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PTFS I. Stith Thompson, Ed. Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1916. Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, June, 1935, reprint edition named Round the Levee. Dallas: SMU Press, 1969 reprint. Dallas, SMU Press, 1967 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
Upon This Rock—A Reprint Notice	v
Preface—George Lyman Kittredge	1
History of the Texas Folk-Lore Society—Robert Adger Law	3
Texas Play-Party Songs and Games—R. E. Dudley and L. W. Payne, Jr.	7
Finding List for Texas Play-Party Songs—L. W. Payne, Jr.	35
Religious Beliefs of the Tejas, or Hasanias, Indians—Adina de Zavala	39
The State Industrial School Boys’ Slang—A. W. Eddins	44
How Sandy Got His Meat—A. W. Eddins	47
Traditions of the Waco Indians—Dorothy Scarborough	50
A Mexican Border Ballad—Ben D. Wood	55
Wild Horse Stories of Southwest Texas—W. Prescott Webb	58
Folk-Lore and Its Influence in Determining Institutions—J. E. Pearce	62
The Hell Hounds—W. S. Hendrix	75
The Prehistoric Development of Satire—Stith Thompson	78
Unexplored Treasures of Texas Folk-Lore—John A. Lomax	96
Program and Officers of the Texas Folk-Lore Society	103
List of Members	105
Index	108
Announcements	112

PTFS II. J. Frank Dobie, Ed. Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society. 1923. Austin: Texas Folk-lore Society, 1935, reprint edition, named Coffee in the Gourd. Dallas: SMU Press, 1969, facsimile edition of 1935 edition.
CONTENTS
Rebaptized in Ink	v
The Texas Folk-Lore Society since 1916	1
Texas Legends Number for 1924	2
Contributors	4
“One Evening as I Sat Courting”—L. W. Payne, Jr.	6
Human Foundation Sacrifices in Balkan Ballads—Max Sylvius Handman	8
The Decline and Decadence of Folk Metaphor—W. H. Thomas	14
Indian Pictographs of the Big Bend in Texas (illustrated)—Victor J. Smith	18
The Cowboy Dance—John R. Craddock	31
Miscellany of Texas Folk-Lore—W. P. Webb	38
Brazos Bottom Philosophy—A. W. Eddins	50
The “Blues” as Folk Songs—Dorothy Scarborough	52
Customs among the German Descendants of Gillespie County—Julia Estill	67
Customs and Superstitions among Texas Mexicans—Florence Johnson Scott	75
Pedro and Pancho—Mary A. Sutherland	85
Weather Wisdom of the Texas-Mexican Border—J. Frank Dobie	87
Programs and Officers of the Texas Folk-Lore Society	100
Members of the Texas Folk-Lore Society	102
Index	105
Announcements	111


Legends of Texas. PTFS III. J. Frank Dobie, ed. Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1924. Dallas: SMU Press. 1964 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
LEGENDS OF BURIED TREASURE AND LOST MINES
An Inquiry into the Sources of Treasure Legends of Texas—J. Frank Dobie	3
The Legend of the San Saba or Bowie Mine—J. Frank Dobie	12
Lost Gold of the Llano Country—E. G. Littlejohn	20
I. The Brook of Gold Discovered by Lost Rangers	20
II. The Smelter on the Little Llano	22
Lost Mines of the Llano and San Saba—Julia Estill	24
I. A Legend of the Blanco Mine	24
II. The Mythical Bowie Mine	26
Treasure Legends of McMullen County—J. Frank Dobie	28
I. The Rock Pens	28
II. A Week Too Late at the Laredo-San Antonio Crossing	31
III. The Chest at Rock Crossing on the Nueces	33
IV. San Caja Mountain Legends	34
V. The Mines	37
VI. Loma de Siete Piedras	38
VII. The Metate Rocks of Loma Alta	39
VIII. When Two Parallel Lines Intersected	40
IX. A Luck Post Hole	41
Legendary Spanish Forts Down the Nueces—J. Frank Dobie	43
I. Fort Ramirez on the Ramireña	44
II. The Legend of Casa Blanca	47
III. Lutzer’s Find at Fort Planticlan	49
Treasure Chest on the Nueces—Mary A. Sutherland	49
The Battlefields of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma—J. Frank Dobie	51
How Dollars Turned into Bumble Bees and Other Legends—J. Frank Dobie	52
Native Treasure Talk up the Frio—Fannie Ratchford	57
The Silver Ledge on the Frio—J. Frank Dobie	60
Lost Mine Near Sabinal—Edgar B. Kincaid	62
I. The Quicksilver Mine of the Rangers	62
II. Lost Lead Mine	63
The Nigger Gold Mine of the Big Bend—J. Frank Dobie	64
Mysterious Gold Mine of the Guadalupe Mountains—J. Marvin Hunter	67
Lost Copper Mines and Spanish Gold, Haskell County—R. E. Sherrill	72
Lost Lead Mine on the Brazos, King County—L. D. Bertillion	77
The Accursed Gold in the Santa Anna Mountains—J. Leeper Gay	78
The Hole of Gold Near Wichita Falls—J. Frank Dobie	80
Buried Treasure Legends of Cooke County—Lillian Gunter	81
The Treasure Cannon of the Neches—Roscoe Martin	84
The Dream Woman and the White Rose Bush—Mary A. Sutherland	89
Steinheimer’s Millions—L. D. Bertillion	91
Buried Treasure Legends of Milam County—Louise von Blittersdorf	99
I. The San Gabriel Mission in Legend	99
II. The Gold Protected by Snively’s Ghost	101
III. Pope’s Ghost at the Gap	102
The Wagon-Load of Silver in Clear Fork Creek—L. W. Payne, Jr.	103
Moro’s Gold—Fannie Ratchford	104
LEGENDS OF THE SUPERNATURAL
The Legend of Stampede Mesa—John R. Craddock	111
The Woman of the Western Star: A Legend of the Rangers—Adele B. Looscan	115
The Devil and Strap Buckner—N. A. Taylor	118
The Legend of Cheetwah—Edith C. Lane	130
The Mysterious Woman in Blue—Charles H. Heimsath	132
The Headless Squatter—John R. Craddock	135
Mysterious Music in the San Barnard River—Bertha McKee Dobie	137
The Death Bell of the Brazos—Bertha McKee Dobie	141
The Legend of the Salt Marshes—Bertha McKee Dobie	143
Rhymes of Galveston Bay—John P. Sjolander	143
I. The Boat That Never Sailed	144
II. The Padre’s Beacon	145
III. Baffle Point	146
IV. Point Sesenta	147
V. Gumman Gro	148
LEGENDS OF LOVERS
The Enchanted Rock in Llano County—Julia Estill	153
Francesca: A Legend of Old Fort Stockton—L. W. Payne, Jr.	157
Lover’s Retreat and Lovers’ Retreat, Palo Pinto—J. S. Spratt	159
Lover’s Leap in Kimble County—Flora Eckert	163
The Waiting Woman—John R. Craddock	167
Antonette’s Leap: The Legend of Mount Bonnell—J. Frank Dobie	171
PIRATES AND PIRATE TREASURE IN LEGEND
From Sunset in August: Galveston Beach—Stanley E. Babb	179
Life and Legends of Lafitte the Pirate—E. G. Littlejohn	179
I. Jean Lafitte: Man and Pirate	180
II. Credence in the Lafitte Legend	182
III. The Horror Guarded Treasure of the Neches	182
IV. Pirates and Their Sacks of Gold	184
V. Lafitte’s Treasure Vault	184
The Uneasy Ghost of Lafitte—Julia Beazley	185
Lafitte Lore—J. O. Webb	189
The Pirate Ship of the San Bernard: A Legend of Theodosia Burr Allston—J. W. Morris	191
LEGENDARY ORIGINS OF TEXAS FLOWERS, NAMES, AND STREAMS
An Indian Legend of the Blue Bonnet—Mrs. Bruce Reid	197
How the Water Lilies Came to the San Marcos River—Bella French Swisher	200
The Legend of Eagle Lake	201
The Holy Spring of Father Margil at Nacogdoches—E. G. Littlejohn	204
Indian Bluff on Canadian River—L. W. Payne, Jr.	205
How Medicine Mounds of Hardeman County Got Their Name—L. W. Payne Jr.	207
The Naming of Metheglin Creek—Alex Dienst	208
How Dead Horse Canyon Got Its Name—Victor J. Smith	209
How the Brazos River Got Its Name—J. Frank Dobie	209
I. The Miraculous Escape	212
II. How Perishing Seamen Named the River	213
III. The Great Drouth and the Waters at Waco	214
IV. A Miraculous Swim	215
V. Arms Avenging and Saving	216
How the Brazos and the Colorado Originated—E. G. Littlejohn	218
MISCELLANEOUS LEGENDS
The White Steed of the Prairies—W. P. Webb	223
The Legend of Sam Bass—W. P. Webb	226
The Horn Worshipers—L. D. Bertillion	230
The Cave of Montezuma—J. Leeper Gay	233
The First Corn Crop in Texas—A. W. Eddins	236
La Casa del Santa Anna—A. W. Eddins	237
Lost Canyon of the Big Bend Country—J. Frank Dobie	238
A Tradition of La Salle’s Expedition into Texas—Alex. Dienst	241
Big Foot and Little Foot—Mrs. S. J. Wright	242
The Wild Woman of the Navidad—Martin M. Kenney	242
Bibliography of Texas Legends	255
Contributors	261
Proceedings of the Texas Folk-Lore Society	263
Members of the Texas Folk-Lore Society	264
Index	271

ILLUSTRATIONS
The Magic Circle: A Chart of the Blanco Mine	25
The Spider Rock	73
Stampede Mesa	113
Lover’s Leap: Junction, Kimble County	152


PTFS IV. J. Frank Dobie, ed. Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1925. Hatboro, Pa.: Folklore Associates, Inc., 1964, facsimile edition, renamed Happy Hunting Ground, “When the Woods Were Burnt,” etc. added at end. Dallas: SMU Press, 1975, second printing of 1964 edition.
CONTENTS
Preface to the Reprint Edition—Wilson M. Hudson	1
A Preface With a Proposal—L. W. Payne, Jr.	3
Foreword Remarks by the Editor—J. Frank Dobie	7
A Mexican Popular Ballad (With Music)—W. A. Whatley	10
Spanish Songs of New Mexico (With Music)—F. S. Curtis, Jr.	18
Versos of the Texas Vaqueros (With Music)—J. Frank Dobie	30
Reptile Myths in Northwestern Louisiana—John K. Strecker	44
The Cowboy Dance of the Northwest—Roy S. Scott	53
Superstitions of the Northern Seas—Hartman Dignowity	59
Oil Field Diction—A. R. McTee	64
Some Folk-Tales of the Chibcha Nation—Malbone W. Graham, Jr.	68
The Human Hand in Primitive Art (Illustrated)—Victor J. Smith	80
Indian Pictographs Near Lange’s Mill, Gillespie County (Illustrated)—Julia Estill	103
Contributors	115
Proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society	117
List of Members	119
Index	127
WHEN THE WOODS WERE BURNT
In Memory of Leonidas Warren Payne, Jr.—Mody C. Boatright	5
I Was Here When the Woods Were Burnt—L. W. Payne, Jr.	7
Beginnings of the Texas Folklore Society—John A. Lomax	17
First Published Pamphlet of the Texas Folklore Society (Facsimile)	23



PTFS V. J. Frank Dobie, ed. Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1926. Hatboro, Pa.: Folklore Associates, Inc. 1965, facsimile edition, renamed Rainbow in the Morning.
CONTENTS
Preface to the Reprint Edition—Wilson M. Hudson	1
Remarks Necessary and Unnecessary—The Editor	3
Some Texas Versions of “The Frog’s Courting—L. W. Payne, Jr.	5
A Texas Border Ballad—Mattie Austin Hatcher	49
Reptiles of the South and Southwest in Folk-Lore—John K. Strecker	56
On the Origins of Reptile Myths—John K. Strecker	70
Familiar Sayings of Old Time Texans—Mary Jourdan Atkinson	78
The Tournament in Texas—J. Frank Dobie	93
Episodes at Ranch Community Dances—Branch Isbell	104
Pioneer Christmas Customs of Tarrant County—Mary Daggett Lake	107
Superstitions of Bexar County—E. R. Bogusch	112
Buffalo Lore and Boudin Blanc—Douglas Branch	126
Old Time Darky Plantation Melodies—Natalie Taylor Carlisle	137
The Negro as Interpreter of His Own Folk-Songs—R. C. Harrison	144
South Texas Negro Work-Songs—Gates Thomas	154
Proceedings of the Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1925	181
Contributors	183
Index	185
SOME CURRENT FOLK-SONGS OF THE NEGRO
Will Thomas and the Texas Folk-Lore Society—J. Frank Dobie	1
Some Current Folk-Songs of the Negro and their Economic Interpretation—Will H. Thomas	3



Texas and Southwestern Lore. PTFS VI. J. Frank Dobie, ed. Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1927. Dallas: SMU Press, 1967 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
I
The Editor’s Prerogative	5
Folk-Lore of the Texas-Mexican Vaquero—Jovita Gonzalez	7
Tales and Rhymes of a Texas Household—Bertha McKee Dobie	23
Lore of the Llano Estacado—J. Evetts Haley	72
Names in the Old Cheyenne and Arapahoe Territory—Della I. Young	90
Nicknames in Texas Oil Fields—Hartman Dignowity	98
The Devil’s Grotto—Mody C. Boatright	102
Myths of the Tejas Indians—Mattie Austin Hatcher	107
A Note on Four Negro Words—Robert Adger Law	119
II
Ballads and Songs of the Frontier Folk—J. Frank Dobie	121
Songs the Cowboys Sing—John R. Craddock	184
Songs of the Open Range—Ina Sires	192
“The Texas Cowboy”—Arbie Moore	196
Cowboy Songs Again—Jl. Evetts Haley	198
The Ballad of “Davy Crockett”—Julia Beazley	205
“Annie Breen from Old Kaintuck”—George E. Hastings	207
Songs and Ballads—Grave and Gay—L. W. Payne, Jr.	209
Proceedings of the Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1926	239
Contributors	241
Index	243


Follow de Drinkin’ Gou’d. PTFS VII. J. Frank Dobie, ed. Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1928. Dallas: SMU Press, 1965 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
Report, Sir	5
I
The Play-Party in Oklahoma—B. A. Botkin	7
Folk-Lore Relating to Texas Birds—John K. Strecker	25
II
Tall Tales for the Tenderfeet—A. W. Penn	38
Fishback Yarns from the Sulphurs—J. M. Deaver	42
Paul Bunyan: Oil Man—John Lee Brooks	45
Pipeline Days and Paul Bunyan—Acel Garland	55
Le Loup Blanc of Bolivar’s Peninsula—Philip C. Tucker	62
Pioneer Folk Tales—Mary Jourdan Atkinson and J. Frank Dobie	69
The Corn Thief—A Folk Anecdote—John R. Craddock	78
The Texas Pecan: The Man in the Moon—G. T. Bludworth	79
III
Follow the Drinkin Gourd—H. B. Parks	81
Some Negro Folk-Songs of Texas—Mary Virginia Bales	85
Six Negro Folk-Songs—Nicolas Joseph Hutchinson Smith	113
Confidences from Old Nacogdoches—Martha Emmons	119
The Ghosts of Lake Jackson—Bertha McKee Dobie	135
How Mr. Polecat Got His Scent—Kate Stoner O’Connor	137
De Pot-Song—Palmer A. Throop	139
Notes on Some Recent Treatments of Negro Folk-Lore—Robert Adger Law	140
IV
Some Characteristics of Cowboy Songs—Newton Gaines	145
More Ballads and Songs of the Frontier Folk—J. Frank Dobie (Music transcribed by Carl A. Fehr)	155
Proceedings of the Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1927	181
Contributors	183
Indexes	185


Man, Bird and Beast. PTFS VIII. J. Frank Dobie, Ed. Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1930. Dallas: SMU Press, 1965 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
Just a Word	5
I
Ranch Remedios—Frost Woodhull (Illustrations by Will James)	9
Northwestern Oklahoma Folk Cures—Walter R. Smith	74
II
Tales and Songs of the Texas-Mexicans—Jovita Gonzalez	86
Legends of Wichita County—Betty Smedley	117
Jointsnake and Hoop Snake—Gibbons Poteet	124
III
Strap Buckner of the Texas Frontier—Florence Elberta Barns	129
Jesse Holmes, the “Fool-Killer”—Ernest E. Leisy	152
Finding Folk-Lorists—Rebecca W. Smith	156
Recent Research in Balladry and Folk Songs—L. W. Payne, Jr.	160
Proceedings of the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Annual Meeting (1928-1930) of the Texas Folk-Lore Society	170
Contributors	174
Index	176


