Madstones and Twisters

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Collection information about weather, plant and animal lore in Texas and Mexico. It also discusses folk remedies, folktales about tornadoes, information about prairie dogs, and ghost stories.

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x, 169 p. ; 24 cm.

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Boatright, Mody Coggin 1958.

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Collection information about weather, plant and animal lore in Texas and Mexico. It also discusses folk remedies, folktales about tornadoes, information about prairie dogs, and ghost stories.

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x, 169 p. ; 24 cm.

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"Number XXVIII."

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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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Madstones and Twisters

Collection of information about weather, plant and animal lore in Texas and Mexico. It also discusses folk remedies, folktales about tornadoes, information about prairie dogs, and ghost stories.

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Boatright, Mody Coggin. Madstones and Twisters, book, 1958; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38861/: accessed September 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.

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