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Folk travelers ballads, tales and talk / edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson [and] Allen Maxwell.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Maxwell, Allen, 1915-2012.
Hudson, Wilson Mathis, 1907-2002.
Boatright, Mody C. (Mody Coggin), 1896-1970.
Series:
Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 25
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Folklore.
Social sciences--Folklore & Mythology.
Social sciences.
Folklore--Texas.
Texas.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 online resource (261 pages) :) illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, 2000.
Language Note:
English
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.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-585-25365-X
OCLC:
44956589
Access Restriction:
Open Access Unrestricted online access

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