Southwestern Lore. PTFS IX. J. Frank Dobie, ed. Dallas: The Southwest Press, 1931. Dallas: SMU Press, 1965 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
Saludas!	v
I
Folk-Lore Shooting—Frost Woodhull	1
Razorbacks—H. B. Parks	15
Cowboy Lore in Colorado—Honora DeBusk Smith	27
Myths in Oil Finding—David Donoghue	45
II
Folk-Lore of the King Ranch Mexicans—Frank Goodwyn	48
The Mexican Pastor—Edgar B. Kincaid	63
Mexican Plazas Along the River of Souls—Honora DeBusk Smith	69
Folk-Foods of the Rio Grande Valley—John G. Bourke	85
Songs of the Vaqueros Sing—Joaquin Mora	118
III
Treasure Hunting in Masterpieces of Spanish Literature—C. C. Glascock	124
Grandfather Wiley and His Dream—Julia Estill	130
Buried in Bexar County—H. B. Parks	133
Captain Kidd and His Treasure—George Keith Gordon	142
IV
Superstitions About Cotton—Mary Daggett Lake	145
Brazos Bottom Philosophy—A. W. Eddins	153
Mr. ’Possum and Mr. Coon—Martin L. Crimmins	165
V
Myths and Customs of the Tejas Indians—C. E. Castañeda	167
VI
Hell in Texas—George E. Hastings	175
Oh, Bury Me Not—Ernest E. Leisy	183
A Love-of-God Shave—Edwin Ford Piper	185
The Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Texas Folk-Lore Society	187
Contributors	189
Index	193


Tone the Bell Easy. PTFS X. J. Frank Dobie, ed. Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1932. Dallas: SMU Press, 1965 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
Muchas Gracias	5
I
Junteenth—J. Mason Brewer (Illustrated by Tom B. Smith)	9
Dyin’ Easy—Martha Emmons	55
New Mexico Witch Tales—Ruth Laughlin Barker	62
II
Five Legends of the Southwest—Leon Denny Moses	71
Folk-Curing Among the Mexicans—Ruth Dodson	82
Among My People—Jovita Gonzalez	99
III
Mustang Gray: Fact, Tradition, and Song—J. Frank Dobie	109
The Hermit of Las Vegas—Phil LeNoir	124
Strap Buckner Again—Florence Elberta Barns	127
IV
British Ballads in Texas—Mabel Major	131
Old-Time White Camp-Meeting Spirituals—Samuel E. Asbury and Henry E. Meyer	169
Proceedings of the Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1932	186
Contributors	188
Indexes	190
Announcements	200


Spur-of-the-Cock. PTFS XI. J. Frank Dobie, ed. Austin: Texas Folklore Society, 1933. Dallas: SMU Press, 1965 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
The Spur-of-the-Cock—Hugh M. Taylor	5
El Niño Perdido—Mary R. Van Stone and E. R. Sims	48
Folk Names of the Texas Cacti—David Hall	90
Cats and the Occult—Martha Emmons	94
Old-Time Negro Proverbs—J. Mason Brewer	101
Proceedings of the Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1933	106
Contributors	108
Index	110
Announcements	113


Puro Mexicano. PTFS XII. J. Fran k Dobie, ed. Austin: Texas Folklore Society, 1935. Dallas: SMU Press, 1969 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
Prefatory Wisdom—The Editor	v
A Pack Load of Mexican Tales—Riley Aiken	1
A Time for Everything	2
Repaying Good with Evil	4
The Three Counsels	7
La Cucaracha	10
Sister Fox and Brother Coyote	13
El Pájaro Cú	19
The Parrot Tale-Teller	21
The Faithful Lion	26
Truthful John	27
The Two Compadres	29
A Boom in Guarache Leather	36
Charge This to the Cap	41
Treason in Saints	44
Baldheads	46
Juan Pelón	47
Pedro de Urdemalas	49
Keeping the Shirt-Tail In	55
El Borracho del Bahía	57
Wine and the Devil	60
Blanca Flor	61
The Tooth of Gold	66
The Dog That Ran to the Moon	72
La Madrina Muerte	76
John Oso	77
The Son of Tata Juan Pescador	79
Ua-Pa-Chi (Kickapoo Tales)	86
The Wonderful Chirrionera—Dan Storm	88
Br’er Coyote—Sarah S. McKellar	101
The Bullet-Swallower—Jovita Gonzalez	107
Tales from San Elizario—Josefina Escajeda	115
The Witch of Cenecú	115
Doña Carolina Learns a Lesson	117
La Casa de la Labor	118
Agapito Brings a Treat	119
A Hanged Man Sends Rain	120
The Metamorphosis of a Folk Tale—Elizabeth W. DeHuff	122
How the Tehuana Women Became Handsome—H. M. Taylor	135
The Flaming Flower—Catherine J. Stoker	143
Juan García Goes to Heaven—Frost Woodhull	152
The Eagle Lover—Bertha McKee Dobie	159
Legends from Durango—Everardo Gamiz (Translation by Bertha McKee Dobie)	162
Sacrifice Mountain	162
The Virgin of the Valley	165
El Señor de los Guerreros	166
El Señor del Rebozo	168
El Llorón	169
El Naranjal	173
Holy Ghost Canyon—Maude McFie Bloom	175
Old-Time New Mexican Usages—Alice M. Crook	184
Sons of the Devil—Joe Storm	190
Catorce—J. Frank Dobie	194
The Little White Dog—Hugh McGehee Taylor	201
Ranchero Sayings of the Border—Howard D. Wesley	211
Songs of the Mexican Migration—Paul S. Taylor	221
The Enchanted City of Monte Albán—E. R. Sims	246
The Texas Folk-Lore Society	250
Contributors	253
Index	256


Straight Texas. PTFS XIII. J. Frank Dobie, ed. Mody C. Boatright, assoc. ed. Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1937. Hatboro, Penn.: Folklore Associates, Inc. 1966 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
Stories in Texas Place Names—J. Frank Dobie	1
The Lobo Girl of Devil’s River—L. D. Bertillion	79
Anecdotes from the Brazos Bottoms—A. W. Eddins	86
The Adventures of Little Audrey—Cornelia Chambers	106
Roy Bean: Law West of the Pecos—Myron W. Tracy	111
Mexican Spooks from El Paso—Charles L. Sonnichsen	120
Walk Around My Bedside—Martha Emmons	130
I’se Sho’ Nuff Lucky—Aylett Royal	137
The Human Comedy in Folk Superstitions—Tressa Turner	146
Witching for Water with the Bible—David Hall	176
The Black Cat of Cole-s Plantation—Julia Beazley	182
Irish Fairies in Texas—Louise von Blittersdorf Moses	185
Pioneer Folk Ways—Afton Wynn	190
Wise Saws from Texas—Mrs. Morgan Smith and A. W. Eddins	239
Colloquialisms Along the Sabine—Trueman E. O’Quinn	245
“Old Obadiah” and “My Juanita”—Alice Atkinson Neighbors	250
Silver Dreams and Copper Plates—Mae Featherstone	258
The Alabama Indians and Their Music—Frances Densmore	270
Two Tales from the Alabamas—Elma Heard	294
How the Alabamas Came Southward—G. T. Bludworth	298
The Play Party in Victoria County—Helen Ashworth Moore	300
Contributors	337
Index	341


Coyote Wisdom. PTFS XIV. J. Frank Dobie, Mody C. Boatright, Harry H. Ransom, ids. Austin: Texas Folklore Society, 1938. Dallas: SMU Press, 1965, facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
Pertinences and Patrons—The Editor	5
The Little Animals of Mexico—Dan Storm	8
El Coyote, the Doves, and the Dogs	8
The Coyote, and Juan’s Maguey	18
Mr. Coyote and the Two Sheep	21
Señor Coyote Acts as Judge	24
Judging Between Lions	27
Señor Coyote and Señor Fox	32
Paisano Saves Rabbit from Rattlesnake	34
The Coyote: Animal and Folk-Character—Lillian Elizabeth Barclay	36
Pueblo Versions of Old World Tales—Elizabeth Willis DeHuff	104
The Turkey Girl	105
Beauty and the Beast	107
Cliff-Dweller, the Blue Beard	109
The Giant-Killer Twins	114
The Pueblo Tar Baby Story	118
The Coyote’s Mood-Child	120
Fox-Woman and Bear-Woman	121
Navajo Creation Myths—Elizabeth Willis DeHuff	127
Coyote the Sly Trickster	127
The Creation of the Navajos	131
Trubble, Brudder Alligator, Trubble—E. A. McIlhenny	135
Philosophy in Folk-Lore—Radoslav A. Tsanoff	145
Comic Exempla in the Pioneer Pulpit—Mody C. Boatright	155
Running Down the Fool Killer—Ralph S. Boggs	169
Legend Making on the Concho—Fannie E. Ratchford	174
Pie-Biter—John Gould	185
The Wart Doctor—Frank Simmons	192
Traditional Nacogdoches—R. B. Blake	195
The Snap Party in Mills County—Mae Featherstone	200
Christmasing with the Tarahumaras—Robert M. Zingg	207
Marihuana: A Story of Its Curse—Alvin F. Scharff	225
Mexican Folk-Escapades and Tales—Malnor Shumard, Jr.	234
Cuerpo sin Alma (Note by A. L. Campa)—Mildred Cohen	241
Tales to Tell	251
The Miller and the Devil—George C. Taylor	251
The Poopampareno—Julia Beazley	252
Roy Bean as Coroner—J. Marvin Hunter	254
The Toe Wiggled—Lynne Wooten Platter	256
A True Story of Buried Gold—Mrs. L. G. Smith	259
Paisano Tracks	262
Hugo: The Giant Unkillable Bull Frog—Jimmie Pounds III	262
Paul Bunyan: Oil Man—Margarete Carpenter	263
Windy Yesterdays—Sue Gates	264
Sand Storm Yarns—Henry E. Barton	266
Old-Time Remedies from Madison County—Gabe Lewis	267
Home Remedies from Scurry County—Leon Guinn	268
Note on Frontier Journalism—Leon Guinn	268
An English Source of “The Trail to Mexico”—J. W. Hendren	270
“There Were Three (Two) Crows”	280
I. By Samuel E. Asbury	280
II. By Alice Atkinsoon Neighbors	282
Contributors	284
Proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society	289
Index	293


In the Shadow of History. PTFS XV. J. Frank Dobie, Mody C. Boatright, Harry H. Ransom, eds. Austin: The Texas Folklore Society, 1939. Hatboro, Pennsylvania: Folklore Associates, Inc., 1966 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
Folk-Lore and Tradition in a Growing Society—Radoslav A. Tsanoff	1
Rose and His Story of the Alamo	9
I. The Line that Travis Drew—J. Frank Dobie	9
II. An Escape from the Alamo—W. P. Zuber	17
III. A Vindication of Rose and His Story—R. B. Blake	27
Inventing Stories About the Alamo—W. P. Zuber to Charles Jeffries	42
How Jim Bowie Died—Edward G. Rohrbough	48
Anecdotes as Sidelights to Texas History—Marcelle Lively Hamer	59
There’s a Geography of Humorous Anecdotes—Charles F. Arrowood	75
Folk Characters of the Sheep Industry—Winnifred Kupper	85
The Ghost Sheep Dog—Merrill Bishop	119
The Pastor and the Serpent—Dan Storm	122
The Mexican Folk Version of King Midas—W. A. Whatley	134
Tortilla Making—Ruth Dodson	137
Navajo Sketches—Yanh-na-bah	142
The Roadrunner in Fact and Folk-Lore—J. Frank Dobie	146
Contributors	175
Proceedings of the Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1939	178
Index	181
Patrons and Life Members	187


Mustangs and Cow Horses. PTFS XVI. J. Frank Dobie, Mody C. Boatright, Harry H. Ransom, eds. Austin: Texas Folklore Society, 1940. Dallas: SMU Press, 1965 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
Introduction	vii
Mustang Texas
Mustangs and Mustanging in Southwest Texas—G. C. Robinson	3
A Mustang of 1850—J. W. Moses	22
Nicking the Mustang—O. W. Nolen	44
From Mustangs to Mules—Thomas W. Dwyer	47
The Mustanger Who Turned Mustang—Florence Fenley	61
Mustangs of the Staked Plains
Fifty Thousand Mustangs—Frank Collinson	69
Mustanging on the Staked Plains—Homer Hoyt	96
Black Kettle—Frank M. Lockard	102
Comanche Horses
I. Thomas James	143
II. George Catlin	145
Legendary Wild Horses
Adam and Eve of the Mustangs—Hortense L. Sanger	153
The Ghost Horse—Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance	155
The Deathless Pacing White Stallion—J. Frank Dobie	171
Caballos
The Horse of the Pampas—R. B. Cunninghame Graham	187
Horse Lore of the Conquest—Robert M. Denhardt	197
Mexican Color Terms for Horses—W. A. Whatley	227
Cow Horse Hames, Colors and Cures—J. Frank Dobie	234
A-Riding and A-Pitching
Corazón—George Pattullo	253
Texas-Mexican Horse-Breaking—Ruth Dodson	269
Pitching Horses and Panthers—J. Frank Dobie	291
Ballad of Manuel Rodriguez—Frank Goodwyn	304
A Man and His Horse
He Knew His Master’s Voice—G. C. Robinson	309
A Horse Never Forgets
I. Cristiano, A Sentinel Horse—W. H. Hudson	316
II. Sorrel Top, Booger-Hunter—Lincoln A. Lang	319
III. Teachng a Horse—W. J. Powell	322
Anti-Indian Horse—James K. Greer	325
Canelo, A True War Horse—Helen Michaelis	339
Horse Sense—L. A. Guajardo	343
Death Comes at a Trot—Riley Aiken	351
Horse Heroes
Canebrake and the Carpetbaggers—Frank Bryan	359
Old Gran’pa—Frank S. Hastings	373
Peepy-Jenny—John A. Lomax	384
A Boy’s First Horse—Arthur Babb	390
The Mescal-Drinking Horse—Jovita González de Mireles	396
As Smart as a Cutting Horse—J. Frank Dobie	403
Skeerce Tail—D. C. Earnest	414
Horseback Men—Badger Clark	417
Contributors	419
Index	425


Texian Stomping Grounds. PTFS XVII. J. Frank Dobie, Mody C. Boatright, Harry H. Ransom, eds. Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1941.
CONTENTS
A Man Deserves a Heath—Harry H. Ransom
On the Jefferson Road—Frank Bryan	1
“Hoping Out” in East Texas—Guy Kirtley	26
Pie Suppers in East Texas—Virginia Walker	33
Yogi Oil—Lloyd E. Price	35
The Austin Hill Folk—Elsie Upton	40
Frijoles—Roy Holt	49
Rancho Buena Vista—Fermina Guerra	59
Honor the Fiddler!—J. Olcutt Sanders	78
Toodala—Helen Gates	91
Play Party Games of South Texas—Laura Atkins	98
Negro Folk Tales—Lucy M. Cobb and Mary A. Hicks	108
The Voodoo Man of the Brazos—Archie Steagall	113
How the Burro Tricked the Buzzard—Genoveva Barrera	115
Will-o’-the-Wisp of the Esperanza—John W. Blackwell	118
The Ford Epigram—Newton Gaines	120
The Life of Christ in Ten Acts—John H. Faulk	126
Pioneer Children’s Games—Ida B. Hall	141
Contributors	152
Proceedings	154
Index	159
Patrons	163


Backwoods to Border. PTFS XVIII. J. Frank Dobie, General Editor, Mody C. Boatright, Donald Day, editors. Austin: Texas Folklore Society, 1943. Dallas: SMU Press, 1967 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
Twenty Years an Editor—J. Frank Dobie	v
A Buffalo Hunter and His Song—J. Frank Dobie	1
The Arkansas Traveler—Catherine Marshall Vineyard	11
Backwoods Belles—Mody C. Boatright	61
“Well Done, Liar”—Charles F. Arrowood	79
Moses Evans: The Wild Man of the Woods—Donald Day	89
At a Branding Roundup—Frank Goodwyn	105
Cowboy Dance Calls—Vanita Parrett	115
The Legend of the Valley of Paint—J. Marvin Hunter	126
Grave Decoration—Dorothy Jean Michael	129
The Ghost Nun—Ruth Dodson	137
Paisano Tracks	140
Ghost Stories from Texas College for Women	140
The Headless Ghost of Panna Maria—Annette Fenner	140
The Strange Hall Tree—Dorothy Moore	141
The Restless Bridegroom—Mary Elizabeth Williams	141
The Red Handkerchief—Barbara Shaw	142
The Crazy Clock—Jane Jordan	143
Sam’s Lantern—Sue Henderson	144
Bailey’s Light—Gloria Swanson	144
The Farmer’s Lantern—Sue Henderson	145
Hangman’s Tree—Jane Steusoff	146
The Ghost of White Rock—Anne Clark	146
Davy Crockett Again	147
How Crockett Defeated Huntsman—A. B. Armstrong	147
An Oath with Reservations—A. B. Armstrong	148
Who Jilted Davy Crockett—Jessie Reavis	148
The Last Herd of Longhorns—L. D. Bertillion	149
Fighting a Nest of Bumblebees—Annie Romberg	151
Folklore of Texas Plants—Sadie Hatfield	157
Negro Nicknames—Ruby Terrill Lomax	163
Two Negro Folk Tales—William H. Vann	172
Riddles of Texas Mexican Children—J. A. Rickard	181
Mexican Animal Tales—Fermina Guerra	188
Rope-Jumping Rhymes—Violet West Stone	195
Pipe-Line Diction—Orlan L. Sawey	200
Anecdotes About Lawyers—Lloyd E. Price	205
He Was No Prophet	205
Go Home and Stay There	206
More Money for Hooper	208
The Turkey Case	212
“Hanging Was Good Enough for My Fathers”	214
Proceedings of Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1942	218
Contributors	221
Patrons and Life Members; Fellows	224
Index	225


