The Golden Log
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This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular Texas folklore, including information about unusual Texas place names, folktales about spiders, folktales about witchcraft, ghosts and superstitions, and information about early petroleum geologists. The index begins on page 167.
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vi, 168 p. ; 24 cm.
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Texas Folklore Society 1962.
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- Abernethy, Francis E. The Golden Log: An East Texas Paradise Lost
- Brunner, Theodore B. Thirteen Tales from Houston County
- Rivers, Richard M. Homemade Tales
- Bennett, A. L. Joe Sap, Wit and Storyteller
- Brock, Lois Tarantula Lore
- Myers, John C. The Mystery of the Five Graves
- Anderson, John Q. From Flygap to Whybark: Some Unusual Texas Place Names
- Patterson, Paul Cowboy Comedians and Horseback Humorists
- Brandon, Elizabeth Superstitions in Vermilion Parish
- Abrahams, Roger The Changing Concept of the Negro Hero
- Aiken, Riley Don Juan Zurumbete
- Gonzalez, Rosalinda Work and Play on a Border Ranch
- Jimenez, Baldemar A. Cuentos de Susto
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- Hudson, Wilson M. Associate Editor
- Maxwell, Allen Associate Editor
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Southern Methodist University Press
Place of Publication: Dallas, Texas
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- Main Title: The Golden Log
- Series Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
- Added Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Number 31
Description
This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular Texas folklore, including information about unusual Texas place names, folktales about spiders, folktales about witchcraft, ghosts and superstitions, and information about early petroleum geologists. The index begins on page 167.
Physical Description
vi, 168 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Number XXXI."
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- OCLC: 327033
- UNT Catalog No.: b1384744 | View in Discover
- Series Number: 31
- Library of Congress Control Number: 6117184
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc67664
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- The Golden Log [e-book], ark:/67531/metadc970080
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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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The Golden Log (Book)
Volume of popular Texas folklore, including information about unusual Texas place names, folktales about spiders, folktales about witchcraft, ghosts and superstitions, and information about early petroleum geologists. The index begins on page 167.
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- 1962
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- 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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- Dec. 7, 2011, 11:56 a.m.
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- July 26, 2018, 3:25 p.m.
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- United States - Texas
- United States - Texas - Houston County
- United States - Texas - Cass County
- United States - Texas - Marion County
- United States - Texas - Bell County
- United States - Texas - Coryell County
- United States - Texas - Shelby County
- United States - Louisiana
- United States - California
- Mexico
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Dallas, Texas (Southern Methodist University Press)
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Texas Folklore Society. The Golden Log, book, 1962; Dallas, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67664/: accessed March 17, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.