The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954
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This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains information about folklore in Texas and Mexico, including folk songs and ballads, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, sermons, stories about games and celebrations, folklore of Texas plants, and information about folk remedies. The index begins on page 349.
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356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Texas Folklore Society 1998.
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- Boatright, Mody Coggin Author: Aunt Cordie's Ax and Other Motifs in Oil (Oil)
- Hudson, Wilson M. Author: To Whom God Wishes to Give He Will Give (Mexican Tales)
- Maxwell, Allen
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Contributing Authors
- McAllister, J. Gilbert Kiowa-Apache Tales (Indian Tales)
- Martin, Howard N. Alabama-Coushatta Tales (Indian Tales)
- González, Jovita Stories of My People (Mexican Tales)
- Aiken, Riley A Pack Load of Mexican Tales (Mexican Tales)
- Storm, Dan The Little Animals (Mexican Tales)
- Eddins, A. W. From the Brazos Bottom (Negro Tales and Jokes); Grandma's Sayings (Sayings and Proverbs)
- Brewer, J. Mason Juneteenth (Negro Tales and Jokes); Old-Time Negro Proverbs (Sayings and Proverbs)
- Dobie, Bertha McKee From a Texas Household: Mrs. Russell's Stories (Stories and Songs for Children); The Ghosts of Lake Jackson (Ghost Stories)
- Pérez, Soledad Ratoncito Pérez (Stories and Songs for Children); The Weeping Woman (Ghost Stories); Dichos from Austin (Sayings and Proverbs); Susto (Cures)
- Payne, L. W., Jr. The Frog's Courting (Stories and Songs for Children)
- Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964 Treasure Legents of McMullen County (Legends); The Deathless Pacing White Stallion (Legends); Verses de los Bandidos (Corridos); The Paisano's Cactus Corral (Animals)
- Craddock, John R. Stampede Mesa (Legends); Songs the Cowboys Sing (Ballads and Songs); The Cowboy Dance (Games and Gatherings)
- Webb, Walter Prescott The Legend of Sam Bass (Legends)
- Sonnichsen, Charles L. Mexican Ghosts from El Paso (Ghost Stories)
- Dodson, Ruth The Ghost Nun (Ghost Stories); The Curandero of Los Olmos (Cures)
- Owens, William A. Some Texas Folk Songs (Ballads and Songs)
- Goodwyn, Frank El Toro Man (Corridos)
- McNeill, Brownie Corrido de Kansas (Corridos)
- Taylor, Paul S. Deportados (Corridos)
- Parks, H. B. Follow the Drinking Gourd (Negro Songs)
- Thomas, Gates Six Negro Songs from the Colorado Valley (Negro Songs)
- Bales, Mary Virginia Some Texas Spirituals (Negro Songs)
- Lomax, John A. Sin-Killer's Sermon (Sermons)
- Featherstone, Mae The Snap Party in Mills County (Games and Gatherings)
- Kirtley, Guy "Hoping Out" in East Texas (Games and Gatherings)
- Sone, Violet West Rope-Jumping Rhymes (Games and Gatherings)
- Estill, Julia Children's Games in Fredericksburg (Games and Gatherings)
- Atkinson, Mary Jourdan Familiar Sayings of Old-Time Texans (Sayings and Proverbs)
- Turner, Tressa The Human Comedy in Folk Superstitions (Superstitions)
- Woodhull, Frost Ranch Remedies (Cures)
- Hatfield, Sadie Folklore of Texas Plants (Plants)
- Strecker, John K. Texas Reptiles in Popular Belief (Animals); The Folklore of Texas Birds (Animals)
- Bedichek, Roy Folklore in Natural History (Animals)
- Brooks, John Lee Paul Bunyan: Oil Man (Oil)
- Sawey, Orlan L. Pipeline Diction (Oil)
- Winfrey, James W. Oil Patch Talk (Oil)
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Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
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- Main Title: The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954
- Added Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Number 26
- Series Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
Description
This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains information about folklore in Texas and Mexico, including folk songs and ballads, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, sermons, stories about games and celebrations, folklore of Texas plants, and information about folk remedies. The index begins on page 349.
Physical Description
356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Publications of the Texas Folklore Society XXVI."
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- Indian folktales
- Mexican animal tales
- Mexican folktales
- Native American folktales
- animal tales
- children's folk songs
- folktales
- ghost stories
- jokes
- legends
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- OCLC: 39468611
- UNT Catalog No.: b2112538 | View in Discover
- Series Number: 26
- ISBN: 1574410555
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Texas Folklore Society Publications
This collection of Texas Folklore Society publications contains a miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including stories about folk medicine and ranch remedies, folk songs, legends and other folklore.
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The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954 (Book)
This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains information about folklore in Texas and Mexico, including folk songs and ballads, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, sermons, stories about games and celebrations, folklore of Texas plants, and information about folk remedies. The index begins on page 349.
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- 1998
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- The Republic of Texas, 1836-1846
- Annexation, 1844-1846
- Slavery and Antebellum Texas Culture, 1821-1865
- The Texas Frontier, 1846-1861
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1876
- The Cattle Boom, 1865-1890
- New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
- Into Modern Times, 1939-Present
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- United States - Texas - McMullen County
- United States - Texas - La Salle County
- United States - Texas - Live Oak County
- United States - Texas - Bexar County - San Antonio
- United States - Texas - Travis County
- United States - Texas - El Paso County - El Paso
- United States - Texas - Nueces County
- United States - Texas - Webb County - Laredo
- United States - Texas - Denton County - Denton
- United States - Texas - Mills County
- United States - Texas - Collin County
- United States - California
- Mexico
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Texas Folklore Society. The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954, book, 1998; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38307/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.