From Hell to Breakfast. PTFS XIX. J. Frank Dobie, general ed. Mody C. Boatright, Donald Day, eds. Austin: Texas Folklore Society, 1944. Dallas, SMU Press, 1967 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
How Far Is It From Hell to Breakfast	vii
Negro Baptizings--Ruby Terrill Lomax	1
Adventures of a Ballad Hunter--John A. Lomax	9
Carrie Dykes-Midwife--Ruby Pickens Tartt	21
Big Sam and De Golden Chariot--Etta Parks	29
Tale of the Two Companions--J. Frank Dobie	36
Mexican Münchausen--W.A. Whatley	42
Som Odd Mexican Customs--Oran Warder Nolen	57
Legend of the Tengo Frío Bird--Henry Yelvington	60
Leaves of Mesquite Grass--Donald Day	63
Dancing Makes Fun--Alice L. Marriott	82
Dancing Makes Rain-Alice L. Marriott	88
Indian Sign on the Spaniard's Cattle--Hortense Warner Ward	94
Ear Marks--Hortense Warner Ward	106
White Comanches--Charlie Jeffries	117
Panther Yarns--Dee Woods	126
More About "Hell in Texas"--Mody C. Boatright	134
Oil Patch Talk--James W. Winfrey	139
Old Newt, The Practical Joker--Myrtle Sloan Land	149
Moron Jokes--Dunny Sims	155
The Musical Snake--Roy Scudday	162
The Song of the Little Llano--Ernest Speck	165
The Threshing Crew--Mae Featherstone	167
The Low Down on Jim Bowie--Edward S. Sears	175
Proceedings of Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1943	200
Contributors	202
Patrons and Life Members; Fellows	205
Index	206


Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields. PTFS XX. Mody C. Boatright. J. Frank Dobie, ed. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1945. Dallas, SMU Press, 1965 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
Preface	xi
The Life Gib Morgan Lived
Gib Morgan Among the Heroes	2
Where Gib Morgan Was Born and How He Grew Up	6
How Gib Morgan Became the Minstrel of His Regiment	15
How Gib Morgan Learned the Tricks of the Trade and Became a Driller	20
How Gib Morgan Became the Wandering Minstrel of the Oil Fields	27
How Gib Morgan Spent His Declining Years and How His Fame Increased	36
The Mystery of Gib Morgan's Book	43
Gib Morgan As An Artist	46
The Tales Gib Morgan Told
Hogs in the Hills	58
How Gib Paid a Board Bill	59
How Gib Saved a Farmer's Life	60
How Gib Nearly Got a Bit	60
How Gib Got a Bit	61
Gib as Operator	62
How Gib Drilled on Pike's Peak	63
Gib on a Texas Ranch	64
Gib's Biggest Rig	65
The Buttermilk Sand	66
The Champagne Sand	67
Big Toolie	68
How Gib Lost a Fortune	69
How Gib Lost Favor with the Exalted Ruler	69
How Gib Solved the Fuel Problem	70
The Shrinking Hole	71
One Screw Too Many	71
How Gib Laid a Pipe Line Under the Ocean	72
The End of Big Toolie	73
A Night in the Jungle	73
Medicine Wells	75
How Gib Discovered Strickie	75
How Strickie Bailed Out	76
How Gib Recovered His Tools	77
More Cable	78
Strickie Delivers Again	78
Strickie's Last Days	78
The Self-Drilling Well	79
Perpetual Motion	80
How Gib Invented Rubber Boots	80
HOw Gib Saved His Tool Dresser	82
Gib's Hardest Fishing Job	83
A Simple Solution	84
Gib's Narrowest Escape	85
Gib As Manufacturer	85
Gib As Farmer	86
Cucumbers in India	87
Gib As Dairyman	87
Gib's Boarding House	88
Gib's Hotel	89
Trouble with the Crown Pulley	90
Gib Morgan's Wonderful Horse	90
Torpedo's Chariot Race	91
Torpedo in Danger	92
Gib Morgan's Contribution to Geology	92
Gib As Doctor	93
Gib's Guns	94
Gib's Dogs	95
Gib in Russia	97
Gib as Fisherman	98
Gib Morgan's Fight	99
Appendix	101
Some Stories by Gib Morgan	102


Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore. PTFS XXI. Mody Boatright, editor. Austin: Texas Folklore Society, 1946. Dallas, SMU Press, 1967 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
Corridos of the Mexican Border--Brownie McNeil	1
The Envious and the Envied Compadres--Wilson M. Hudson	35
Do Rattlesnakes Swallow Their Young?--J. Frank Dobie	43
Folktales of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians--Howard N. Martin	65
John Tales--J. Mason Brewer	81
The Literary Growth of the Louisiana Bullfrog--Robert T. Clark	105
In Defense of Mrs. Mann--Andrew Forest Muir	113
Proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society 1943-46	137
Index	141


The Sky is My Tipi. PTFS XXII. Mody Boatright, editor. Austin, Texas Folklore Society, 1949. Dallas: SMU Press, 1966 facsimile edition.
CONTENTS
Kiowa-Apache Tales--J. Gilbert McAllister	1
The People	1
The Tales	17
In the Beginning	17
The Hand Game between the Animals and Nistcre	20
How Coyote Got Fire for the People and Made the Sun	22
How the Indians Got Light	25
Coyote Kills the Monster with the Jumping Heart	27
Fire Boy and Water Boy	30
The Remarkable Poor Boy	45
How the Apaches Got Horses	51
How Coyote Got the Buffalo for the Indian	52
How Coyote Outwits Crow	53
Coyote and Wildcat Make Each Other Ugly	56
Coyote and Beaver Trick Each Other (First Version)	57
Coyote and Beaver Trick Each Other (Second Version)	58
Coyote Cheats the Beavers	59
Coyote and Yellowhammer	60
Coyote Is Frightened by Quail	61
Coyote is Outwitted by Porcupine	62
Coyote is Outwitted by Turkey	65
Coyote Loses His Eyes	67
Coyote and the Rock That Grew	71
Coyote Tries to Steal the Sun	73
Coyote and the Meat Scraper	74
Coyote's Give Power to a Boy	76
Coyote's Wonderful Bucket	76
Coyote Tricks the White Man	78
How Otter Captures the Prettiest Girls	80
Poor Boy Captivates a Chief's Daughter	81
How Poor Boy Got the Wife He Wanted	82
The Orphan Boy Who Got the Wife He Wanted	85
The Unappreciative Wife	90
The Ghost Woman	93
The Woman Who Married a Stallion	97
The Woman Who Married a Snake	100
How a Man Turned into a Water Monster	101
The Dividing Waters	104
A Man is Saved by a Moccasin and a Tree	105
The Man Who Killed Himself	108
The Medicine Man Who Committed Suicide	108
How an Apache Band Was Exterminated	110
How One Man Frightened Ten Brave Men	120
The Pawnee Who Was Imitating Frogs	122
The Returning Hunters and the Wrong Camp	122
A Visit to the Great Ocean	124
The Summer That They Cut Off Their Heads	130
The Battle with Kit Carson	133
Notes	136
The Apache and His Secret--J. Frank Dobie	142
Magues of the Mescaleros	142
The Secret of the Guadalupes	149
Only the Indian Knows	152
The Yellow Flower of Death--Hortense Warner Ward	155
Haymarket Plaza--Brownie McNeil	168
The King and the Saurin--Wilson M. Hudson, Jr.	179
I Knew Him Well--Ruth Hunnicutt	185
How to Sculp An Indian--Ernest Speck	194
Three Tall Tales--Ben Howell	200
A Tale of Two Thieves--Hazel Harrod	207
Partners to Your Places--Olcutt Sanders	215
Children's Games--Julia Estill	231
Index	237


Texas Folk Songs. PTFS XXIII, William A. Owens. Mody Boatright, ed. Austin: Texas Folklore Society, 1950. Second edition: Dallas: SMU Press 1976.
CONTENTS
Preface	7
Collector's Notes	13
British Ballads	31
The Three Little Babes	32
Pretty Polly	34
A Rich Irish Lady	37
Fair Ellender	39
Three Black Crows	42
Loving Henry	44
The Hangman's Rope	45
Gypsy Davy	47
Barbara Allen	49
The Devil's Song	54
The House Carpenter	56
Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot	58
How Come That Blood on Your Shirt Sleeve	59
The Four Marys	63
The Drunkard's Song	65
Ti Risslety Rosslety	66
John Dobber	69
The Banks of Cloddie	71
Fair Fanny Moore	74
The Wild Moor	75
The Drummer Boy of Waterloo	77
William Hall	78
The Oxford Girl	81
Late One Sunday Evening	83
Young Johnnie	84
Fair Beauty Bride	86
The Butcher's Boy	89
A Pretty Fair Maid	90
Lovely William	92
American Ballads	95
Young Charlottie	98
The Jealous Lover	100
Little Mohea	102
The Boston Burglar	104
Joe Bowers	107
The Wicked Daughter	110
Jesse James	112
Let Me Sleep in Your Barn	116
Charles Giteau	118
Custer's Last Charge	120
Sam Bass	122
Henry Green	125
The Sherman Cyclone	128
Songs of Doleful Love	133
The Sailor Boy	134
The Little Sparrow	136
I'll Be All Smiles Tonight	138
Fond Affection	142
Bury Me Beneath the Willow	144
Kitty Wells	145
The Birmingham Jail	149
My Blue-Eyed Boy	151
Forsaken	152
Too Late	154
They Say It Is Sinful to Flirt	155
Nora Darling	157
The Irish Girl	159
Some Say I Drink Whiskey	161
Bye, Bye, My Darling	164
Flirtation	166
Dear Honey	168
Love It Is a Folly	170
The Broken Engagement	171
Claude's Wife	173
Dying Girl's Message	176
On Top of Old Smokey	178
Po' Boy	179
Rosewood Casket	181
The Roving Gambler	183
Lorene	185
The Little Fish	188
The Bright Sherman Valley	190
Goodbye, Little Bonnie Blue Eyes	193
Come All You Pretty Fair Maids	196
My Pretty Little Pink	197
Jack and Joe	199
Lady Mary	202
Songs for a Laugh	205
Jennie Jenkins	206
The Old Woman from Ireland	207
I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again	209
My Pretty Little Miss	210
The Blue-Tailed Fly	212
Rolly Troodum	214
Old Shoe Boots and Leggins	217
The Old Maid	218
The Lazy Man	219
I Went Out A-Sparking	222
Bohunker and Kychunker	224
Sanford Barnes	226
The Grumbler's Song	228
Derby's Town	230
I Don't Like to See Boys	232
Who Will Hold My Stovepipe Hat	234
Rye Whiskey	235
Hurrah for Arkansas	236
Green Corn	238
Miss Susan Jane	241
Prompey Smash and Davy Crockett	243
I Wish to My Lord I Was Single Again	246
The Old Bachelor	248
Children's Songs	251
Hunting the Wren	252
Frog Went A-Courting	254
Joh-Woh-Wonny	257
Saw an Old Crow	259
Soldier, Soldier	261
The Old Gray Goose	262
The Brown Duck	263
Old Jay Bird	266
Go to Sleepy	267
Go to Sleep	268
Old Fodder	269
Civil War Songs	271
The Cruel War	271
Brother Green	274
The Boys in Blue	275
The Rebel Soldier	277
Songs for Pilon	281
The Orphan Girl	281
The Romish Lady	283
The Two Orphans	285
Two Little Children	287
The Brown Bird	290
Reference Notes	291
Index of Titles	299
Index of First Lines	301


The Healer of Los Olmos. PTFS XXIV. Wilson M. Hudson, ed. Austin:Texas Folklore Society, 1951. Facsimile edition: Dallas, SMU Press, 1966.
CONTENTS
Charm in Mexican Folktales--J. Frank Dobie	1
Don Pedrito Jaramillo: The Curandero of Los Olmos--Ruth Dodson	9
Why This Was Written	9
The Life of Don Pedrito Jaramillo: Benefactor of Humanity	11
Dionisio Tells of His Cures	18
An Early Memory of Don Pedrito	20
Don Juan and Don Pedrito	20
How Señora Tomasita de Canales Was Cured	22
Tomás Flores Had No Regrets	24
The Bewitched Woman	25
An Ax in the Hand and Faith in the Heart	27
Mabel Sutherland Remembers Don Pedrito	28
Borrowed Shoes	31
Chat Vela and the Brujo	31
When One Brings a Lie	32
Cured with a Lemon	33
Without Looking Back	34
Baths and Beer	35
A Sure Cure for Migraine Headache	36
The Growth That Vanished	36
An Epileptic Is Cured	37
Cure of a Horsebreaker	38
Various Cures	39
A Grassburr in His Throat	40
A Citizen of León, Mexico, Visits Texas	40
The Namesake in New Mexico	41
The Night of the New Moon	42
From the North	42
Without the Doctor's Knowledge	43
A Hot Bath for Fever	44
Half a Glass of Tepid Water	45
Nosebleed	45
Three Leaves of Prickly Pear	45
Escape from a Mad Dog	46
The Cure of a Horse	46
Mysterious Money	47
The Marvelous Cure of a Shepherd	49
Cured of Drinking	49
Don Pedrito Sings	50
At Midnight in a Lake	50
Bowlegs	51
The Cripple	51
Diego Was Cured	52
The Spade and the Hoe	52
To Be Well in March	53
God Cured Him	54
Asthma for Life	54
Complete But for One Son	55
Not a Turkey Egg	55
A Vaquero Who Failed to Follow Directions	56
Faith Healed Him	56
Soldier Herb	57
Susto Cured by Susto	57
Nine Onions and Nine Baths	58
Little Petra	59
The Church Bell	60
From the Town of Refugio	62
The Vow Fulfilled	62
The Spirit of Don Pedrito Gives Hope	63
Señora María Saenz	65
Don Pedrito's Spirit in Monterrey	65
The Stranger at the Grave	66
Copies of Written Prescriptions	67
A Backward Glance	68
Mexican Folktalkes From Austin, Texas--Soledad Pérez	71
Conditions of Collection	71
The Weeping Woman	73
The Return of the Gardener	77
The Fat Man	78
The Wandering Prince	80
Ratoncito Pérez	81
The Real	84
Tales of the Devil	86
The Stranger	86
Lidia and the Devil	86
Matasiete	87
The Ball of Fire	88
The Spotted Pooch	89
The Sow in the Plaza	90
Ghost Tales	90
The Cold, Clammy Hand	90
La Esperanza	91
A Visit with the Dead	92
The Midnight Call	93
Indian Rendezvous	94
A Dead Man Speaks	94
The German Girl	95
Tales of Buried Treasure	96
Treasure at the Hacienda de los Albarcones	96
Horses' Hoofbeats	99
The Smugglers' Treasure	99
A Strange Animal	100
A White Light	100
The Stagecoach	101
Saints' Miracles	102
Innocence Proved	102
The Saint Who Disappeared	102
"El Niño Perdido"	103
The Protection of the Saints	103
St. Anthony Performs a Miracle	104
The Virgin	104
The Traveler	105
Benito Cásarez	106
Remedies	106
Beliefs and Superstitions	114
Proverbs and Sayings	118
Riddles	126
To Whom God Wishes to Give He Will Give--Wilson M. Hudson	128
The Fisherman and the Snake of Many Colors--Wilson M. Hudson	132
Illustrations--José Cisneros
The Marvelous Cure of a Shepherd	48
The Weeping Woman	75
Ratoncito Pérez	82
The Fisherman and the Snake of Many Colors	133
Index	137


Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales, and Talk. PTFS XXV. Mody Boatright, Wilson Hudson, and Allen Maxwell, eds. Austin: The Texas Folklore Society, 1953. Second printing, 1955. (SMU Press)
CONTENTS
The Traveling Anecdote--J. Frank Dobie	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--Américo 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
Contributors	254
Index	259


