Oral history interview with Dolly Gilllahan [sound recording], 1976 July 14

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Oral history interview with Dolly Gilllahan [sound recording], 1976 July 14

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Dolly Gillahan was born in Land Between the Lakes area of Kentucky in 1907. She grew up in the Fenton, Kentucky where she attended public school and later taught.

2 sound discs (1 hour, 30 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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Sullivan, David R

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Gillahan, Dolly, 1907-

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Dolly Gillahan discusses folklore and folk medicine in the Land Between the Lakes region of Kentucky. She describes home cures and remedies and the role of superstition and tradition involved with marriages, deaths and illness. She explains dreams and visions in regard to weather forecasting and prophecy. Gillahan further discusses the practice of the arts and crafts in the region, the construction of log buildings, farm life and food preservation. She concludes explaining how she organized the ...