Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk
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This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
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261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Texas Folklore Society 1953.
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- Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964 The Traveling Anecdote
- Bedicheck, Roy Folklore in Natural History
- Hendricks, George D. The Names of Western Wild Animals
- Hendren, Joseph W. Bonny Barbara Allen
- Stephenson, Robert C. The Western Ballad and the Russian Ballada; Signature in Ballad and Story
- Paredes, Americo The Love Tragedy in Texas-Mexican Balladry
- Hurley, Elizabeth Come Buy, Come Buy
- Rissmann, E. J. Folkways on Bear Creek
- Anderson, John Q. Emerson and the Language of the Folk
- Howard, James Tales of Neiman-Marcus
- Sawey, Orlan L. Origins of Uvalde County Cattle Brands
- Cordova, Gabriel Black and White Magic on the Texas-Mexican Border
- Gillis, Everett A. Weather Talk from the Cap Rock
- Miles, Elton R. The Devil in the Big Bend
- Hendricks, Peggy Wham, Jam, Jenny-Mo-Wham
- Smith, Richard Richard's Tales
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Southern Methodist University Press
Place of Publication: Dallas, Texas
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- Main Title: Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk
- Added Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, Number 25
- Series Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
Description
This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
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261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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"Number XXV."
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- OCLC: 1894021
- UNT Catalog No.: b1384740 | View in Discover
- Library of Congress Control Number: 5312578
- Accession or Local Control No: Publication Number 25
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc38314
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- Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk [e-book], ark:/67531/metadc970072
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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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Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk (Book)
This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
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- 1953
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- The First Texans, before 1519
- European Explorers in Texas, 1519-1689
- Spanish Texas, 1690-1821
- Mexican Texas, 1821-1835
- The Texas Revolution, 1835-1836
- 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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Texas Folklore Society. Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk, book, 1953; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38314/: accessed February 17, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.