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9781574410556

The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore 1916-1954

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-10-01
  • Publisher: Univ of North Texas Pr
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Summary

The state of Texas is fortunate in possessing a rich and varied folklore. When white settlers from the Old South came in bringing their African slaves, they found the Mexicans in possession, and before them there were the Indians. These four racial groups maintained their separate identities, languages, religions, and cultures, making their folkways and folklore distinct and characteristic. This volume is composed of materials published originally in the first twenty-five volumes of the Texas Folklore Society.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
INDIAN TALES
1(18)
Kiowa-Apache Tales
1(11)
J. GILBERT MCALLISTER
How Coyote Got Fire for the People and Made the Sun
1(2)
How the Apaches Got Horses
3(1)
How Coyote Got the Buffalo for the Indians
4(1)
Coyote Tricks the White Man
5(1)
How the Poor Boy Got the Wife He Wanted
6(2)
The Woman Who Married a Stallion
8(4)
Alabama-Coushatta Tales
12(7)
HOWARD N. MARTIN
The Creation of the Earth
12(1)
The Origin of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians
13(1)
The Man with Horns
13(2)
Rabbit Outwits Farmer
15(2)
Whippoorwill
17(2)
MEXICAN TALES
19(31)
Stories of My People
19(5)
JOVITA GONZALEZ
The Paisano
19(1)
The Mockingbird
20(2)
The Dove
22(1)
The Cicada
22(1)
The Guadalupana Vine
23(1)
A Pack Load of Mexican Tales
24(15)
RILEY AIKEN
The Three Counsels
24
Juan in Heaven
21
Sister Fox and Brother Coyote
30(6)
El Pajaro Cu
36(2)
Keeping the Shirt-Tail In
38(1)
The Little Animals
39(7)
DAN STORM
The Coyote and Juan's Maguey
39(6)
Senor Coyote Acts as Judge
45(1)
Paisano Saves Rabbit from Rattlesnake
45(1)
To Whom God Wishes to Give He Will Give
46(4)
WILSON M. HUDSON
NEGRO TALES AND JOKES
50(17)
From the Brazos Bottom
50(5)
A. W. EDDINS
Ole Sis Goose
50(1)
Sheer Crops
50(3)
Er Daid Turkle
53(1)
Who Darken de Hole?
54(1)
He Heard the Bullet Twice
55(1)
Juneteenth
55(12)
J. MASON BREWER
Elijah's Leaving Time
55(1)
Swapping Dreams
56(1)
Dey's Auganized
57(1)
Pray, But Don't Trust Too Much
57(2)
Bear Meeting and Prayer Meeting
59(1)
Voices in the Graveyard
59(2)
Uncle Jeff's Guiding Star
61(1)
Uncle John's Prophetic Error
61(2)
When "We" Wasn't "We"
63(1)
The Handshake Over a Fence
64(1)
John's Little Boys and the New Preacher
64(2)
John and the Two White Men in Court
66(1)
STORIES AND SONGS FOR CHILDREN
67(16)
From a Texas Household: Mrs. Russell's Stories
67(10)
BERTHA MCKEE DOBIE
The Old Lady, the Maid, and the Friar
68(1)
The Johnnycake
69(2)
The Little Long Tail
71(1)
The Silver Toe
72(2)
The Bad Gal and the Good Gal
74(2)
The Cricket's Supper
76(1)
Ratoncito Perez
77(3)
SOLEDAD PEREZ
The Frog's Courting
80(3)
L.W. PAYNE, JR.
LEGENDS
83(34)
Treasure Legends of McMullen Country
83(17)
J. FRANK DOBIE
The Rock Pens
83(4)
A Week Too Late at the Laredo-San Antonio Crossing
87(2)
The Chest at Rock Crossing on the Nueces
89(1)
San Caja Mountain Legends
90(4)
The Mines
94(1)
Loma de Siete Piedras
95(1)
The Metate Rocks of Loma Alta
96(1)
When Two Parallel Lines Intersected
97(1)
A Lucky Post Hole
98(2)
Stampede Mesa
