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Contributor age
Age 18to 95
Evidence class
Oral history interview
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Subject
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Survey response
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Dish interaction
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Origin claim
Place role
Origin ?The contributor was from this place.
Current ?The contributor currently lives here.
Origin claim ?The dish was said to have originated here.
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Some oral histories refer to other people who may know or cook a dish. Direct means the data point came from the primary interviewee or submitter. Indirect means they reported it about somebody else.
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Counts are claims, not people. One survey-taker or interviewee can make many claims about many different dishes.
Region story
Pitt County, NC
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