Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: The Texas Folklore Society Collectionhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TFSP/browse/?fq=dc_language:eng&fq=untl_decade:1950-19592011-12-07T11:56:23-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: The Texas Folklore Society CollectionThe Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore2011-12-07T11:56:23-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67665/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67665/"><img alt="The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore" title="The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67665/small/"/></a></p><p>Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folktales, Mexican folk remedies, and stories about Don Pedrito Jaramillo, who was the Curandero of Los Olmos. The index begins on page 137.</p>Texas Folk Songs2011-12-07T11:56:23-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67660/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67660/"><img alt="Texas Folk Songs" title="Texas Folk Songs" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67660/small/"/></a></p><p>Collection of musical scores, including Anglo-American love songs, ballads, comic songs, spirituals and party songs, as well as Afro-American spirituals and secular songs. The index begins on page 187.</p>And Horns on the Toads2011-07-13T09:16:58-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38856/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38856/"><img alt="And Horns on the Toads" title="And Horns on the Toads" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38856/small/"/></a></p><p>Volume of folk stories and tall tales about the horned toad and other Texas folklore. The index begins on page 235.</p>Madstones and Twisters2011-07-13T09:16:58-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38861/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38861/"><img alt="Madstones and Twisters" title="Madstones and Twisters" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38861/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Mesquite and Willow2011-07-13T09:16:58-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38863/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38863/"><img alt="Mesquite and Willow" title="Mesquite and Willow" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38863/small/"/></a></p><p>Collection of Texas, Spanish and Mexican folklore, including legends, child ballads, folk tales, folk songs, tall tales, information about home remedies, and other folklore.</p>Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk2011-07-06T09:55:06-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38314/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38314/"><img alt="Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk" title="Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38314/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>