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Backwoods to Border
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Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
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The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954
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This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains information about folklore in Texas and Mexico, including folk songs and ballads, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, sermons, stories about games and celebrations, folklore of Texas plants, and information about folk remedies. The index begins on page 349.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
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Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore
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Volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas, including essays about police burials, railroads, graffiti, folk music, dance halls, and other folklore. The index begins on page 279.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
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The Bounty of Texas
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This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
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Built in Texas
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Book describing folk building in Texas, including information about the construction of churches, cabins, sheds, barns, fences, and other folk building techniques. The index begins on page 277.
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2017
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
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Coffee in the Gourd
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Collection of miscellaneous folklore of Texas and Mexico, including folk songs, information about Indian pictographs, legends, superstitions, and weather lore. The index begins on page 105.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
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Corners of Texas
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This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
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Coyote Wisdom
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This volume contains popular folklore of Mexico and Texas, including animal folk stories, Navajo creation myths, discussions about folk characters, discussions about the philosophy of folklore, and other miscellaneous folk stories. The index begins on page 293.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
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Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds
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This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including folk dramas, myths, folk music, stories about farming and agriculture, religious folk stories, and information about folk customs, dances and folk art. The index begins on page 157.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
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Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore
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Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about animals, folk music, weather lore, folk beliefs, legends, folk medicine, poetry and other folktales. The index begins on page 229.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
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Folk Art in Texas
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This book describes popular folk art of Texas, including basket weaving, hat-making, yard art, sculptures, murals, cemetery art, quilt-making, tattoo art, and other miscellaneous folk art. The index begins on page 198.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
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Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk
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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.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
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Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd
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This volume includes information about the play-party in Oklahoma, folklore of Texas birds, tall tales, folk anecdotes, Texas folk songs and ballads, and other folklore (back cover). The index begins on page 185.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
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T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore
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Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about crafts, stories about vampires, stories about peyote ceremonies, prison folklore, folk songs, and other miscellaneous folk tales.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
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From Hell to Breakfast
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Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
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The Golden Log
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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.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
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A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune
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Volume of miscellaneous folklore about Texas and Mexico, including Mexican folktales, Texas folk songs, information about Texas streams and information about racial discrimination in the South. The index begins on page 273.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
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Happy Hunting Ground
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Collection of popular folklore from Central and South America, including Mexican ballads, primitive art, cowboy dances, reptile myths, superstitions, Indian pictographs, and other folktales. The index begins on page 127.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society & Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
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The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore
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TCollection 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.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
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Hecho en Tejas: Texas-Mexican Folk Arts and Crafts
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Book about Texas and Mexican folk arts and crafts, including paper crafts, quilting, weaving, sculpture, yard art, saddle-making, and other folk crafts. The index begins on page 349.
Date:
2017
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Texas Folklore Society
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Hoein' the Short Rows
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Volume of Texas folklore, including folk arts and crafts, lime production, oil and petroleum, information about cockfighting, folk poetry, mysticism and other stories. The index begins on page 231.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
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Hunters & Healers: Folklore Types & Topics
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Volume of Texan and Mexican folklore, including stories about hunting, folk medicine, ballads, religion and other folklore. The index begins on page 169.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
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In the Shadow of History
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Collection of Texan and Mexican folklore, including stories about the Navajo Indians, the Alamo, Jim Bowie, various folk characters, tortilla making, and other humorous anecdotes. The index begins on page 181.
Date:
2017
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Texas Folklore Society
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