Texas Folk and Folklore. PTFS XXVI. Mody Boatright, Wilson Hudson, and Allen Maxwell, eds. Austin: Texas Folklore Society, 1954.
CONTENTS
Preface	vii
INDIAN TALES
Kiowa-Apache Tales--J. Gilbert McAllister	1
How Coyote Got Fire for the People and Made the Sun	1
How the Apaches Got Horses	3
How Coyote Got the Buffalo for the Indians	4
Coyote Tricks the White Man	5
How the Poor Boy Got the Wife He Wanted	6
The Woman Who Married a Stallion	8
Alabama-Coushatta Tales--Howard N. Martin	12
The Creation of the Earth	12
The Origin of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians	13
The Man with Horns	13
Rabbit Outwits Farmer	15
Whippoorwill	17
MEXICAN TALES
Stories of My People--Jovita González	19
The Paisano	19
The Mockingbird	20
The Dove	22
The Cicada	22
The Guadalupana Vine	23
A Pack Load of Mexican Tales--Riley Aiken	24
The Three Counsels	24
Juan in Heaven	27
Sister Fox and Brother Coyote	30
El Párajo Cú	36
Keeping the Shirt-Tail In	38
The Little Animals--Dan Storm	39
The Coyote and Juan's Maguey	39
Señor Coyote Acts as Judge	42
Paisano Saves Rabbit from Rattlesnake	45
To Whom God Wishes to Give He Will Give--Wilson M. Hudson	46
NEGRO TALES AND JOKES
From the Brazos Bottom--A.W. Eddins	50
Ole Sis Goose	50
Sheer Crops	50
Er Daid Turkle	53
Who Dat Darken de Hole?	54
He Heard the Bullet Twice	55
Juneteenth--J. Mason Brewer	55
Elijah's Leaving Time	55
Swapping Dreams	56
Dey's Auganized	57
Pray, But Don't Trust Too Much	57
Bear Meeting and Prayer Meeting	59
Voices in the Graveyard	59
Uncle Jeff's Guiding Star	61
Uncle John's Prophetic Error	61
When "We" Wasn't "We"	63
The Handshake Over a Fence	64
John's Little Boys and the New Preacher	64
John and the Two White Men in Court	66
STORIES AND SONGS FOR CHILDREN
From a Texas Household: Mrs. Russell's Stories--Bertha McKee Dobie
The Old Lady, the Maid, and the Friar	68
The Johnnycake	69
The Little Long Tail	71
The Silver Toe	73
The Bad Gal and the Good Gal	74
The Cricket's Supper	76
Ratoncito Pérez--Soledad Pérez	77
The Frog's Courting--L.W. Payne, Jr.	80
LEGENDS
Treasure Legends of McCullen County--J. Frank Dobie	83
The Rock Pens	83
A Week Too Late at the Laredo-San Antonio Crossing	87
The Chest at Rock Crossing on the Nueces	89
San Caja Mountain Legends	90
The Mines	94
Loma de Siete Piedras	95
The Metate Rocks of Loma Alta	96
When Two Parallel Lines Intersected	97
A Lucky Post Hole	98
Stampede Mesa--John R. Craddock	100
The Deathless Pacing White Stallion--J. Frank Dobie	100
The Legend of Sam Bass--Walter prescott Webb	112
GHOST STORIES
The Ghosts of Lake Jackson--Bertha McKee Dobie	117
Mexican Ghosts from El Paso--Charles L. Sonnichsen	118
A Ghostly Baby Snatcher	119
The Gentleman from Spain	121
The Amorous Ghost	123
The Ghost Nun--Ruth Dodson	124
The Weeping Woman--Soledad Pérez	127
BALLADS AND SONGS
Songs the Cowboys Sing--John R. Craddock	131
Three Gay Punchers	131
The Wild Boy	132
The Young Companions	133
Tonight My Heart's in Texas	134
The Wandering Cowboy	136
Some Texas Folk Songs--William A. Owens	137
How Come That Blood on Your Shirt Sleeve	137
Sam Bass	138
Green Corn	140
The Sherman Cyclone	141
CORRIDOS
Verses de los Bandidos--J. Frank Dobie	143
El Toro-Moro--Frank Goodwyn	147
Corrido de Kansas--Brownie McNeil	150
El Contrabando del Paso--Brownie McNeil	152
Deportados--Paul S. Taylor	157
NEGRO SONGS
Follow the Drinking Gourd--H.B. Parks	159
Six Negro Songs from the Colorado Valley--Gates Thomas	162
The Old Hen Cackle	163
One Mornin'	163
Huntsville-Boun'	163
My Luluh	164
Eat When Yo're Hongry	165
The Boll Weevil	165
Some Texas Spirituals--Mary Virginia Bales	167
All I Want is Dat True Religion	167
I Wanna Be in Dat Numbah	168
Job's Goin' to Heaben	169
Jesus Rides a Milk-White Hoss	171
I'm New Bawn	171
Jes' Suit Me	172
My Lawd's a Battle Ax	173
An Offertory	173
O Han' Me down de Silber Trumpet, Gabriel	173
SERMONS
Sin-Killer's Sermon--John A. Lomax	175
GAMES AND GATHERINGS
The Cowboy Dance--John R. Craddock	183
The Snap Party in Mills County--Mae Featherstone	189
"Hoping Out" in East Texas--Guy Kirtley	195
Syrup Making	196
Work Swapping	199
Raisings	200
Wakes	201
Rope-Jumping Rhymes--Violet West Sone	202
Children's Games in Fredericksburg--Julia Estill	207
SAYINGS AND PROVERBS
Familiar Sayings of Old-Time Texans--Mary Jourdan Atkinson	213
Grandma's Sayings--A.W. Eddins	218
Old-Time Negro Proverbs--J. Mason Brewer	219
Dichos from Austin--Soledad Pérez	223
SUPERSTITIONS
The Human Comedy in Folk Superstitions--Tressa Turner	230
Marriage, Love, and Courtship	231
Good Luck Signs	235
Bad Luck Signs	235
Death Omens	240
Letters, News, and Company	242
Wishes	243
Money	245
Remedies and Cures	245
Weather Signs	249
Miscellaneous Superstitions	251
CURES
Ranch Remedies--Frost Woodhull	254
The Curandero of Los Olmos--Ruth Dodson	264
An Ax in the Hand and Faith in the Heart	264
Cure of a Horsebreaker	266
The Cure of a Horse	267
The Marvelous Cure of a Shepherd	267
The Spade and the Hoe	269
Susto--Soledad Perez	270
PLANTS
Folklore of Texas Plants--Sadie Hatfield	273
ANIMALS
Texas Reptiles in Popular Belief--John K. Strecker	279
The Folklore of Texas Birds--John K. Strecker	283
The Paisano's Cactus Corral--J. Frank Dobie	289
Folklore in Natural History--Roy Bedichek	295
OIL
Paul Bunyan: Oil Man--John Lee Brooks	315
Pipeline Diction--Orlan L. Sawey	322
Oil Patch Talk--James W. Winfrey	326
Aunt Cordie's Ax and Other Motifs in Oil--Mody C. Boatright	336


Mesquite and Willow. PTFS XXVII. Mody Boatright, Wilson Hudson, Allen Maxwell, eds. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1957.
CONTENTS
The Legend of Gregorio Cortez--Américo Paredes	3
The Child in the Middle West and Lower Mississippi Valley--Brownie McNeil	23
Six Tales from Mexico--Riley Aiken	78
The Western Bad Man as Hero--Mody C. Boatright	96
Animal Tails: Function and Folklore--Roy Bedichek	105
Br'er Rabbit Watches Out for Himself in Mexico--J. Frank Dobie	113
Recollections of an Itinerant Folklorist--Stith Thompson	118
Dialogue in Folktale and Song--R.C. Stephenson	129
The Twelve Truths in the Spanish Southwest--Wilson M. Hudson	138
To Whom God Wishes to Give: A Tale of Old Mexico in English Ballad Stanzas--Joseph W. Hendren	151
Tales of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad--Victor J. Smith	162
Christ in the Big Bend--Elton R. Miles	171
The Ghost of the Hutto Ranch--John Q. Anderson	180
Spanish Folklore from South Texas--Alfredo R. Garcia	187
Home Remedies for Arthritis--Walter Taylor	192
Contributors	201


Madstones and Twisters. PTFS XXVIII. Mody Boatright, Wilson Hudson, and Allen Maxwell, eds. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1958.
CONTENTS
Madstones and Hydrophobia Skunks--J. Frank Dobie	3
A European Folklorist Looks at American Folklore--Reidar Th. Christiansen	18
Folklore in a Literate Society--Mody c. Boatright	45
Twister Tales--Howard C. Key	52
The Prairie Dog--Lanvil Gilbert	69
Almanac Lore--Everett A. Gillis	81
The Mexican Corrido: Its Rise and Fall--Américo Paredes	91
Chisos Ghosts--Elton Miles	106
More Chisos Ghosts--Riley Aiken	123
Two Oil Tales--Jim Rowden	128
The Adventures of Ad Lawrence--F.S. Wade	133
Reminiscences of a Texas Pioneer--J.D. Brantley	149
Around the Fire with My Abuelitos--Guadalupe Duarte	154
Russell Tales--Maurita Russell Lueg	160
Contributors	167


and horns on the toads. PTFS XXIX. Mody Boatright, Wilson Hudson, and Allen Maxwell, eds. Dallas: SMU Press, 1959.
CONTENTS
And Horns on the Toads--John Q. Anderson	3
Seer of Corsicana--William A. Owens	14
Curanderos of South Texas--Brownie McNeil	32
Joe Whilden, One of the People--John Henry Faulk	45
Grandpa Brown--William Henry Hardin	58
Southpaws, Psychology, and Social Science--George D. Hendricks	69
The Bury-Me-Not Theme in the Southwest--Américo Paredes	88
Cante Jondo and Flamenco in Andalusia and Hispano-America--Walter Starkie	93
The Personification of Animals in the Relación of Mexico--Donald M. Lance	108
Rails Below the Rio Grande--John T. Smith	122
I Heard It on the Border--Meredith Hale	136
Speak of the Devil--Artell Dorman	142
The Noell Madstone--Michael J. Ahearn	147
Texas Singing Schools--Everett A. Gillis	153
Negro Stories from the Colorado Valley--Girlene Marie Williams	161
Negro Folktale Heroes--Fred O. Weldon, Jr.	170
Why the White Man Will Never Reach the Sun--Richard Lancaster	190
Vigilante Justice in Springtown--G.A. Reynolds	201
The Sinking Treasure of Bowie Creek--J.R. Jamison	209
South Texas Sketches--Ruth Dodson	214
Two Ghost Stories of Military Life in the Southwest--Kenneth Porter	226
Contributors	231
Index


Singers and Storytellers. PTFS XXX. Mody Boatright, Wilson Hudson, and Allen Maxwell, eds. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1961.
CONTENTS
Storytellers I Have Known--J. Frank Dobie	3
The Singer or the Song--MacEdward Leach	30
Some Forms of the Mexican Canción--Vicente T. Mendoza translated by Américo Paredes	46
Folklore and History--Américo Paredes	56
Don't Look Back--George D. Hendricks	69
The Oil Promoter as Trickster--Mody C. Boatright	76
Folksay of Lawyers--Hermes Nye	92
Feathered Duelists--Haldeen Braddy	98
Old Thurber--C. Richard King	107
Ghost Stories From a Texas Ghost Town--Tucker Sutherland	115
Old Days at Cold Springs--William Henry Hardin	123
Prayer Meeting at Persimmon College--Joseph T. McCuller, Jr.	132
The Frontier Hero: Refinement and Definition--Robert H. Byington	140
Bell Starr and the Biscuit Dough--John Q. Anderson	156
Legends of the Lad--Eleanor Mitchell Bond	166
Stories of Ranch People--Stanley W. Harris	173
Tall Timber Tales--Edwin W. Gaston, Jr.	178
Anecdotes of Two Frontier Preachers--Alva Ray Stephens	185
Wolves, Foxes, Hound Dogs, and Men--A.L. Miles	194
The Magic Art of Removing Warts--Grace Pleasant Wellborn	205
Owl-Bewitchment in the Lower Rio Grande Valley--Humberto Garza	218
Tales of the Paisanos--Miriam W. Hiester	226
Folklore of the German-Wends in Texas--George R. Nielson	244
Tales the German Texans Tell--Carolyn Mankin	260
Tales of the Lost Nigger Mine--Gayle L. Coe	266
Family Stories and Sayings--Kim S. Garrett	273
The Origin of the Word Gringo--Robert H. Fuson	282
On Gringo, Greaser, and Other Neighborly Names--Américo Paredes	285
Contributors	291
Index	295


The Golden Log. PTFS XXXI. Mody Boatright, Wilson Hudson, and Allen Maxwell, eds. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1962.
CONTENTS
The Golden Log: An East Texas Paradise Lost--Francis E. Abernethy	3
Thirteen Tales from Houston County--Theodore B. Brunner	8
Homemade Tales--Richard M. Rivers	23
Joe Sap, Wit and Storyteller--A.L. Bennett	34
Tarantula Lore--Lois Brock	41
The Mystery of the Five Graves--John C. Myers	53
The Petroleum Geologist: A Folk Image--Mody C. Boatright	58
From Flygap to Whybark: Some Unusual Texas Place Names--John W. Anderson	73
Cowboy Comedians and Horseback Humorists--Paul Patterson	99
Superstitions in Vermilion Parish--Elizabeth Brandon	108
The Changing Concept of the Negro Hero--Roger Abrahams	119
Don Juan Zurumbete--Riley Aiken	135
Work and Play on a Border Ranch--Rosalinda Gonzalez	141
Cuentos de Susto--Baldemar A. Jiménez	156
Contributors	165
Index	167


A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune. PTFS XXXII. Mody Boatright, Wilson Hudson and Allen Maxwell, Eds. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1964.
CONTENTS
Fifteen Mexican Tales--Riley Aiken	3
Two Treasure Tales--J. Frank Dobie	57
Shivarees and Charivaris: Variations on a Theme--E. Bagby Atwood	64
Freud's Myth of the Primal Horde--Wilson M. Hudson	72
Folklore of the South and Racial Discrimination--James M. Lacy	101
Texas Stream Names--John Q. Anderson	112
Social Customs in O. Henry's Texas Stories--E. Hudson Long	148
The Cowboy in the British West Indies--Roger D. Abrahams	168
Adam's Rib--George D. Hendricks	176
"The Texas Rangers" in Aberdeenshire--Kenneth S. Goldstein	188
Folksong and Folksong Scholarship: Changing Approaches and Attitudes - Introductory Remarks--Roger D. Abrahams	199
I. On a Peak in Massachusetts: The Literary and AestheticApproach--Tristram P. Coffin	201
II. Folksong as an Anthropological Province: The AnthropologicalApproach--John Greenway	209
III. The Comparative Approach: Its Aims, Techniques, andLimitations--W. Edson Richmond	217
IV. The Rationalistic Approach--D.K. Wilgus	227
V. The Transcription and Analysis of Folk Music--George Foss	237
Contributors	270
Index	273


The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago. PTFS XXXIII. Wilson Hudson and Allen Maxwell, eds. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1966.
CONTENTS
John A. Lomax--J. Frank Dobie	3
Cowboy Lingo--John A. Lomax	12
The Cowboy: His Cause and Cure--Eugene Manlove Rhodes	26
The American Cowboy--Andy Adams	33
The Cowboy's Code--Paul Patterson	39
The Cowboy Enters the Movies--Mody C. Boatright	51
Billy the Kid, Hired Gun or Hero--John O. West	70
Laureates of the Western Range--Everett A. Gillis	81
J. Frank Dobie on Folklore--Passages Collected by William D. Wittliff	89
The Hat-in-Mud Tale--Jan H. Brunvand	100
The Baby-Switching Story--James T. Bratcher	110
Saved from a Bullet: Miraculous Escapes from Death	118
Tobacco and Longevity--J.T. McCullen, Jr.	128
The Sanctified Sisters--A.L. Bennett	136
Running the Fox--F.E. Abernethy	146
The Charcoal Burner--E.J. Rissmann	151
Creeping Ignorance on Poke Sallet--James W. Byrd	157
The Penny Dreadful as a Folksong--James Ward Lee	164
The Ballad of Bob Williams--Jack Solomon	171
Buckwheat Cakes, 1898 Variety--Roger P. McCutcheon	176
Jung on Myth and the Mythic--Wilson M. Hudson	181
Contributors	198
Index	201


