What do they do
iii) Include any other information you find on clubs or groups like this
3) Coastal Legends
a) Discuss the many different legends and tales you come across
i) Tell the tale
ii) Historic facts behind the event
iii) Where did the event happen
iv) Who first reported it
b) How is the legend carried on today
i) Do they re-enact the legend
ii) Offer tours, have story telling session etc.
iii) what sites, museums, if any, are devoted to the legend
4) Haunted Wilmington
a) Discuss the many different legends and tales you come across
i) Tell the tale
ii) Historic facts behind the event
iii) Where did the event happen
iv) Who first reported it
b) How is the legend carried on today
i) Do they re-enact the legend
ii) Offer tours, have story telling sessions etc.
iii) what sites, museums, if any, are devoted to the legend
iv) Include Information about special events, i.e. what they do for Halloween
(1) Open the site as a Haunted house
(2) Have a celebration, etc.
5) The Lost Colony of Roanoke Island
a) Tell the tale
i) Include all historic facts behind the event
ii) Who first reported it
b) How is the legend carried on today
i) Do they re-enact the legend
ii) what sites, museums, if any, are devoted to the legend
iii) Offer tours, have story telling sessions etc.
iv) Include Information about special events, i.e. what holiday's do they celebrate this
6) Legends of Blackbeard
a) Discuss the many different legends and tales about Blackbeard that you come across
i) Who was Blackbeard
ii) Historic facts behind the event
iii) Where did the event happen
iv) Who first reported it
b) How is the legend carried on today
i) Do they re-enact the legend
ii) Offer tours, have story telling sessions etc.
(1) Include information about the many “searches” for Blackbeard's treasure
iii) Are there celebrations or festivals in his honor
iv) what sites, museums, if any, are devoted to the legend
v) Include Information about special events
(1) Reconstructing Queen Anne's Revenge
(2) Have a celebration, etc.
7) North Carolina Legends
a) Discuss other legends and tales you come across from all over North Carolina
i) Tell the tale
ii) Historic facts behind the event
iii) Where did the event happen
iv) Who first reported it
b) How is the legend carried on today
i) Do they re-enact the legend
ii) Offer tours, have story telling session etc.
iii) what sites, museums, if any, are devoted to the legend
Different legends from all over NC:
• The general's ghost
Fort Fisher, NC
• The whalers run,
Shackleford Banks, NC
• Lifesaver of the outer banks
Outer Banks, NC
• Beautiful Nell Cropsey
Elizabeth City, NC
• Legends Of The Great Dismal Swamp
Camden County & Gates County, NC
• The Dram Tree
Edenton, NC
• The Brown Lady
Murfreesboro, NC
• The Hoofprints of Bath
Bath, NC
• The Lost Colony
Roanoke Island, NC
• The White Doe
Roanoke Island, NC
• The Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals
Hatteras Island, NC
• Hatteras Jack
Hatteras Island, NC
• Tale of The Crissie Wright
Cape Lookout, NC
• Decatur Gillikin
Harkers Island, NC
• The Flaming Ship Of New Bern
New Bern, NC
• A Wilmington Murder - 1760
Wilmington, NC
• The Light at Maco Station
Wilmington, NC
• The Ghost Comes for Blackbeard
Ocracoke, NC
Helpful Links
http://www.hauntednc.com/index.html
http://www.ncseagrant.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=story&pubid=122&storyid=138
Nell Cropsey: http://www.elizcity.com/history/nell-cropsey.shtml
Nell Cropsey: http://www.coastalguide.com/tales/nellcropsey.shtml
Legends of the Great Dismal Swap: http://www.coastalguide.com/tales/dismalswamplegends.shtml
The Dram Tree: http://www.coastalguide.com/tales/edentondramtree.shtml
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