| Description |
1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 25 |
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Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 25.
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| Contents |
The traveling anecdote / J. Frank Dobib 1 -- Folklore in natural history / Roy Bedichek 18 -- The names of western wild animals / George D. Hendricks 40 -- Bonny Barbara Allen / Joseph W. Hendren 47 -- Aunt Cordie's ax and other motifs in oil / Mody C. Boatright 75 -- The western ballad and the Russian ballada / Robert C. Stephenson 86 -- Signature in ballad and story / Robert C. Stephenson 97 -- The love tragedy in Texas-Mexican balladry / Americo Paredes 110 -- Come buy, come buy / Elizabeth Hurley 115 -- Folkways on Bear Creek / E.J. Rissmann 139 -- Emerson and the language of the folk / John Q. Anderson 152 -- Tales of Neiman-Marcus / James Howard 160 -- Origins of Uvalde County cattle brands / Orlan L. Sawey 171 -- I want my golden arm / Wilson M. Hudson 183 -- Black and white magic on the Texas-Mexican border / Gabriel Cordova 195 -- Weather talk from the Cap Rock / Everett A. Gillis 200 -- The devil in the big bend / Elton R. Miles 205 -- Wham, jam, Jenny-mo-wham / Peggy Hendricks 217 -- Richard's tales / Richard Smith 220 |
| Notes |
Original print copyright held by Texas Folklore Society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Folklore -- Texas
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Folklore
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Texas
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Boatright, Mody C. (Mody Coggin), 1896-1970
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Hudson, Wilson Mathis, 1907-2002.
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Maxwell, Allen, 1915-2012
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| ISBN |
058525365X |
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9780585253657 |
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