Tire Shrinker to Dragster. PTFS XXXIV. Wilson M. Hudson, ed. Austin: The Encino Press, 1968.
CONTENTS
Preface	v
The Tire Shrinker--E.J. Rissmann	3
T-Bones and Cheater Slicks: The Folksay of The Drag Strip--Hermes Nye	11
Silver Ingots in East Texas--James M. Day	37
Hell-Fire and Folk Humor on the Frontier--Bill F. Fowler	51
The Morality Play on Horseback: Tom Mix--Mody C. Boatright	63
Some Examples of Early Irish Storytelling--Ruth P.M. Lehmann	73
An Gadaí Dubh: The Black Thief--Myles Dillon	103
Folklore and the Finnish Sauna--Edwin W. Gaston, Jr.	117
Speech Mas' on Tobago--Roger D. Abrahams	125
Mock Bidding in Jamaica--David DeCamp	145
The Penny Dreadful in the Man's Magazine--James Ward Lee	155
Special Powers in Folk Cures and Remedies--John Q. Anderson	163
The Precarious Potato--J.T. McCullen, Jr.	175
An Arabic Romance in Austin, Texas--James T. Bratcher	187
Folkways & Mores at the University of Texas in the 1930's--Anne Phillips	203
J. Frank Dobie: The Teacher--Arlie Ray McTee	209
With Dobie Forty Years Ago--Gus K. Eifler	215
Eliade's Contribution to the Study of Myth--Wilson M. Hudson	219
Contributors	243
Index	247


Hunters and Healers: Folklore Types & Topics. PTFS XXXV. Wilson M. Hudson, ed. Austin: The Encino Press, 1969.
CONTENTS
Preface	vii
The East Texas Communal Hunt--Francis Edward Abernethy	3
Folk Medicine in Denton County Today: Or, Can Dermatology Displace Dishrags?--Paul W. Schedler	11
The Frontier Preacher as a Character Type in Methodist Autobiographies--Mary Sue Carlock	19
The Day They Shot Bonnie & Clyde--Carrol Y. Rich	35
Diesel Smoke & Dangerous Curves: Folklore of the Trucking Industry--Joyce Gibson Roach	45
Tales of the Cattle Trail--Jimmy M. Skaggs	55
Origins of "Sir Patrick Spens"--Norman L. McNeil	65
"The Gatesville Murder": The Origin & Evolution of a Ballad--John Q. Anderson	73
Old Fort Leaton: A Saga of the Big Bend--Elton Miles	83
Hog Killing & Soap Making--E.J. Rissman	103
Cabeza De Vaca was a Piker--W.H. Hutchison	109
Barbara Ellen & The Lincoln Continental: Or, The Commercial Folk Festival--Hermes Nye	113
Classical & Literary Motifs in TV & Movie Westerns--George D. Hendricks	127
Myth & Folklore in The Ordways--By Patrick B. Mullen	133
The Huapango: A Dithyrambic Festival--Henry Schmidt	147
Rats, Cats, & Abandoned Fields--E. Paul Durrenberger	157
Contributors	165
Index	169


Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds. PTFS XXXVI. Wilson M. Hudson, ed. Austin, The Encino Press, 1971.
CONTENTS
Foreword	v
A Texas Folk Drama:"The Diamond Bessie Murder Trial"—James W. Byrd	3
Julia Nott Waugh on Los Pastores—John Igo	15
Semana Santa in Seville—Charles B. Martin	27
The Decoration of Graves in Central Texas with Seashells—Sara Clark	33
The Cotton Gin—E. J. Rissmann	45
Log Cabins to Sunday Houses—Esther L. Mueller	51
Black Easter—April 14, 1935—Sylvia Grider	61
The Camp Meeting Sketch in Old Southwest Humor—Bill F. Fowler	73
Politics in O. Henry's Stories—E. Hudson Long	81
Myth in The Winter of Our Discontent—Kyra Jones	93
The Railroad in American Folk Song, 1865—1920—Ann Miller Carpenter	103
The Professor Who Didn't Get His Grades In-A Traveling Anecdote—James T. Bratcher	121
Unequivocal Justice—J. T. McCullen, Jr.	125
Marriage Customs in Thessaly and Macedonia—Pina S. Sturdivant	135
The Johannesburg Mine Dances—Martin Staples Shockley	147
Contributors	153
Index	157


Observations and Reflections on Texas Folklore. PTFS XXXVII. Francis Edward Abernethy, ed. Austin: The Encino Press, 1972.
CONTENTS
Preface	v
Observations & Reflections of a Deer Hunter—J. Frank Dobie (edited by Bertha McKee Dobie)	3
Why I Cursed God—Mody C. Boatright	17
Photography & Texas Traditions—Ronnie C. Tyler	21
Return to Pin Hook—William A. Owens	31
The Folklore of Texas Feuds—C.L. Sonnichsen	35
Folk Songs & Family Traditions—Patrick B. Mullen	49
Revive Us Again—Joyce Gibson Roach	65
Paisanos at Alpine—Elton R. Miles	73
From Amnesia to Illegitimacy: The Soap Opera as Contemporary Folklore—Sarah Greene	79
More of the Word on the Brazos—J. Mason Brewer	91
From Folk to Hillbilly to Country: The Coming of Age of America's Rural Music—Bill C. Malone	101
Horse Penning: Southeast Texas, 1913—Bill Brett	117
San Jacinto, As She Was: Or, What Really Happened on the Plain of St. Hyacinth on a Hot April Afternoon in 1836--R. Henderson Shuffler	121
Singing All Day & Dinner on the Grounds—Francis Edward Abernethy	131
Contributors	141
TFS History	145
Index	149


The Folklore of Texan Cultures. PTFS XXXVIII. Francis Edward Abernethy, ed. Austin: The Encino Press, 1974.
CONTENTS
Preface—Francis Edward Abernethy	v
The Cultures of Texas—R. Henderson Shuffler, Director, Institute of Texan Cultures	xix
The Indians	1
Early Texas Indian Songs and Tales—Edwin W. Gaston, Jr.	7
Religious Beliefs of the Tejas or Hasanias Indians—Adina de Zavala	11
The Legends of the Tigua—Thomas A. Green, Jr.	16
Myths of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians—Howard N. Martin	19
The Spanish	22
The Spanish on the Moral—Francis Edward Abernethy	27
The French	40
Jambalaya—Jo Lyday	45
La Reunion—Ernestine Porcher Sewell	51
Cajun Lapland—Gordon Baxter	58
The Mexicans	61
Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy—William D. Wittliff and Joe B. Frantz	65
Charro Jiro Afamado—Arnulfo Castillo, Translation and commentary by Inez Cardozo-Freeman	68
Scratches on the Bedpost: Vestiges of the Lechuza—Ann Carpenter	75
Violeta and the Owls—Alonzo M. Perales	78
Mal Ojo—John O. West	82
Don José and Don Pedrito—H.C. Arbuckle, III	84
The White Anglo-Saxon Protestants	88
Life and Leisure at Lucky Ridge—W. Silas Vance	91
The Negroes	111
Tales from Juneteenth—J. Mason Brewer	115
Country Black—Lorece P. Williams	118
Waco Jive—Alfreda Iglehart	129
Folk Anecdote Survives in Black Fiction—James W. Byrd	139
The Germans	141
Customs Among the German Descendants of Gillespie County (In 1923)—Julia Estill	145
The Old World Antecedent of the Fredericksburg Easter Fires—Terry G. Jordan	151
The Irish	155
Green Flags Over Texas—Martha Emmons	157
The Scots	166
Scottish Texans and the Highland Games—Harry Gordon, President Emeritus, Scottish Society of Texas	169
The Dutch	174
Footprints of Wooden Shoes—Robert J. Duncan	177
The Danes	187
Community Celebrations in Danevang—Susan Lucas and Sara Clark	191
The Poles	199
O Ty Polshi!—Ann Carpenter	203
Panna Maria and Pluznica: A Study in Comparative Folk Culture—T. Lindsay Baker	218
The Czechs	227
Czech Lore and Customs—W. Phil Hewitt	231
The Norse	240
The Norse of Bosque County—Sadie J. Hoel	245
Frank Bean—Palmer H. Olsen	251
The Greeks	253
Greek-American Life Styles—Kit Van Cleave	257
The Italians	263
Magic and Ritual Among Italian Fishermen on the Gulf Coast—Patrick B. Mullen	267
The Slavs	274
The Slavonian Stave Makers of the Big Thicket—A.R. (Dolph) Fillingim	277
The Lebanese	281
Ya America! Ya Beledee!—James P. McGuire	285
Lebanese Song Style—Dan Beaty	289
The Wends	290
Folklore of the Wends—George R. Nielson	295
The Jews	301
Jewish Folkways—Larry Laufman	305
The Chinese	315
Un-Organizations: The Family Associations of the Chinese—Thomas M. Woodell	319
The Japanese	323
The Kishi Colony—Gwendolyn Wingate	327
The Filipinos	338
Filipino Beliefs and Customs—Jim Harris	341
The Gypsies	344
Le Rom And'O Teksas—Ian F. Hancock, General Secretary, Komitia Lumiaki Romani	345
Contributors	355
TFS History	359
Index	363


Some Still Do: Essays on Texas Customs. PTFS XXXIX. Francis Edward Abernethy, ed. Austin: The Encino Press, 1975.
CONTENTS
Amateur and Professional Folklorists—Wilson M. Hudson	v
Some Still Do: An Essay on Customs	xvii
Waggoner's Cowboys—Francis Edward Abernethy	3
Buttermilk is Beautiful—Ernest B. Speck	15
Making Syrup—As told by Eugene Martin	25
Arden Hooks, Big Thicket Bee Courser—Ralph Ramos	33
Tradition and the Candelilla Wax Industry—Joe S. Graham	39
Geophagy in This Generation—Ava Bush	55
Fiddlers and Festivals: A Texas Tradition—Joe Angle	59
A Lesson on Playing Muhle—Leon Hale	75
Chimney Dobbin' in the Big Thicket—Cecil V. Overstreet	77
Jinkins Seed Store, Nacogdoches—Tim Van Riper	88
Cedarcutters and Others—C.W. Wimberley	93
First Monday at Canton and Some Tales They Tell—Jim Harris	101
Following the Forked Stick—Archie P. McDonald	115
Faith Healing—From Loblolly by Freda Hardin, Norbert Korzeniewski, Tommy Hooper, & David Hammers	124
Whittler's Bench-Tenaha, Texas—Francis Edward Abernethy	132
In Memoriam	139
Contributors	145
TFS History	147
Index	151


What's Going On? (In Modern Texas Folklore). PTFS XL. Francis Edward Abernethy, ed. Austin: The Encino Press, 1976.
CONTENTS
Preface: "Ga'nt as a gutted snowbird," or a rose by any other name would - or at least should…	v
And That's How Some Folklore is Born—R. Henderson Shuffler	3
Jack Ruby: Folk Hero in Embryo?—Olivia Murray Nichols	7
Neiman-Marcus Lore from the Inside—Stanley Marcus	13
Cobras at K-Mart: Legends of Hidden Danger—Ann Carpenter	37
Chain Letters: A Twentieth Century Folk Practice—Robert J. Duncan	47
A Bumper Crop of Modern Epigrams—James W. Byrd	59
The Sissy Test—Jan Hudson	71
The Ghost and Tiny Alice—LaGene Lacy Dykes	75
From the Halls of Justice—J.T. McCullen	85
The Folklore of Marijuana—Robert Lowell Russell	97
Texas Tea and Rainy Day Woman: The Folklore of the Underground Press—Hermes Nye	109
Bury My Heart at Wounded 'Neck: Notes of a Native Son—James Ward Lee	123
"You Gotcha Ears On?"—Archie P. McDonald	133
Preparing the Fatted Calf—William C. Martin	141
Rodeo Cowboy 1976—Deanne Mansfield	157
"As the Hearse Goes By": The Modern Child's Memento Mori—Charles Clay Doyle	175
Give the World a Smile Each Day—Francis Edward Abernethy	191
Zydeco-Must Live On!—Joseph F. Lomax	205
Western Swing—Guy Logsdon	225
Growing Up With Texas Country Music—Bill C. Malone	243
Postscript: The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock—Jan Reid	259
Backwoods Beer Busts—Stanley G. Alexander	281
Contributors	293
TFS History	297
Index	301


Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany. PTFS XLI. Francis Edward Abernethy, editor. Austin, The Encino Press, 1978.
CONTENTS
Preface—Francis Edward Abernethy	v
The Paisano's Cactus Corral—J. Frank Dobie	3
The Anasazi—John Neal Phillips	11
Harm and the Bear—Carolyn M. Smyrl	15
"I Remember Things"—Ross Estes	17
Maime Tobar's Tales of Treasure— As told by Gertrude Bluntzer to Ruth G. Wright	29
Plantin' by the Moon—Bill Brett	35
Going to Press in Alto—Ben F. Hobbs	37
The Petrified Lovers of Pecos: Vintage Yellow Journalism—Wilma Roberts	41
All the News in Fits of Print: An Examination of Nigerian Newspaper Headlines—Bernth Lindfors	45
Names are News—C. Richard King	61
Minstrelsy at the Marketplace: Or, What the Traveling Texan Found for Entertainment in Ante-Bellum New Orleans—Peter M. Stephan	71
Country Store—Nancy Wells	79
The Bachelor Heater—Archer Fullingim	83
Ticks on Catfish—Ann Miller Carpenter	87
Fact and Fiction in Three Lomax Outlaw Songs—Lawrence Clayton	97
Home and Farm Remedies and Charms in a German Manuscript from a Texas Ranch—Christine Boot	111
Sunday's Cock Fight—Francis Edward Abernethy	133
Talking and Touching: A Function of Storytelling—Faye Leeper	137
The Pet Rock in American Folklore—Olivia Murray Nichols	147
The Driver's License: Emblem of a Modern Rite of Passage—Leslie M. Thompson	153
The Ethological Approach to Folklore—Francis Edward Abernethy	157
Publishers of Texas Folklore—Willie Earl Tindall and Lee Sullenger	167
Contributors	179


Built in Texas. PTFS XLII. Francis Edward Abernethy, editor. Waco: E-Heart Press, 1979.
CONTENTS
Preface	v
Table of Contents	x
Texas Folk Building: An Introduction	1
Built in Texas—F.E. Abernethy	3
The Cultural Geography of Folk Building Forms in Texas—G. Loyd Collier	21
Methods and Materials	45
Building in Texas, 1844–1845—Prince Karl von Solms-Braunfels	47
Texas Dugouts—Ann Carpenter	53
Adobe: Earth, Straw, and Water—John O. West and Roberto Gonzalez	61
Log Corner Notching in Texas—Terry G. Jordan	79
Texas Tie Houses —Pat Ellis Taylor	85
Style and Form	93
Comanche Tepees—Ferdinand Roemer	95
Pueblo Indian Housing in Texas: Ysleta del Sur—Thomas A. Green, Jr.	97
Alabama-Coushatta Buildings—Howard N. Martin	101
The Old Koch House—Connie Hall	107
Alsatian Architecture in Medina County—Terri Ross	121
Silesian Polish Folk Architecture in Texas—T. Lindsay Baker	131
A Russian-German Folk House in North Texas—Terry G. Jordan	137
Shotgun Houses and Shacks—Sylvia Grider	141
Barns and Outbuildings	147
Barns and Outbuildings—Thomas J. Stanly	149
Gates and Fences	175
Rails, Rocks, and Pickets: Traditional Farmstead Fencing in Texas—Lonn Taylor	177
Gates—C.W. Wimberley	191
The Devil's Hatband in the Lone Star State: The Introduction of Barbed Wire in Texas—Robert J. Duncan	197
Holding Water	209
Vanes in the Wind: Art and Custom in Texas Windmills—James M. Day	211
Tank, Tub, and Cistern—Ernest B. Speck	225
When the Creeks Run Dry: Water Milling in the German Hill Country—Glen Lich and Lera Tyler	237
Restoration and Preservation	247
The Restoration of the Rice Family Log Home—Steve Whiston	249
Outdoor Museums in Texas—Willard B. Robinson	259
Contributors	274


Legendary Ladies of Texas. PTFS XLIII. Francis Edward Abernethy, editor. Dallas, E-Heart Press, 1981.
CONTENTS
Preface—Francis Edward Abernethy	vii
Introduction/Women in Texas History and Legend—Mary Beth Rogers	3
Early Days
María de Agreda: The Lady in Blue—Francis Edward Abernethy	9
Angelina—Diane H. Corbin	15
Emily Morgan: Yellow Rose of Texas—Martha Anne Turner	21
The Weeping Woman: La Llorona—John O. West	31
Settlers
Belle Starr: The Bandit Queen of Dallas—Ruthe Winegarten	39
The Ghost of Chipita: The Crying Woman of San Patricio—Marylyn Underwood	51
The Capitol's Lady—Audray Bateman	57
Two Sixshooters and a Sunbonnet: The Story of Sally Skull—Dan Kilgore	59
Sophia Porter: Texas' Own Scarlett O'Hara—Jack Maguire	73
Elise Waerenskjold: A Modern on the Prairie—Sherry A. Smith	79
Texas Gets Culture
Adah Isaacs Menken: From Texas to Paris—Pamela Lynn Palmer	85
Elisabet Ney: Texas' First Lady of Sculpture—Mary E. Nye	95
Mollie Bailey: Circus Entrepreneur—Martha Hartzog	107
Martha White McWhirter and the Belton Sanctificationists—Frieda Werden	115
Aunt Dicy: Legendary Black Lady—James W. Byrd	123
El Paso Madams—H. Gordon Frost	133
Early 20th Century
Pardon Me, Governor Ferguson—Maisie Paulissen	145
"Tell Them I Don't Smoke Cigars": The Story of Bonnie Parker—John Neal Phillips and André L. Gorzell	163
Glamour Girl Called Electra—Frank X. Tolbert	173
The Babe—Mary Kay Knief	175
Modern Times
Janis and the Austin Scene—Stanley G. Alexander	185
Legends in Their Own Time: The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders—James Ward Lee	195
Honky Tonk Angels—Sue Simmons McGinity	203
Woman as Victim in Modern Folklore—Ann Carpenter	211
Mrs. Bailey and the Bears—Margaret L. Hewett	217
Contributors	219
Illustration credits	223


