Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore
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Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about animals, folk music, weather lore, folk beliefs, legends, folk medicine, poetry and other folktales. The index begins on page 229.
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v, 233 p. : ill., ports. ; digital (epub and mobi files)
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Texas Folklore Society 2017.
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- Patterson, Paul Dedication
- Woolley, Bryan A Legend Runs Through It
- West, John O. The Weeping Woman
- Linck, Charles Bois d'Arc Recollections
- Linck, Ernestine Bois d'Arc Recollections
- Roach, Joyce Gibson Prescriptions for Ailments Did Not Always Find a Cure and Dyin' Easy and Several Other Ways of Crossing Over and Departing This Life
- Duncan, Robert J. Musing on Distant, Faded Glories of the Days of Radio; Unknowingly, Security Guard Takes on KKK
- Wolff, Henry, Jr. Four Musings on Bad Roosters
- Garrison, Lora B. The Ol' Red Rooster Learns a Hard Lesson
- Biffle, Kent Hallie Stillwell Will Live on in Memories; Ex-Sheriff's Tale Is One for History Books
- Rodenberger, Lou Tales of a Rural School Teacher
- McDonald, Archie The New Year Hasn't Always Started January 1; Valentine's Day: How It All Began; and Columbus Day Roots Are in This Century
- Turner, Jerry Texas' Oddest Animal
- Greene, Sarah What Mrs. Rives Found in Gilmer
- Fooks, John He 'Woodn't' Trade Hobby for Anything
- Greene, A. C. The Ghosts of Bill Longley; Bill Longley on the Gallows; and Haunted by Bill Longley
- Marcus, Stanley Weather Lore Isn't All Wet; Animals Dominate Our Language
- Turner, Allan Brilliant Brickmanship; History as Close as a Turntable
- Clayton, Lawrence Working Hard, Joking Hard on the Frontier
- Hygh, Haywood Cow Chip Tea
- Kelton, Elmer Orient Hotel Saw Good Times and Bad
- Graham, Joe El Ojo and Other Folk Beliefs
- Cox, Mike The Cleo Face
- Byrd, James W. Dr. J. Mason Brewer
- Abernethy, Francis Edward Dusting Out
- Baker, T. Lindsay Alfonso's Yearly Routine; Making the Rattlesnake Roundup Circuit; Rayon Dresses and FDR
- Schnitz, Jean A Collection of Poems
- Dearen, Patrick Gold Diggers
- Solomon, Alan Chicken-fried Steak Tour through Texas
- McCracken, Peggy Cowboy Poet Honored by Peers
- Flores, Rosie Telling "Tales" Keeps Patterson Busy and Happy
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- Satterwhite, Carolyn Fiedler Assistant Editor
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- University of North Texas Press Publisher of print version, Denton
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Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
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- Main Title: Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore
- Added Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, Number 56
- Series Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
Description
Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about animals, folk music, weather lore, folk beliefs, legends, folk medicine, poetry and other folktales. The index begins on page 229.
Physical Description
v, 233 p. : ill., ports. ; digital (epub and mobi files)
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"Publications of the Texas Folklore Society LVI."
This e-book has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. http://www.neh.gov
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- UNT Catalog No.: b5808117 | View in Discover
- ISBN: 1574410741
- Accession or Local Control No: Publication Number 56
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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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Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about animals, folk music, weather lore, folk beliefs, legends, folk medicine, poetry and other folktales. The index begins on page 229.
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- 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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- United States - Texas - Galveston County - Galveston
- United States - Texas - Bexar County - San Antonio
- United States - Texas - El Paso County - El Paso
- United States - Connecticut
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Texas Folklore Society. Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore, book, 2017; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc970128/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.