OCRACOKE SPEAKS (CD)
Product Description
(audio CD & booklet, 36 tracks/30 pages w/photos)
This audio collection preserves one of Ocracoke’s greatest cultural resources--its language, from island lore and remembrances to the distinctive sounds of the “hoi toide” brogue. Comes with a companion booklet with 30 pages and photos.
Track List
| 1. Hoi Toide –
Rex O’Neal 2. Speaking for a Biscuit – Candy Gaskill 3. Early Ocracoke – Ellen Cloud 4. Naming Ocracoke – Maurice Balance 5. Naming Ocracoke – Charlie Williams 6. O’Cocokers – Robert ‘Washie’ Spencer 7. Creekers and Pointers – Ellen Cloud 8. Making Houses out of Ships – Chester Lynn 9. Curing Yaupon – Clinton Gaskill 10. A Good Teacher – Charlie Williams 11. Horse Penning – Clinton Gaskill 12. Pony Penning – James Barrie Gaskill 13. Mounted Boy Scout Troop – Dave Esham 14. Catching Fish - Robert ‘Washie’ Spencer 15. The Mailboat – Muzel Bryant 16. Old Horatio – Elenora Hamilton 17. The Cross – Elenora Hamilton 18. A Family After Death - Ellen Cloud 19. An Ocracoke Recipe – Chester Lynn |
20. The Hurricane
of ’44 – Charlie Williams 21. The Hurricane of ’44 – Essie O’Neal 22. The Hurricane of ’44 Robert ‘Washie’ Spencer 23. A Whale on Ocracoke – Dave Esham 24. The Black Cat - Muzel Bryant 25. A Ghost in Ocracoke – Rudy Austin 26. A Token of Death – Rudy Austin 27. Dead Body – Elizabeth Parsons 28. Sam Jones’ Castle – Matthew Parsons 29. A Trip to Las Vegas - Rex O’Neal and James Barrie Gaskill 30. Homemade Wine - Dave Esham 31. Dingbatters - James Barrie Gaskill 32. Meehonkey - James Barrie Gaskill 33. A Drunk Pig – Essie O’Neal 34. A Practical Joke – Kenny Balance 35. Opening Oysters – Elizabeth Howard 36. Goodnight Irene, Old Pine Tree, She’ll be Comin’ around the Mountain – Julius Bryant |
Related Items:
HOI TOIDE ON THE OUTER BANKS (BOOK)
THE CAROLINA BROGUE (DVD)
VOICES OF NORTH CAROLINA (DVD & VHS)
THE NC LANGUAGE & LIFE PROJECT is an outreach effort of the NCSU College of Humanities and Social Sciences
