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There is a tendency to
think of folklore as something
only of the distant past,
preserved through genera
tions byway of custom and
tradition. Actually it is still
being created every day by
the circulation of stories,
songs, sayings, and other
materials by specific groups
of people. i
Some of the contemporary
folklore is just as fascinating
as that of the past. A case in
point is a story heard in a
number of versions in recent
months about how Sugar
Mountain, now the site of a
southern Appalachian ski
resorti got its name.
LEGEND GREW
Supposedly the legend
grew out of continued ques
tions by flatland skiers about
the origin of the name: “Did
the mountain people tap
maple trees on the slopes for
sugar? Was it because sun
light on the mountain top
made the snow look like
sugar?”
Employees, faced with
such questions on a day-to
day eventually came up
with a tongue-in-cheek re
sponse that might vary with
the storyteller.
"OH, no, Ma’am, that’s
not how the name came
about. Fact is it comes from
what Was once the finest
sugar mine in these moun
tains. See that cleared section
up the mountainside where
the ski lift operates? Well,
that used to be the route of a
narrow gauge track that went
clear to the top of the
mountain where the mute was
located.
“Several times a week
they’d run What they 1 called
the sugar cart up to the mine,
fill it up, and then run it back
down the mountain. People
knew what days it operated,
and they’d come from miles
around with their pokes and
buckets to pick up their
sweetniin’-saved them the
trouble of boiling down maple
syrup or making sorghum.
SUGAR MINED OUT
“Course, after a time the
sugar was mostly mined out,
and they closed the shaft
when the country stores
began to lay in supplies of the
commercial stuff. But before
die trees and underbush could
grow up over the tracks, the
ski people came in and started
installing that lift you see
operating. Next time you go to
the top ask the lift attendant
up there where the mouth to
the sugar mine is. Who
knows-price of sugar being
what it is and use with these
mild winters of late, they may
give some thought to startin’
up that sugar cart again I”
DITTIES AND COUPLETS
Folk-Ways rounds out this
installment with what Edwin
Judkins,, a regular contribu
tor, calls ditties and couplets.
His note of introduction
follows:
“Ditties and couplets have
always intrigued me. Some of
the following might be verses
of a song as far as I know. In
the first one I do not make fun
of my black friends (through
; out my life they have been
legion), but it records a
historical fact. It goes back to
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the underground railroad
when slaves were smuggled
rwrth and to freedom.”
Run, Negro, run the patrol
will catch you.
That Negro _ ran, that
Negro flew.
That Negro tore his shirt
it two.
A sheep shells corn with
the rattle of his horn
And I never saw the likes
since I have been born.
Some like cabbage, some
like kale.
I like possum, all but its
tail.
When you buy meat you
get bone; -
When you buy land, you
get stone.
“My father-in-law, Mr.
Robert Gray, who was city
engineer for Bristol, Virginia,
for many years liked to sing
this one:
When I was in Ireland I’ll
have you know
It took six little boys to
nilk an old ewe.
Twi at the head and twi at
the hams,
And twi little boys to keep
off the lambs.”
If readers know tall tales,
legends, stories that might be
ased in this column, they
vould be gratefully received.
Please send all material to
Rogers Whitener, Folk-Ways
and Folk-Speech, Box 376,
University Station, Boone,
N G 28608. -
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Celebrates 92nd Birthday
Mr. Rassie Proffitt of Route 3, Burnsville celebrated his
92nd birthday on Monday, January 20, 1975. Pictured above
holding his birthday cake which he made himself [he is a great
cake-baker], he said he has made many a cake in Ms lifetime.
Mr. Proffitt has been married 61 years to Janie Jones Proffitt
who will be 82 years of age in October. The Proffitts have five
children, eleven grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Many relatives and friends visited Mr. Proffitt on Ms birthday
to wish him well.
It’s Happening Isl
JOHNNY HENSLEY PATSY FLEMING N
- PEGGY McQUADE U
The Yancey County 4-H
Council met Monday, January
6. Sharon Runion, state 4-H
Vice President, presented the
program on her recent trip to
the National 4-H Congress in
Chicago, where she was
named national winner in the
4-H Leadership Program,
Sharon is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert M. Runion of
Bakersville.
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Several items of business
were discussed in the busi
ness meeting. Included was a
discussion of the statewide
4-H Zoo project. The Council
voted that ; Yancey County
4-H’ers would participate in
the project. By participating
in the project, Yancey 4-H’ers
would be joining with other
4-H’ers across the state in
raising money to buy an
animal for the North Carolina
Zoo.
Also discussed was the
4-H Talent Show and Fashion
Revue. A tentative date was
set for Friday night, April 4.
Students On Dean’s List
Doyle Byrd, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Byrd of
Pensacola, has completed his
first semester of his sopho
more year at the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte,
with a 3.80 average. Doyle is
majoring in Engineering.
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Academic honors at Wes
tern Carolina University have
been earned by Norris L.
Dover, Wesley B. Hensley,
Harrison D. Tyner, and
Warren (f. Webb for the 1974
fall quarter, according to an
announcement by Dr. J.
Stuart Wilson, vice chancellor
for academic affairs.
Students on the dean’s list
must earn a quality point ratio
of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0 for a
regular quarter’s work of not
less than 12 quarter hours.
Census
To Provide
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Statistics |
The 4974 Census of
Agriculture being conducted
by the Bureau of the Census
will bring up to date farm
statistics collected for the year
1969 when the last farm
census was taken.
W.C. Bledsoe, County
Extension Chairman, says
that cooperation from every
farm and ranch operator ik
needed in order to insure an
accurate measurement of
changes. He stresses that
the Census Bureau must have
a good report from each
operator if census' is to be
complete and accurate. The
report forms (questionnaires)
mailed out about January 1,
should be filled out and
mailed back as early as
possible.
Nothing is revealed in the
published reports that might
disclose information about an
individual operator. The data
are combined into county and
State totals that provide
benchmarks for keeping up
with changes in farming. The
Census of Agriculture, taken
every five years, is the only
source of statistics on agricul
ture that are comparable,
county by county, on a
nationwide basis. . ~
Any 4-H’er may enter the
Talent Show or Fashion
Revue, so those who are
interested in entering should
be working toward the date of
April 4.
The meeting was presided
over by Debbie Miller, 4-H
County Council” President.
Others attending were Rod
Shepherd, Lisa Shepherd,
Sharon Yuziuk, Jeff Yuziuk
and Mary Banks from the
Burnsville Club; Jan Blair,
Tammy McKinney, Penny
Fo* and Mrs. John Blairfrom
the Clearmont Club; David
Autrey and Tony Laws from
the South Toe Club.
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Two persons from Burns
ville are among 184 students
of Berry College near Rome,
Ga. who have been named to
the Dean’s List for academic
achievement during the fall
quarter.
They are Cathy Deyton,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
O.W. Deyton, and Janice
Hunter, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Hunter.
To be named to the Dean’s
List at Berry, a student must
carry at least 12 hours of
study and earn a grade point
average of not less than 3.5 on
a scale of 4.0.
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Ben F. Geouge Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Geouge
of Burnsville, and Ingrid
Abegaz-Hassen, daughter of
Bessie R. Jordan of Burns
ville, have been named to the
Dean’s List at Warren Wilson
College. In order to qualify for
the Dean’s List, the student
must earn a 3.50 average in at
least 12 semester hours
credit.
THE YANCEY JOURNAL
Box 667
Ed Yuziuk-Publisher
Carolyn Yuziuk-Editor
Patsy Randolph-Mansger
Brenda Webb-Staff
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