OH047 Dolly Gillahan Oral History
Collection Title
West Kentucky - History and Culture - Land Between the Lakes Series
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Series Number
OH047
Interviewee
Gillahan, Dolly
Interviewer
Sullivan, David
Date Interviewed
July 14th, 1976 and June 23rd, 1976
Processed by
Sheree Wise
Date Processed
March 9th, 2010
Description
2 sound discs (1 hour, 30 minutes)
Abstract
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, death, 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 first Parents Teachers Association in the Fenton, Kentucky.
Biographical/Historical Note
Dolly Gillahan was born in the Land Between the Lakes area of Kentucky in 1907. She grew up in the Fenton, Kentucky area, where she attended public school and later taught.
General Information
No user access to original recordings. Use audio user copies, digital derivatives, transcripts, and/or tape indexes. This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Permission for reproduction must be requested from Murray State University.
Subject Headings/Descriptors
Land Between the Lakes (Ky. and Tenn.)
Fenton Community (Ky.)
Country life – Kentucky – Trigg County.
Folklore – Kentucky.
Kentucky – Social life and customs.
Traditional medicine – Land Between the Lakes (Ky. and Tenn.)
Teachers – Kentucky – Trigg County.
Recommended Citation
Sullivan, David, "OH047 Dolly Gillahan Oral History" (2025). Land Between the Lakes. 17.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-lbl/17
Audio Transcript