Things Unnatural: Tales of Witches, Haunts, Dreams, Healing Powers, and Superstitions
Creator
Hale, Tempi Hamilton
Hamilton, Janice Boggs
Hamilton, James H.
Hale, Frances
Bolling, Jane
Martin, Margie
Slemp, Mitzi Hamilton
Tempi Hale had grown up in a family who enjoyed the art of storytelling, and she had heard stories from her grandparents many times about witches, haunts, superstitions, and healing powers. For this project, Ms. Hale decided to interview her family and her in-laws to collect their stories and to preserve them telling the stories. This interview is among projects created by students enrolled in English 446 (initially English 452), “Appalachian Folklore,” 1981-2019, and in graduate level counterparts English 548 and 648 “Appalachian Folk Culture(s)” offered 17 fall semesters between 1987 and 2009. Minimally contain collector’s introduction and analysis, transcribed informant interviews, and excerpted and labeled examples of oral, customary, and/or material folklore/folklife collected primarily within the Appalachian region. Most include also tables of contents, informant information, indexes (outlines) of interviews, photographs, miscellaneous paper items, and indexes of informants, genres, and geographic locations. Accompanying audio recordings (several minutes to 2+ hours). Transferred to McConnell Library Archives & Special Collections from Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, Fall 2013.