T for Texas: A State Full of Folklore. PTFS XLIV. Francis E. Abernethy, editor. Dallas: E-Heart Press, 1982.
CONTENTS
Preface—Francis Edward Abernethy	vii
Goin' Home with the Dasypus Novemcinctus the Mystique of the Armadillo—Hermes Nye	3
The Home Place—Sid Cox	15
A Place Against the Sky—Martha Emmons	23
My Favorite Texan and Folklore—Mrs. John Q. Anderson	31
Love Among the Elephant Ears & Other True Stories—Al Lowman	43
Bill Warren of the Big Thicket—Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller	57
A Tale of Not So Long Ago—June R. Welch	69
Night Horse Nightmare—Paul Patterson	77
Texas Country Schoolteachers: Living Proof of a Legend—Lou Rodenberger	85
Legal Lore from the Courthouse—William N. Stokes, Jr.	95
Persimmon Beer—R.L. Cowser, Jr.	105
A Letter from the Long Circle—Wayne Echols	111
"The Glamor of the Gay Night Life" The Classic Honky Tonk—James Ward Lee	117
How to Have, to Hold, or Free Oneself of a Lover—Dolores L. Latorre	127
Pecos Bill: His Genesis and Creators—James M. Day	135
The Vampire in an Age of Technology—Leslie M. Thompson	149
Pull Rings, Kidney Machines, and the Oral Tradition—Lawrence Clayton	161
Folklorish Remnants of Peyote Ceremonialism—Ernestine P. Sewell & Charles E. Linck	167
Animal Metaphors & Verbal Abuse: Social Relations & Values Among German Speaking Farmers on Cypress Creek, Kerr County—Glen E. Lich	177
Within the Walls Texas Prison Folklore—Martha Anne Turner	195
Oil Field Jokes from the Llano Estacado—Jim Harris	211
Happy Jack and the Booger Man—Roy W. Lawson as told to his daughter Mrs. Patt Roach	219
When You Call Me That, Smile! or Folklore, Ethology, & Communication—Francis Edward Abernethy	225
Folk Stories from the Elmdale Community—Nancy Patrick/Student Contest Winner	233
Piecing Patches and Quilting Up a Storm—Gail Y. Litton/Student Contest Winner	241
Chronological & Bibliographical Listings of Texas Folklore Society Publications—Herbert C. Arbuckle, III	251
Contributors	275


Folk Art in Texas. PTFS XLV. Francis E. Abernethy, editor. Dallas, SMU Press, 1984.
CONTENTS
Preface	vii
Folk Art in General, Yard Art in Particular—Francis Edward Abernethy	2
Some People Call This Art—Joseph F. Lomax	16
The Rural Mailbox—Ernestine P. Sewell and Charles E. Linck, Jr.	22
Tail Fins Forever (Or, Anyone Who Names His Zebra "Spot" Can't Be All Bad)—Robert and Linda Mitchell	26
Guardians, Surviving Folkways—John Igo	30
The Orange Show—Joseph F. Lomax	38
Folk Grave Decoration Along the Rio Grande—John O. West	46
At Rest: Folk Art in Texas Cemeteries—Beverly Kremenak-Pecotte	52
El Paso Murals—Jacquelyn Spier	64
Art Among the Low Riders—Bill Gradante	70
Tattooing in Texas—Alan Govenar	78
The Flourishing Pen—Gerry Doyle	88
The Art of the Cowboy Hat—Martha Hartzog and M.E. "Manny" Gammage	94
Gal-Legs and Goosenecks: Folk Art on the Texas Range—B. Byron Price	104
Bill Barton: Putting Art in Saddlemaking—Lawrence Clayton	114
The Textile Artist—Diane H. Corbin	122
Tatting—Sadie Williford Allison	126
Quiltmaking: A Creative Tradition—Melvin Rosser Mason	130
A Ring of Iron—Joe Pehoski	138
Pine Needle Art of the Big Thicket Indians—Howard Peacock	150
Born a Whittler—Ouida Day Bailey	154
Texas Folk Artists—Cecilia Steinfeldt	158
The Itinerant Indian Artists of West Texas—Miriam A. Lowrance	160
Jail House Rag—Glenna M. Stearman Park	166
"Uncle Pete" Drgac, Czech-American Folk Artist—Clinton Machann	172
Johnny W. Banks, Black, Man, Texan, Artist—Michael Mott	178
Alice Dickerson Montemayor of Laredo—Sandra Jordan	184
Eddie Arning: Texas Folk Artist—Alexander Sackton	188
Contributors	196
Index	198


Sonovagun Stew. PTFS XLVI. Francis E. Abernethy, editor. Dallas: SMU Press, 1985.
CONTENTS
Preface—Francis Edward Abernethy	vii
Folklore and Me—John Graves	2
From Folk to Popular Song to Folklore: The Story of Bob Wills' "San Antonio Rose"—Charles R. Townsend	12
"The Cowboy's Christmas Ball": The Historicity of a Cowboy Ballad—Connie Ricci	28
Three Corridos of the Big Bend—Elton Miles	36
Cowboy and Gaucho Songs: A Comparison—Lawrence Clayton and Rosita Chazarreta	48
Heaven—James Ward Lee	65
The Old-Time Cowboy Inside Out—Paul Patterson	75
The Gathering—Marguerite Nixon	82
Mildew on the Elephant Ears—Al Lowman	87
Forty-two Baptist Kids and Three Baptist Deacons: The Saga of a "Churching"—William N. Stokes, Jr.	96
Old Army Went to Hell in 1958: Aggie War Stories from the Corps of Cadets—Joe S. Graham	105
Please Drink the Water: Some Curative Mineral Wells of Texas—Don R. Swadley	122
It All Wound Up in Bales—Ernest B. Speck	129
Coyote: The Suffering Savior—Blake Burleson	136
A Texas Planked Pirogue: The Caddo Lake Bateau—James Conrad and Thad Sitton	145
Contributors	163
Index	165


Hoein' the Short Rows. PTFS XLVII. Francis Edward Abernethy, editor. Dallas, SMU Press, 1987.
CONTENTS
Preface—Francis Edward Abernethy	xi
A High Toned Woman—Joyce Gibson Roach	1
The Lingo of the Espee—Charlie Oden	11
Mechanical Macho: The Current Craze for Customizing Pickups—Kenneth W. Davis	31
Texas Baptistry Paintings: Landscape, Doctrine, Mysticism—Jack Welch	43
Celebrations of the Dead: Merging Traditions in the Spanish Southwest—John O. West	57
Mexican-American Lime Kilns in West Texas: The Limits of Folk Technology—Joe S. Graham	73
A Rose Blooms in the Desert: The Saga of the Santa Rita #1—Edward C. Rowland	93
The Rules of Cockfighting—Jim Harris	101
The Family Saga: An Interpretive Analysis—Lawrence Clayton	113
Showdown at Sunup—Paul Patterson	127
Elephant Ears in the Churchyard—Al Lowman	133
Hog Drovers: The Why and How of Hog Drives—Lora B. Garrison	141
A Key of Golden: Brief Encounters Remembered—Mrs. John Q. Anderson	151
Summer Revival—Ernest B. Speck	161
Growing Up in Bosque County—Palmer Olsen	171
Cowboy Poets—Guy Logsdon	181
Folk Poetry: Texas, Southwest—Elton Miles	201
Contributors	227
Index	231


Texas Toys and Games. PTFS XLVIII. Francis Edward Abernethy, editor. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1989.
CONTENTS
Preface	vii
Part One - Folk Toys	1
Wheels	3
Kites and Other Flying Things	16
Floaters	30
Stilts and Stick Horses	38
Weapons	45
Dolls	60
Toy Box	78
Playhouses, Clubhouses, and Tree Houses	90
Part Two - Folk Games	101
Guessing and Gambling	103
Chasing and Capturing	115
Sticks and Stones	136
Marbles	150
Tops and Knives	162
Rhythm Games	173
Play-Party Games and Songs	190
Part Three - Essays on Toys and Games	215
Folk Toys in Texas, by Lee Haile	217
Toys on the Frontier, by Joyce Gibson Roach	220
Folk Games of Texas Children, by Martha Hartzog	224
Children's Games and Socialization in the Texas Hill Country, by Lera Tyler Lich	229
Games and Recreation, by F.E. Abernethy	236
Bibliography	241
Index of Contributors	245
Index of Toys and Games	249


The Bounty of Texas. PTFS XLIX. Francis Edward Abernethy, editor. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1990.
CONTENTS
Preface	1
The Bounty of the Woods—R.A. Hill	13
Fiction Writers are Liars and Thieves—Elmer Kelton	50
A Sense of Place—Joyce Gibson Roach and Robert Flynn	63
Brush Country, Vaqueros, and Hamlet's Ghost—Paul Clois Stone	77
Curiosity in Deer—J. Frank Dobie	87
The Pleasure Frank Dobie Took in Grass—Bertha McKee Dobie	92
The Folksong Scholarship of Dorothy Scarborough—Sylvia Grider	96
Ben Carlton Mead: Portrait of an Artist—Robert J. Duncan	104
The Lone Ranger Rides Again—Connie Ricci	115
Ollie North: Hero, Villain, or Temporary Prince?—Jeri Tanner	121
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum—Paul Patterson	132
Dogs and Madmen: Stories from the Sufi Tradition—Tom McClellan	143
Bodies and Souls: Some Partings of the Twain—Kenneth Davis	148
Glen Rose 'Shine—Janet Jeffery	156
Storm Cellar Wisdom: Tall Tales from Down Under—Faye Leeper	163
Good Providing, Good Eating—Lera Tyler Lich	172
The German Volksfest in Brenham—W.M. Von-Maszewski	180
Catheads, Coal Burners, and Cho-Cho Sticks: Folk Speech in Texas Prisons—Charles Shafer	194
Contributors	219
Index	225


Hecho en Tejas: Texas-Mexican Folk Arts and Crafts. PTFS L. Joe S. Graham, ed. F.E. Abernethy, general ed. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1991
CONTENTS
Preface—Francis Edward Abernethy	ix
Hecho a Mano en Tejas—Joe S. Graham	1
Art Among Us/Arte Entre Nosotros: Mexican-American Folk Art in San Antonio—Pat Jasper & Kay Turner	48
The Mexican-American Quilting Traditions of Laredo, San Ygnacio and Zapata—Norma Cantú & Ofelia Zapata Vela	77
Vaquero Folk Arts and Crafts in South Texas—Joe S. Graham	93
Costume as Cultural Resistance and Affirmation: The Case of a South Texas Community—Norma Cantú	117
Coronas para los Muertos: The Fine Art of Making Paper Flowers—Curtis Tunnell & Enrique Madrid	131
Homages in Clay: The Figural Ceramics of José Varela—Suzanne Seriff	146
Miguel Acosta, Instrumentista—James C. McNutt	172
The Piñata-Making Tradition in Laredo—Esperanza Gallegos	188
Tejano Saddlemakers and the Running W Saddle Shop—Joe S. Graham	204
Texas-Mexican Religious Folk Art in Robstown, Texas—Cynthia L. Vidaurri	222
Mexican-American Yard Art in Kingsville—Eric Ramos	250
Grutas in the Spanish Southwest—John O. West	263
Mexican-American Roadside Crosses in Starr County—Alberto Barrera	278
The Jacal in South Texas: The Origins and Form of a Folk House—Joe S. Graham	293
Randado: The Built Environment of a Texas-Mexican Ranch—Mary Anna Casstevens	309
Bibliography of Texas-Mexican Material Culture	335
Contributors	345
Index	349


The Texas Folklore Society 1909–1943, Volume I. PTFS LI. Francis Edward Abernethy. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1992.
CONTENTS
Preface	v
I. In the Beginning: 1909	3
II. First Fruit—The Early Years: 1910 to 1917	21
III. Starting Over with Dobie: 1917 to 1925	77
IV. Dobie's Only Child: 1926 to 1933	123
V. The Centennial Years: 1934 to 1938	195
VI. Weanin' Time: 1939 to 1943	251
Presidents	305
Publications of the Texas Folklore Society	307
Bibliography	311
Index	317


Corners of Texas. PTFS LII. Francis Edward Abernethy. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1993.
CONTENTS
Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	xxiii
Part One: History
A Corner Forever Texas: The Southwestern Writers Collection—Richard A. Holland	3
John Lomax and Texas: Roots of a Career—Nolan Porterfield	31
J. Frank Dobie and the American Folklore Society—Paul Stone	47
Beautifully Printed and Expressive of Texas: Carl Hertzog and the Texas Folklore Society"—Al Lowman	67
Part Two: Folklore
"Pistol Packin' Mamas: Gun Code for Western Women"—Joyce Roach	87
"First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers"—Phyllis Bridges	95
"Forked Stick Folkcraft"—George Ewing	105
"No-Eared Joe: Oil Field Folk Hero"—Tom E. Breedlove	115
"The Boat Called 'El Pato'"—Fernando Garza Quiros	123
"From African Spirit Catcher to American Folk Art Emblem: The Trans-Atlantic
Odyssey of the Bottle Tree"—Richard Graham	131
"A Hog Race"—Bill Brett	139
"An East Texas Lynching: The Humphries/Wilkinson-Greenhaw Feud"—Mark Busby	147
"Hammered Dulcimers and Folk Songs: The Musical Heritage of the C. A. Lee Family"—Jean Granberry Schnitz	159
"The Rabbit, The Lion, and The Man: Race Relations in Folklore Fieldwork"—Patrick B. Mullen	175
"Longino Guerrero's Corrido on J. Frank Dobie"—F. E. Abernethy	197
"Peripatetic Proselytizing"—Julia Whitsitt	201
“The Sunbonnet as Folk Costume”—Janet K. Jeffery	209
"College Creates a New Breed of Cowboy"—Sylvia Gann Mahoney	221
"Laughing at the Clouds: Texas Drought Humor"—Rana K. Williamson	231
"The Blues and Jives of Dr. Hepcat"—Alan Govenar	239
"Motorcycles and Majorettes: Grave Markers for Youth in Central Texas"—Rollo K. Newsom	247
"Singing People are Happy People: A Brief Look at Convention Gospel Music"—Richard J. Mason	267
Contributors	279
Index	285


The Texas Folklore Society 1943–1971. Volume II. PTFS LIII. Francis Edward Abernethy. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1994.
CONTENTS
Preface	v
I . Secretary-Editor Mody Boatright: 1943–1950	3
II. Some Problem Years: 1951–1956	69
III. Finishing the Fifties: 1957–1962	131
IV. Wilson M. Hudson Takes Over: 1963–1967	189
V. End of a Cycle: 1968–1971	251
Presidents	295
Publications of the Texas Folklore Society	297
By-laws	301
Bibliography	305
Index	311


Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore. PTFS LIV. Francis E. Abernethy, Patrick B. Mullen, Alan B. Govenar. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1996.
CONTENTS
Preface—Patrick B. Mullen and Alan Govenar	vii
African-American Folklore in Texas and in the Texas Folklore Society —Francis Edward Abernethy	1
Black Sacred Harp Singing Remembered in East Texas—Donald R. Ross	15
Henry Truvillion of the Big Thicket: A Song Worth Singing—Jesse Truvillion	21
Once Upon a Time in Houston's Fourth Ward—James Thomas Jackson	41
Where the Cedars Grove—Clyde E. Daniels	49
Mance Lipscomb: Fight, Flight or the Blues—Glen Alyn	69
More than Just 'Possum 'n' Taters: Texas-African Foodways in the WPA Slave Narratives—T. Lindsay Baker	95
Giving Honor to God, the Joy and Salvation in My Life: The Appreciation Service in Song—Jan Rosenberg	131
From Gumbo to Grammys’: The Development of Zydeco Music in Houston—Lorenzo Thomas	139
From Bebop to Hard Bop and Beyond: The Texas Jazz Connection—Dave Oliphant	153
African-American Blacksmithing in East Texas—Richard Allen Burns	167
Musical Traditions of Twentieth Century African-American Cowboys—Alan Govenar	195
John Biggers—Artist: Traditional Folkways of the Black Community—Alvia J. Wardlaw	209
The African-American Folktale and J. Mason Brewer—Lorenzo Thomas	223
Juneteenth: A Red Spot Day on the Texas Calendar—William H. Wiggins, Jr.	237
Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Bard of the Third Ward—John Wheat	255
“Bongo Joe” A Traditional Street Performer—Pat Mullen	273
West African Fiddles in Deep East Texas—John Minton	291
"The Yellow Rose of Texas: A Different Cultural View—Trudier Harris	315
The Texas Trailblazer Project—Patricia Smith Prather	335
The Texas African-American Photography Collection and Archive—Alan Govenar	339
The African American Museum of Dallas—Alan Govenar	342
Selected Listing of Resources	344
Contributors	345
Index	353


Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore. PTFS LV. Francis E. Abernethy. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1997.
CONTENTS
Between the Cracks of History—F. E. Abernethy	vii
ESSAYS ON TEACHING FOLKLORE
Classroom Definitions of Folklore—F. E. Abernethy	3
Defining Folklore for My Students—Joyce Roach	10
Folklore and Cinema—Jim Harris	16
Toward a Definition of Folklore—Joe S. Graham	27
Folklore Fieldwork on the Internet: Some Ethical and Practical Considerations—Jan Roush	42
Beginning Within: Teaching Folklore the Easy Way—Rhett Rushing	54
ESSAYS ILLUSTRATING FOLKLORE
The Honored Dead: The Ritual of Police Burial—Phyllis Bridges	79
Meaner Than Hell!—Kenneth W. Davis	94
Gang Graffiti—Ken Untiedt	102
Gideon Lincecum, “Killie Krankie,” and Fiddling in Early Texas—Chris Goertzen	111
The Bluebird Mare from Sterling City—Patrick Dearen	134
The Night the Stars Fell—Robert J. Duncan	149
Rail Tales: Some are True—Charlie Oden	164
Dance Halls of East Texas: From Oral History—Dennis Read and Bobby Nieman	182
The Oil Field Camp—James Winfrey	193
Noises in the Attic: Adventures of Some Texas Ghosts—Allan Turner and Richard Stewart	205
Repo Man—John Lightfoot	215
Tex-Mex Dialect or Gidget Goes to Acuna—Rebecca Cornell	226
Punching Sticks, Flannel Wrapped Bricks, and Pink Powder Purgatives: Spring Rituals—Ernestine Sewell Linck	235
When Harley Sadler's Tent Show Came to Town—J. G. Pinkerton	246
Eating Over the Sink and Other Marital Strategies—James Ward Lee	261
Contributors	271
Index	279


Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore. PTFS LVI. Jim Harris, ed. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1999.
CONTENTS
Dedication	vii
Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore—Jim Harris	1
A Legend Runs Through It–Bryan Woolley The Dallas Morning News	17
The Weeping Woman—John O. West, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram	30
Bois d’Arc Recollections—Ernestine and Charles Linck, The Commerce Journal	37
Prescriptions for Ailments Did Not Always Find a Cure and Dyin’ Easy and Several Other Ways of Crossing Over and Departing This Life— Joyce Gibson Roach, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram	44
Musing on Distant, Faded Glories of the Days of Radio—Robert J. Duncan, The Forth Worth Star Telegram	51
Unknowingly, Security Guard Takes on KKK—Robert J. Duncan, McKinney Courier- Gazette	55
Four Musings on Bad Roosters—Henry Wolff, Jr., The Victoria Advocate	58
The Ol’ Red Rooster Learns a Hard Lesson—Lora B. Garrison, Uvalde Leader-News	66
Hallie Stillwell Will Live on in Memories—Kent Biffle, The Dallas Morning News	70
Ex-Sheriff’s Tale is One for History Books—Kent Biffle, The Dallas Morning News	75
Tales of a Rural School Teacher—Lou Rodenberger, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram	80
The New Year Hasn’t Always Started January 1, and Valentines Day: How It All Began, and Columbus Day Roots are in This Century—Archie McDonald, The Daily Sentinel	85
Texas’ Oddest Animal—Jerry Turner, The Mexia Daily News	93
What Mrs. Rives Found in Gilmer—Sarah Greene, The Gilmer Mirror	96
He “Woodn’t” Trade Hobby for Anything—John Fooks, The Texarkana Gazette	102
The Ghosts of Bill Longley and Bill Longley on the Gallows and Haunted by Bill Longley—A. C. Greene, The Dallas Morning News	106
Weather Lore Isn’t All Wet—Stanley Marcus, The Dallas Morning News	113
Animals Dominate Our Language—Stanley Marcus, The Dallas Morning News	115
Brilliant Brickmanship—Allan Turner, Houston Chronicle	118
History as Close as a Turntable—Allan Turner, Houston Chronicle	124
Working Hard, Joking Hard on the Frontier—Lawrence Clayton, Dallas Times Herald	137
Cow Chip Tea—Haywood Hygh, Marshall News Messenger	142
Orient Hotel Saw Good Times and Bad—Elmer Kelton, West Texas Livestock Weekly	153
El Ojo and Other Folk Beliefs—Joe Graham, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram	158
The Cleo Face—Mike Cox, San Angelo Standard-Times	164
Dr J. Mason Brewer—James W. Byrd, The Commerce Journal	168
Dusting Out—Francis Edward Abernethy, Dallas Times Herald	172
Alfonso’s Yearly Routine—T. Lindsay Baker, Eagle-News	178
Making the Rattlesnake Roundup Circuit—T. Lindsay Baker, Eagle-News	181
Rayon Dresses and FDR—T. Lindsay Baker, The Clarendon News	184
A Collection of Poems—Jean Schnitz, The Kingsville-Bishop Record News	187
Gold Diggers—Patrick Dearen, The Midland Reporter-Telegram	195
Chicken-fried Steak Tour through Texas—Alan Solomon, Chicago Tribune	206
Cowboy Poet Honored by Peers—Peggy McCracken, Pecos Enterprise	213
Telling ‘Tales’ Keeps Patterson Busy and Happy—Rosie Flores, Pecos Enterprise	216
Contributors	222
Index	229


The Texas Folklore Society 1971–2000. Volume III. PTFS LVII. Francis Edward Abernethy. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2000.
CONTENTS
Preface	vii
I. Getting Started in a New Land—The Encino Years: 1971-1978	5
II. E-Heart and SMU Press: 1979-1989	69
III. University of North Texas Press: 1990-2000	137
Presidents of the Texas Folklore Society	207
Publications of the Texas Folklore Society	211
Certificate of Incorporation with Amendments and By-Laws	215
Index	219


2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey. PTFS LVIII. Francis Edward Abernethy, ed. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2001.
CONTENTS
Preface	ix
It’s the Watkins Man!—Kenneth Davis	2
Now You Hear My Horn!—Thad Sitton	16
That Dirty Little Coward!—Tony Clark	26
Mother’s Model T—George Ewing	44
The Origins of the Texas Style of Traditional Old-Time Fiddling—Charles Gardner	54
Epics of Defeat: Texas’ Alamo and Scotland’s Culloden—Sylvia Grider	74
The Roswell Incident: Fiftieth Anniversary Sell-Abration—Becky Matthews	90
Greetings from Frank Dobie—Kevin Hill and Jim Stuart	100
Baby Lore: The Why and Wherefore of It—Joyce Roach	106
Grandparenting—Hazel S. Abernethy	122
“It All Began the Day My Conscience Died:” The Cheatin’ Song from Prototype to Post-Modern—Richard Holland	132
La Quinceañera: A Hispanic Folk Custom—Phyllis Bridges	154
The Breakfast of Champions—J. G. Pinkerton	164
Women A-Horseback - Side or Astride—Carolyn Norgaard	172
“This story has no leeeeede!”—Mike Cox	186
Recipes from Green Pastures—Mary Faulk Koock	206
Take Me Out to the Ballgame—John Lightfoot	222
How Cloth was Dyed during the Civil War in Washington County, Texas—Peggy Redshaw	234
Uppity Women—Archie McDonald	246
Praising Potted Pork Parts: Austin’s One and Only Spamarama—L. Patrick Hughes	256
Homemade Religion: Miraculous Images of Jesus and the Virgin Mary in South Texas—Rhett Rushing	266
The Roy Bedichek Family Letters—Frances B. Vick	276
Emily D. West and the Yellow Prose of Texas: A Primer on Some Primary Documents and their Doctoring—James Lutzweiler	294
The Elusive Emily D. West, Folksong’s Fabled “Yellow Rose of Texas”—F. E. Abernethy	318
Contributors	331
Index	339


Charreada: Mexican Rodeo in Texas. PTFS LIX. Francis E. Abernethy, ed. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002.
CONTENTS
About the Photographer—Bruce Shackelford	viii
Preface—Francis Edward Abernethy	xi
Acknowledgments—Al Rendon	xv
Charrería: From Spain to Texas—Francis Edward Abernethy	1
Charro Regalia—Julia Hambric	7
La Vida del Charro—Bryan Woolley	17
The Events in the Charreada—Julia Hambric	37
La Escaramuza—Julia Hambric	73
Index	97


The Family Saga: A Collection of Texas Family Legends. PTFS LX. Francis Edward Abernethy, Jerry Bryan Lincecum, and Frances B. Vick, eds. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2003.
CONTENTS
Preface by F. E. Abernethy	xiii
Introduction by F. E. Abernethy	1
The Family Saga as a Form of Folklore by Mody C. Boatright	7
1. From the Old Sod to the New World	25
William and Cindrilla—Hazel Shelton Abernethy	27
Ben James Comes to America—Mary M. Aikman	17
Sailing in a Little Boat—Laurette Davis McCommas	29
The Voyage Over—Martha Baxley	30
Our Lost Grandfather—Frances B. Vick	32
Coming to the Colonies in a Press Gang—Jean G. Schnitz	32
Gussie Gets Her Man—Laurette Davis McCommas	33
“Made in America”—Elaine Brown Ascher	34
The Bonfire of Home—Joanna Hurley	36
My Frugal Dad—Henry Wolff, Jr.	37
The Stanglin Family—Carol Hanson	38
Illegal Entry—Lucy Fischer West	39
2. Gone to Texas	43
A Delicate Condition—Elaine Scherer Snider	44
Captain Jack Nash—Carole Hensley Bergfeld	45
The Legend of Billy Hicks—Dorothy Kennedy Lewis	45
The Bear at the Spring—Patsy Johnson Hallman	47
The Rawhide Fight Brought Us to Texas—Frances B. Vick	49
The Fergusons Travel to Texas—Told by Mary Ann Long Ferguson; transcribed by Odessa Hicks Dial and Alice Dial Boney	50
Brothers—Patrick Mullen	53
The Red River Crossing—Jean G. Schnitz	54
Tennessee to Texas—Barbara Pybas	55
Looking for Land—Henry Wolff, Jr.	57
C. A. Lee Escapes to Texas—Jean G. Schnitz	59
Gone to Texas, 1940!—Marilyn Colegrove Manning	60
3. The Civil War	65
Granma and General Sherman—John O. West	66
James Ware’s Hanging—Gloria Counts	68
A Woman’s Strong Love—Dianna Shull	69
Swimming the Swollen Stream—Lottie Guttry	69
My Grandmother’s Trip—Louise Martin	72
Uncle Levi—Patsy Johnson Hallman	73
Letters from Ezekial Cobb—Ezekiel Cobb	75
An Old Tintype and A Faded Journal—Eleanor Monroe	76
Ephriam Dial in the Civil War—Frances B. Vick and Andrew Brannen	78
The Civil War and the Scudder Family—Jean G. Schnitz	80
The Last Ham—Barbara Pybas	82
Civil War Casualty—Eleanor Monroe	84
The Aftermath of the Civil War—Told by Mary Ann Long Ferguson; transcribed by Odessa Hicks Dial	86
4. Indians	89
Josephus and Frank Browning—Karen McDonald	91
Lye Soap—Elizabeth Stanley Pope as told to Janet Jeffery	92
A Night to Remember—Eleanor Monroe	93
Another Indian Story—Myrtle Oldham Ham transcribed by Jo Ellen Ham Miller	94
Experiences of Calvin and Nancy Fisher—Grace Fisher Porch	97
A. J. Walker and the Indians—Frances B. Vick and Andrew Brannen	98
A Fat Man’s Misery—Jean G. Schnitz	100
Gramma Garrett—Lucille Harris	101
She Put it in Writing—Jennifer Curtis	101
A Renegade Rifle—Austin T. King	102
A Tale Grandpa Told about Indians—Ernest B. Speck	104
5. Animals, Wild and Domestic	107
Bears and Wild Beasts—Myrtle Oldham Ham transcribed by Jo Ellen Ham Miller	108
Thomas and the Rattlesnake—Waun Harrison	113
Papa John and the Bull—Sue Wenner	114
Do Unto Others…—Lillian Ellisene Rumage Davis	115
Catching Wild Mustangs—Frances B. Vick and Andrew Brannen	115
A Snake Story from the 1930s—Barbara Pybas	117
The Bear Knife—Florena Williams	118
Hog Stories from the Davis Family—Kenneth W. Davis	119
Susannah and Her Angora Goats—Lora B. Garrison	121
Wild Goose—Palmer Henry Olsen	123
The Goat on the Courthouse Square—Mildred Boren Sentell	125
Wagon Yard Trades—Ross Estes, Edited by Robert J. Duncan	126
Big Boy Whatley: Horse Trader—Elmer Kelton	127
Cookin’ a Possum—James Ward Lee	128
Hog Drovers—Lora B. Garrison	128
Grandma Anderson and the Milk Cow—Al Lowman	129
6. The Church, Preachers, and Religion	133
The Church at Piney—Estella Wright Szegedin	135
Ice—Thad Sitton	137
Grandpa and the Preachin’ House—Ruth Garrison Scurlock	140
Ferguson’s Boys—Told by Mary Ann Long Ferguson; transcribed by Odessa Hicks Dial and Alice Dial Boney	140
Watt Moorman and the Methodist—John F. Short	141
Father Parisot’s Saddle—Gwendolyn Wingate	141
Aunt Ocie’s Church Story—Patrick Mullen	143
Country Preacher—Georgeanne Hitzfeld	144
Redemption and Fried Chicken—Georgeanne Hitzfeld	146
Pa Gunn’s Conversion Experience—Sarah Zoda	147
7. Ghosts and the Supernatural	149
The Pennington Ghost—John Artie McCall	150
Restless Spirits—Elaine Scherer Snider	151
Brother Murder—Timothy Lee Jones	152
Uncle Fate’s Jealous Wives—Lee Winniford	153
Tales from Mr. Hatcher—Patsy Johnson Hallman	155
Death Omen—Donna McFadden	157
Grandfather’s Ghost—Gail Simon	158
Return from Death—Carole Bruce	159
The Legend of a Dream—Cynthia Lowry	159
The Ghost of Ghosty Branch—Andrew Brannen to Frances B. Vick	160
Mystic Magnolia—Herb Sanders	161
Crazy Women in the Rafters—Paul Patterson	163
8. Feuding and Fighting	167
The Mitchell-Coker Feud—Dorothy Kennedy Lewis	168
Dutch Joe and the Wolf’s Tail—Gwendolyn Wingate	168
Jones-Smith Feud—Patsy Johnson Hallman	169
The Sullivan Family Feud—Mary Means Sullivan	170
A Neighborly Dispute—Jo Wilkinson Lyday	172
Aunt Elm at the Courthouse—Callie Coe Wilson	173
Legends of the Regulator-Moderator War in Shelby County, Texas—John F. Short	175
Legend of a Ranger—Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell	179
Grandad McCall and the Outlaw—John Artie McCall	180
The Bedsprings Feud—Martha Baxley	181
Feuding Aunts—Jean G. Schnitz	182
9. Hard Times	185
Blowing Away in the Panhandle—F. E. Abernethy	186
Uncle Lyndon Hartman—From Uncle Carl Hartman to Joyce Roach	188
Claude Rumage—Lillian Ellisene Rumage Davis	190
Getting Gold for the Hard Times—Lee Winniford	191
Sharecroppin’—Annie Mae Stamey Rushing, told to Rhett Rushing	194
The Sharecropper’s Cow—Barbara Pybas	197
Stolen Corn—Jean G. Schnitz	198
A Dollar A Day—Henry Wolff, Jr.	199
Hard Times and Low Pay—Carl Halsell, told to Lou Rodenberger	199
Possum and Sweet ’Taters—“Wildwood” Dean Price	200
10. A Brush with History	203
Santa Anna’s “Suicide”—Tom Davison	204
Galveston Storm—Nancy Carr	206
Hanging Bill Longley—Jane Barnhart Burrows	207
Gideon Lincecum and Choctaw Chief Pushmataha—Jerry Bryan Lincecum	207
Davy Crockett—Jeanne Blackstone Almany	209
The Mayor and President Roosevelt—Jean G. Schnitz	210
Forever Ford—Laurette Davis McCommas	211
Grandma Walker and John Wesley Hardin—Frances B. Vick	212
DOR!—Kenneth W. Davis	213
Sousa and Mr. Sam---Silva Boze Brown	214
Passing Up a Brush with Fame—Florena Williams	215
Bonnie and Clyde—Faye Leeper	216
Villa Raid—Jesse Thompson as told to Austin T. King	218
Meeting Prince Charles—Laurette Davis McCommas	219
11. The Wars	221
Son of the American Revolution—Gideon Lincecum; edited by Jerry Bryan Lincecum	223
Isom Parmer, Saracen, and the Battle of San Jacinto—Frances B. Vick	225
C. A. Lee: What Side Was He On?—Jean G. Schnitz	226
Soldier Boy—Laurette Davis McCommas	228
Daddy’s World War I Story—Frances B. Vick	231
A Heroic Veteran of Foreign Wars—Marlene Rushing	232
When the Telegram Came—Frances B. Vick	233
My Longest Day—J. Willis Hastings	235
My WWII Bride—Elmer Kelton	237
My Sister Joins the Marines—Martha Baxley	239
The Rain in Korea is Awful Cold and Wet—James Ward Lee	241
A Light in the Darkness—Robert Flynn	244
12. The Cycle of Life	249
Birthing and Naming
Herschel and Leo—Frances B. Vick	250
Voodoo Child—Marlene Rushing	250
Almost a Bastard—Barbara Pybas	251
Jane Holder—Artiemesia Lucille Brison Spencer	252
Courtship & Marriage
Susannah and Alex Auld—Lora B. Garrison	252
Aunt Rosa’s “Sweetheart Story”—Gwen Choate	254
The Outhouse Letters—Sandra Brownlow	254
How My Grandparents Met—Carol Hanson	254
Masculine Modesty—Lee Winniford	256
The Locket—Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell	256
Thanks to a Psychic in Shanghai—Lucy Fischer West	258
Always Hopeful—Sheila J. Spiess	260
Death and Burial
Pap Paschall and Burial by Sewing Machine—Patsy Johnson Hallman	262
Shrouds from Sheets—Told by Mary Ann Long Ferguson; Transcribed by Odessa Hicks Dial and Alice Dial Boney	262
Rushed Burial—Lee Winniford	262
Allen’s Last Roundup—Sloan Matthews to Mrs. Tom Matthews	264
Arthur Scudder and the Green Pecans—Jean G. Schnitz	264
John Doe—Jo Ellen Ham Miller	266
John and Lizzie Ross—Carol Hanson	266
The Last Poker Game—Thomas P. Carolan	268
13. Family Matters	271
Aunt Mary—Lou Rodenberger	272
A Calf for a Candy Stick—Lora B. Garrison	272
Almost a Catastrophe—Frances B. Vick	272
The Hanged Cousin in Greer County—Martha Cavness	273
The Best Christmas Ever—Al Lowman	274
A Tough Old Woman and Her Colt—Elaine Scherer Snider	275
The Day Grandpa Peterson Jumped into the Well—Gwen Choate	277
Cured with a Hot Iron—Ernest B. Speck	278
Dad’s New Pickup—Mildred Boren Sentell	279
Lev and Hy Ainsworth—Jim H. Ainsworth	280
Patch—Jim Vause	281
Blue Eyes—Tom Chesnut	282
Uncle Henry—Edward R. Raasch	283
Carol—Patrick Mullen	284
Daddy Was Our Black Sheep—Martha Baxley	285
“Oh, Molly Hair!”—Margaret A. Cox	286
Uncle George and the Family Whipping—Archie P. McDonald	289
12. Family Characters: Heroes, Black Sheep, and Eccentrics	293
Cousin Ad and Cousin Net—Follis Bennett told to Patsy Johnson Hallman	294
Gus Hooks of the Big Thicket—Callie Coe Wilson and Ellen Walker Rienstra	295
Gideon Lincecum’s Christmas Ritual—Gideon Lincecum, edited by Jerry Bryan Lincecum	296
Mariner Wilcox and the Fabulous Fib—Sybil F. Crawford	298
William Fletcher Crowell—Donna McFadden	300
Grannie’s Old Pickup Truck—Lora B. Garrison	301
My Ancestor Was Hanged When He Was 14 Years Old—Mary Joe Clendenin	303
Patman Takes in Washing—Patsy Johnson Hallman	305
Martin Parmer—The Ringtailed Panther—Frances B. Vick	306
The Blackburns—Virginia Alexander	310
Meeting Grandpa Owens—June Welch	313
Uncle Mule!—John Graves	314
The Shootout at Sunset—June Welch	315
15. Miscellaneous	319
Naming the Town of Rockne—Patrick B. Vick	319
Whizzerville!—Lou Rodenberger	320
E-Heart—Frances B. Vick	320
Family Folklore: Names—Jerry Bryan Lincecum	321
A Cure for Free—Eleanor Monroe	322
Vigilante Raid—Jean G. Schnitz	323
From Hogtown to Seymour—Jean G. Schnitz	324
Grinding the Cornmeal—Barbara Pybas	324
Grandmother Perkins: Healer—Kenneth W. Davis	325
Contributors	327
Index	349



