Choate Family Folklore 1981-03-22
Laurie Choate records tales and songs related by her family around the dinner table.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Choate Family Folklore
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Date: March 22, 1981
Location: Laurie Choate
Interviewer: Collected by Laurie Choate
Length: 1 hour
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Contributor: Eunice Choate,
Lore: Folk songs (excerpts) sung by her father,
"Bessie the heifer",
"Shoot the Buffalo",
Story,
Son Lonnie's premonition while living in England,
Contributor: Sonny and Eunice Choate,
Lore: story,
House in England described,
Sonny sees a ghost while living in England,
Contributor: Sonny Choate,
Lore: story,
Furniture moving up and down the stairs by itself,
Contributor: Carroll Choate,
Lore: story,
Carroll sees a flying saucer (incomplete),
Grave that glows
Tape 1, Side 2:
Contributor: Joyce Choate,
Lore: story,
Woman afraid of the basement (incomplete),
Contributor: Sonny Choate,
Lore: stories,
Ghost in Borley rectory,
Ghost of nun,
Bells ringing,
Contributor: Carroll Choate,
Lore: story,
Seeing his first dead body,
Contributor: Joyce Choate,
Lore: story,
Dead body sits up,
Contributor: Sonny Choate,
Lore: story,
Dropped casket and spilled body,
Taking the corpse home in an ambulance,
Contributor: Sonny Choate,
Lore: Story,
Selling your soul to a voodoo witch doctor
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