T for Texas : A State Full of Folklore

by Abernethy, Francis Edward

• ISBN13: 9781574411034
• ISBN10: 1574411039
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Goin' Home with the Dasypus Novemcinctus the Mystique of the Armadillo	p. 3
The Home Place	p. 15
A Place Against the Sky	p. 23
My Favorite Texan and Folklore	p. 31
Love Among the Elephant Ears and Other True Stories	p. 43
Bill Warren of the Big Thicket	p. 57
A Tale of Not So Long Ago	p. 69
Night Horse Nightmare	p. 77
Texas Country Schoolteachers: Living Proof of a Legend	p. 85
Legal Lore from the Courthouse	p. 95
Persimmon Beer	p. 105
A Letter from the Long Circle	p. 111
"The Glamor of the Gay Night Life" The Classic Honky Tonk	p. 117
How to Have, to Hold, or Free Oneself of a Lover	p. 127
Pecos Bill: His Genesis and Creators	p. 135
The Vampire in an Age of Technology	p. 149
Pull Rings, Kidney Machines, and the Oral Tradition	p. 161
Folklorish Remnants of Peyote Ceremonialism	p. 167
Animal Metaphors and Verbal Abuse Social Relations and Values Among German Speaking Farmers on Cypress Creek, Kerr County	p. 177
Within the Walls Texas Prison Folklore	p. 195
Oil Field Jokes from the Llano Estacado	p. 211
Happy Jack and the Booger Man	p. 219
When You Call Me That, Smile! or Folklore, Ethology, and Communication	p. 225
Folk Stories from the Elmdale Community	p. 233
Piecing Patches and Quilting Up a Storm	p. 241
Chronological and Bibliographical Listings of Texas Folklore Society Publications	p. 251
Contributors	p. 275
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