100(5)
JOHN R. CRADDOCK
The Deathless Pacing White Stallion
105(7)
J. FRANK DOBIE
The Legend of Sam Bass
112(5)
WALTER PRESCOTT WEBB
GHOST STORIES
117(14)
The Ghosts of Lake Jackson
117(1)
BERTHA MCKEE DOBIE
Mexican Ghosts from El Paso
118(6)
CHARLES L. SONNICHSEN
A Ghostly Baby Snatcher
119(2)
The Gentleman from Spain
121(2)
The Amorous Ghost
123(1)
The Ghost Nun
124(3)
RUTH DODSON
The Weeping Woman
127(4)
SOLEDAD PEREZ
BALLADS AND SONGS
131(12)
Songs the Cowboys Sing
131(6)
JOHN R. CRADDOCK
Three Gay Punchers
131(1)
The Wild Boy
132(1)
The Young Companions
133(1)
Tonight My Heart's in Texas
134(2)
The Wandering Cowboy
136(1)
Some Texas Folk Songs
137(6)
WILLIAM A. OWENS
How Come That Blood on Your Shirt Sleeve
137(1)
Sam Bass
138(2)
Green Corn
140(1)
The Sherman Cyclone
141(2)
CORRIDOS
143(16)
Verses de los Bandidos
143(4)
J. FRANK DOBIE
El Toro Moro
147(3)
FRANK GOODWYN
Corrido de Kansas
150(2)
BROWNIE MCNEILL
El Contrabando del Paso
152(5)
BROWNIE MCNEILL
Deportados
157(2)
PAUL S. TAYLOR
NEGRO SONGS
159(16)
Follow the Drinking Gourd
159(3)
H. B. PARKS
Six Negro Songs from the Colorado Valley
162(5)
GATES THOMAS
The Old Hen Cackle
163(1)
One Mornin'
163(1)
Huntsville-Boun'
163(1)
My Luluh
164(1)
Eat When Yo're Hongry
165(1)
The Boll Weevil
165(2)
Some Texas Spirituals
167(8)
MARY VIRGINIA BALES
All I Wants Is Dat True Religion
167(1)
I Wanna Be in Dat Numbah
168(1)
Job's Goin' to Heaben
169(2)
Jesus Rides a Milk-White Hoss
171(1)
I'm New Bawn
171(1)
Jes' Suit Me
172(1)
My Lawd's a Battle Ax
173(1)
An Offertory
173(1)
O Han' Me down de Silber Trumpet, Gabriel
173(2)
SERMONS Sin-Killer's Sermon
175(8)
JOHN A. LOMAX
GAMES AND GATHERINGS
183(30)
The Cowboy Dance
183(6)
JOHN R. CRADDOCK
The Snap Party in Mills County
189(6)
MAE FEATHERSTONE
"Hoping Out" in East Texas
195(7)
GUY KIRTLEY
Syrup Making
196(3)
Work Swapping
199(1)
Raisings
200(1)
Wakes
201(1)
Rope-Jumping Rhymes
202(5)
VIOLET WEST SONE
Children's Games in Fredericksburg
207(6)
JULIA ESTILL
SAYING AND PROVERBS
213(17)
Familiar Sayings of Old-Time Texans
213(5)
MARY JOURDAN ATKINSON
Grandma's Sayings
218(1)
A. W. EDDINS
Old-Time Negro Proverbs
219(4)
J. MASON BREWER
Dichos from Austin
223(7)
SOLEDAD PEREZ
SUPERSTITIONS
230(24)
The Human Comedy in Folk Superstitions
230(24)
TRESSA TURNER
Marriage, Love, and Courtship
231(4)
Good Luck Signs
235(5)
Death Omens
240(2)
Letters, News, and Company
242(1)
Wishes
243(2)
Remedies and Cures
245(1)
Money
245(4)
Weather Signs
249(2)
Miscellaneous Superstitions
251(3)
CURES
254(19)
Ranch Remedies
254(10)
FROST WOODHULL
The Curandero of Los Olmos
264(6)
RUTH DODSON
An Ax in the Hand and Faith in the Heart
264(2)
Cure of a Horsebreaker
266(1)
The Cure of a Horse
267(1)
The Marvelous Cure of a Shepherd
267(2)
The Spade and the Hoe
269(1)
Susto
270(3)
SOLEDAD PEREZ
PLANTS Folklore of Texas Plants
273(6)
SADIE HATFIELD
ANIMALS
279(36)
Texas Reptiles in Popular Belief
279(4)
JOHN K. STRECKER
The Folklore of Texas Birds
283(6)
JOHN K. STRECKER
The Paisano's Cactus Corral
289(6)
J. FRANK DOBIE
Folklore in Natural History
295(20)
ROY BEDICHEK
OIL
315
Paul Bunyan: Oil Man
315(7)
JOHN LEE BROOKS
Pipeline Diction
322(4)
ORLAN L. SAWEY
Oil Patch Talk
326(10)
JAMES W. WINFREY
Aunt Cordie's Ax and Other Motifs in Oil
336
MODY C. BOATRIGHT

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