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This is the second installment in a two-part recording; in this part Grace Panter continues to play a collection of folk songs on the banjo before friends at her home in Mineral Bluff, Georgia. The audio begins with her performing Possum in the Persimmon Tree, which her dad taught her, and Shout Little Lulu. At 4:33, Panter plays March Through Georgia, after which she, Chatham, and an unidentified woman quickly discuss the songs Civil War origins. She then performs Pretty Polly and tunes her banjo until 10:24, when she plays a song that her brother taught her, Banjo Boogie. Next, Panter speaks about her sisters natural talent for the banjo, then she plays Old Hen Cackle and Rooster Crow and White House Blues, while her friend Con sings the chorus. At 21:45, the audio transitions to Paul Ray playing Soldiers Joy and a waltz on the fiddle, followed by No Place Like Home and Foggy Mt. Breakdown on the banjo.
Grace Magus Panter (1918-1978) was born to Ruben (1883-1967) and Margaret Magness (1878-1923) in Mineral Bluff, Georgia. She had a brother, Thomas (1916-1971), and a sister, Josie Lena (1909-1999). In early childhood, she contracted polio, which left her with a severe limp. She received a fourth grade education and later married Green William Panter (1916-1952).
CRAP: A Collection of Popular Dirty Jokes For John Burrison Folklore 301 By Robert Allen Brannon Georgia State University May 23, 1973
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Professor John Burrison founded the Atlanta Folklore Archive Project in 1967 at Georgia State University. He trained undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in his folklore curriculum to conduct oral history interviews. Students interviewed men, women, and children of various demographics in Georgia and across the southeast on crafts, storytelling, music, religion, rural life, and traditions.
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