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Author: Bonnie Taylor-Blake

Bonnie Taylor-Blake is a neuroscience researcher with a side interest in contemporary legends and various bits of urban folklore
April 29, 2022May 17, 2022 Bonnie Taylor-Blake

Who Put the “Tar” in “Tar Heels”?: Antebellum uses of the epithet and its application to North Carolinians

July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 Bonnie Taylor-Blake

Defrosting Frozen Charlotte: 21st-Century Misconceptions about a 19th-Century Doll

June 29, 2019July 4, 2019 Bonnie Taylor-Blake

Whitewashing Black Friday: The Rebranding of an American Shopping Holiday

May 29, 2011July 4, 2019 Bonnie Taylor-Blake

To Hell with Babe Ruth

September 20, 2009July 4, 2019 Bonnie Taylor-Blake

Dirty Politics: Smathers, Pepper, and Quasi Malediction in American Political Folklore

Recent Posts

  • Who Put the “Tar” in “Tar Heels”?: Antebellum uses of the epithet and its application to North Carolinians
  • Defrosting Frozen Charlotte: 21st-Century Misconceptions about a 19th-Century Doll
  • Whitewashing Black Friday: The Rebranding of an American Shopping Holiday
  • To Hell with Babe Ruth
  • Dirty Politics: Smathers, Pepper, and Quasi Malediction in American Political Folklore

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