My father’s family is from rural Georgia, and his uncle, Lloyd Whippoorwill Harris, was known for being quite a character; among other...

Relaxers are a popular way to restructure your hair—to use chemicals to alter the protein chains in hair. In the African American...

Back in the early 50’s, my grandma was a young divorcee with an 8 year old daughter by her first marriage, and my granddaddy was a young...

This is a story that my grandfather used to tell me when we would go fishing on Hyco Lake. In the summer of 1982, my parents, aunt and...

My whole extended family lives in Ireland and I go back and forth a lot, and this past summer one of my cousins sat me down and told me...

Here’s a photo: Thanks! Jacob Lusk B.A. Biology #Folklore #stories #myths #folk #Family #UNCChapelHill #anecdotes #ncfolklore #legends...

I just wanted to share with the class a story about a family treasure that means a lot to me. My mom’s dad, Grandpa Sams, has always had...

To my knowledge, there is not a large cache of stories told in my extended family: my younger brother parents and I live in North...

My grandmother would always tell my sister and I some interesting stories about my Uncle David when he was growing up. These anecdotes...

My name is Sandra Davidson, and I am in Folk 202. Here is my submission for the website! My Great-great Uncle was playwright Paul Green....