Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: The Texas Folklore Society Collectionhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TFSP/browse/?sort=added_a&fq=str_location_county:Bexar+County,+TX&fq=str_location_county:Harris+County,+TX2017-05-02T09:41:46-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: The Texas Folklore Society CollectionBackwoods to Border2011-07-06T09:55:06-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38306/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38306/"><img alt="Backwoods to Border" title="Backwoods to Border" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38306/small/"/></a></p><p>Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.</p>Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore2011-07-06T09:55:06-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38308/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38308/"><img alt="Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore" title="Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38308/small/"/></a></p><p>Volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas, including essays about police burials, railroads, graffiti, folk music, dance halls, and other folklore. The index begins on page 279.</p>Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore2011-07-13T09:16:58-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38859/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38859/"><img alt="Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore" title="Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38859/small/"/></a></p><p>Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.</p>Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices2011-07-13T09:16:58-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38869/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38869/"><img alt="Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices" title="Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38869/small/"/></a></p><p>This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a compilation of 1,333 folk cures, remedies and prevention techniques. It includes information about various diagnoses, such as acne, poison ivy, whooping cough, nosebleeds, and others.</p>From Hell to Breakfast2011-12-07T11:56:23-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67649/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67649/"><img alt="From Hell to Breakfast" title="From Hell to Breakfast" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67649/small/"/></a></p><p>Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.</p>The Folklore of Texan Cultures2011-12-07T11:56:23-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67648/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67648/"><img alt="The Folklore of Texan Cultures" title="The Folklore of Texan Cultures" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67648/small/"/></a></p><p>This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of various ethnic and religious groups residing in Texas, including songs, myths, legends, and other essays. The index begins on page 363.</p>Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore2017-04-20T13:52:55-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc967407/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc967407/"><img alt="Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore" title="Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc967407/small/"/></a></p><p>Volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas, including essays about police burials, railroads, graffiti, folk music, dance halls, and other folklore. The index begins on page 279.</p>Backwoods to Border2017-04-20T13:52:55-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc967411/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc967411/"><img alt="Backwoods to Border" title="Backwoods to Border" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc967411/small/"/></a></p><p>Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.</p>From Hell to Breakfast2017-05-02T09:41:46-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc970070/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc970070/"><img alt="From Hell to Breakfast" title="From Hell to Breakfast" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc970070/small/"/></a></p><p>Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.</p>Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore2017-05-02T09:41:46-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc970082/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc970082/"><img alt="Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore" title="Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc970082/small/"/></a></p><p>Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.</p>The Folklore of Texan Cultures2017-05-02T09:41:46-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc970060/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc970060/"><img alt="The Folklore of Texan Cultures" title="The Folklore of Texan Cultures" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc970060/small/"/></a></p><p>This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of various ethnic and religious groups residing in Texas, including songs, myths, legends, and other essays. The index begins on page 363.</p>