Both Sides of the Border: A Scattering of Texas Folklore. PTFS LXI. Francis Edward Abernethy and Kenneth L. Untiedt eds. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2004.
CONTENTS
Preface by F. E. Abernethy	vii
I. REMEMBERING OUR ANCESTORS
Letters from J. Frank Dobie to John Robert Craddock—Mary Belle Ingram with F. E. Abernethy	2
Doc Sonnichsen Holds His Own—Al Lowman	30
II. TEXAS-MEXICAN FOLKLORE
Growing Up on Both Sides of the Border—Lucy Fischer West	42
Welito: A Mexican-American Family in Southwest Texas—Bertha Dominguez	56
Folklore of a San Antonio Midwife—Alicia Zavala Galvan	66
Religion, Superstitions, and Remedios in the Mexican-American Culture—Gloria Duarte-Valverda	72
Pepe’s Panaderia: Bread Folklore—Kenneth W. Davis	82
A Tortilla Is Never “Just” a Tortilla—Lucy Fischer West	92
III. MISCELLANEOUS MEMORABILIA
The Evolution of a Legend: The Headless Horseman of Texas—Lou Ann Herda	102
Who is Buried in Jesse James’ Grave?—Tony Clark	118
A Note on the Pacing White Mustang Legend—James T. Bratcher	130
Hell is for He-Men!—James Ward Lee	138
Clementine Hunter: Folk Artist—Phyllis Bridges	150
Packaged Folklore: The Texas Folklife Festival – Storysmithing and Shapeshifting—John L. Davis	162
Same Song, Second Verse—Jean Granberry Schnitz	175
Texas Kitsch and Other Collectibles—Georgia Caraway	206
Texas Freedman’s Settlements in the New South—Thad Sitton	216
Toby’s Hound—Pat Barton	232
IV. THE FAMILY SAGA (Cont’d)
Passing the Light: How Family Stories Shape Our Lives—Jan Epton Seale	238
Two Tales of My Family: Two Tales of Who I Am—Charlie McCormick	252
Red Kelly’s Grandmother—Ralph Ramos	260
A Family Full of Scars—George Ewing	264
The Day Grandpa Blew Up the Tractor—Duane L. Spiess	273
Greater Love….—George N. Oliver (1923-2002)—As told to F. E. Abernethy	276
Family Saga vs. History: Hezekiah Lincecum and the Church—Jerry Bryan Lincecum	281
List of Contributors	293
Index	297


Inside the Classroom (And Out): How We Learn Through Folklore. PTFS LXII. Kenneth L. Untiedt, ed. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2005.
CONTENTS
Preface by Kenneth L. Untiedt	vii
I. The Early Years
Folklore in a Literate Society—Mody C. Boatright	2
Folklore 101—Cynthia Savage	10
The Faultless Starch Library—Ellisene Davis	16
Day Care Oral Traditions and School Yard Games—Tierney Untiedt	30
You Can Tell A Scout From Texas—Rebecca Matthews	38
It All Depended on the Teacher: Classroom Resources in Texas Country Schools—Lou Rodenberger	46
Folklore in Schools: Connections Between Folklore and Education—Barbara Morgan-Fleming	56
II. High School Years
Knowledge About Folk Medicine Among Students in Alice High School—Elizabeth Galindo	84
School Yearbooks: Time Capsules of Texas Folklore—Jean Granberry Schnitz	92
Two-Bits, Four-Bits, or High School Cheerleading as a Lay Folk Ritual—Ernest B. Speck	114
Seeing Red over Varsity Blues—Ty Cashion	126
III. A Tribute to Paul Patterson
‘Jes Sir, “Meester Patterson”: The Legendry of a Master—Ernestine P. Sewell	134
Paul Patterson—Elmer Kelton	148
Paul Patterson, Master Teacher—Evelyn Stroder	154
A Pecos Pilgrim’s Pilgrimage: The Prose Narratives of Paul Patterson—Lawrence Clayton	164
IV. College Years
Small-Town Texas Wisdom—J. G. “Paw-Paw” Pinkerton	176
Aggie Incredibles—Palmer Henry Olsen	184
Peas in the Family—Charles Chupp	196
College Rodeo Cowgirls: from Queen to Contestant to Coach—Sylvia Mahoney	200
Ghosts, Goblins, Virgins, and Other Supernatural Creatures: Ghost Stories at
Texas Tech University and South Plains College—Mike Felker	212
V. Language and Study
Popular English Usage in Texas, or How You’re S’posed to Talk—Robert Duncan	224
Talking Fancy—James Ward Lee	232
Folk Use of Mnemonics—Jerry Crouser	246
Some Aspects of Language in Selected Cowboy Poetry—Mary Jane Hurst	258
Some Past Directions of Narrative-Folklore Study—James T. Bratcher	272

Biographical Information	299
Index	307


Folklore: In All of Us, In All We Do. PTFS LXIII. Kenneth L. Untiedt, ed. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2006.
CONTENTS
Preface by Kenneth L. Untiedt	vii
I. First Cousins: Folklore and History
Is It Folklore or History? The Answer May Be Important—Tom Crum	3
The Roadrunner in Fact and Folk-Lore—J. Frank Dobie	13
Cavalry Traditions on the Texas Frontier—James T. Matthews	41
Gathering at Bill’s: Maintaining the Folklore of Live Oak County—Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell	51
II. A Woman’s Touch
The Cooking Extravaganza: Sequel to “Gathering at Bill’s”—Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell	65
Growing Up Female in Texas: The Importance of Beauty Pageants in Texas Communities—Kelly M. Mosel-Talavera	77
Madame Blackley: Seer of South Texas—Henry Wolff, Jr.	95
La Llorona’s Ancestry: Crossing Cultural Boundaries—Gloria Duarte	107
Burning Brightly: The Easter Fires of Maternal Necessity—Donna Melitio	115
III. Folklore At Work: Occupational Lore
Five Stands Off Bottom—Lew Schnitz	127
Dispatches from the Electronic Front Lines—Charles Williams	137
A Rural Mail Carrier—Milt McAfee (as told by Ben Mead)	149
The Trials and Tribulations of a Dirt Road Country Doctor—Mildred Boren Sentell	161
Joe Fitzgerald, Nurseryman and Philosopher—Mary Joe (Fitzgerald) Clendenin	173
Water Woes and Water Ways: Tales of Texas Engineer John B. Hawley—Deborah Lightfoot Sizemore	183
IV. Cops, Politicians, and Other Shady Characters
The Long Arm of the Law—Martha Emmons	199
The Police Language: The Lore of Law Enforcement Communication in West Texas—Kenneth L. Untiedt	205
Cactus Jack Garner as Folk Hero, Vice-President of the United States 1933-1940—Lora B. Garrison	215
And Lo to Vernon Came: The Con Man, the Bootlegger Man, and the Music Man—William N. Stokes, Jr.	227
Horsetrading and Ethics—J. Rhett Rushing	239
V. Odds and Ends
The Lore of Retirement and Extended Care Facilities—Kenneth W. Davis	253
Folksy, but Devout, Bookkeeping—George Wilmeth Ewing	263
Mi Fronteridad in the Classroom: The Power of Writing and Sharing Stories—Meredith E. Abarca	273
Contributors’ Vitas	281
Index	289



Folklore in Motion: Texas Travel Lore. PTFS LXIV. Kenneth L. Untiedt, ed. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2007.
CONTENTS
Preface by Kenneth L. Untiedt	vii
I. Folk Travel in Texas
Texans on the Road: The Folklore of Travel—Jim Harris	3
Traveling Texan—Archie P. McDonald	13
Red River Bridge War—Jerry B. Lincecum	25
Wagon Train Experience—Carol Hanson	35
Farm and Ranch Entrances in West Texas—Mary Harris	51
II. Back in the Day
Legends of the Trail—Francis E. Abernethy	61
The Passage of Scotland’s Four/El Pasaje de los Cuatro de Escocia—Consuelo L. Samarripa	77
Gone to (South) Texas—Janet McCannon Simonds	83
Fannie Marchman’s Journey from Atlanta, Georgia, to Jefferson, Texas—Ellen Pearson	99
Walter Henry Burton’s Ride - Bell County to Juarez, Mexico, in 1888—James Burton Kelly	113
The Galloping Gourmet; or, The Chuck Wagon Cook and His Craft—John O. West	123
The Language of the Trail Drivers: An Examination of the Origin and
Diffusion of an Industry-Oriented Vocabulary—W. C. Jameson	139
III. The Modern Era: Tales of Rails and Highways
Rail Remembrances: The Train in Folk Memory and Imagination—L. Patrick Hughes	149
Safe in the Arms of Trainmen—Jan Epton Seale	159
Tales of the Rails—Charlie Oden	165
The Ford Epigram—Newton Gaines	175
Watch the Fords Go By: The Automobile Comes to Old Bell County—Kenneth W. Davis	183
Driving Across Texas at Thirty-Five Miles Per Hour—Jean Granberry Schnitz	193
IV. Still Movin’ On, Any Way They Can
High Flyin’ Times—Barbara Pybas	205
Back in the Saddle Again: Riding the Chrome-moly Horse—Lucille Enix	219
Iron Butt Saddlesore—Paul N. Yeager	227
The Unspoken Code of Chivalry Among Drag Racers—Gretchen Lutz	245
Eating Up Route 66: Foodways of Motorists Crossing the Texas Panhandle—T. Lindsay Baker	253
There’s Life Beyond the Sonic: Growing Up Cruising—Charlie McCormick	267
Contributors’ Vitas	273
Index	281


Death Lore: Texas Rituals, Superstitions, and Legends of the Hereafter. PTFS LXV. Kenneth L. Untiedt, ed. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2008.
CONTENTS
Preface by Kenneth L. Untiedt	vii
I. Introduction
The Lore of Death—Kenneth L. Untiedt	1
II. “Final” Resting Places
Life and Death in Old Bexar—David LaRo	15
The Past at Rest: Two Historic Austin Cemeteries—L. Patrick Hughes	31
Eden Cemetery—Margaret A. Cox	41
Buried in Texas: Any and Every Which Way—Henry Wolff, Jr.	45
There’s Something About Old Country Graveyards—Jim H. Ainsworth	59
Who Is Digging on My Grave? The Corps of Engineers?—Charles B. Martin	65
III. Getting There: Rituals, Ceremonies, and the Process of Dying
Most People in Texas Don’t Die—Mildred Boren Sentell	79
Oakhill Cemetery—Sue M. Friday	89
A Most Unusual Upbringing—A. C. Sanders	95
Funereal Humor—Kenneth W. Davis	107
A Family Secret—Herbert H. Sanders	113
Death Behind the Walls: Rituals, Folktales, and True Stories—Ruth Massingill	119
Origins and Celebrations of El Día de los Muertos—J. Rhet Rushing	147
From the Gallows: A Confession and Apology—Jerry B. Lincecum	153
IV. Superstitions, Strange Stories, and Voices from the “Other Side”
The Spirit That Walked Toward Hornsby’s Bend—Charlie Oden	161
A Grave Mistake—Jennifer O. Curtis	169
Larger Than Life, Even in Death—Robert J. (Jack) Duncan	173
Messages from the Spiritual World—Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell	183
Chipita Rodriguez: The Only Woman Hanged in Texas During the Civil War—Carolyn Arrington	199
The Friendly Ghost—Edward R. Raasch	205
V. Thoughts, Musings, and Pure Speculation
Graveyard Meanderin’: Or, Things of Life Learned Among the Dead—Leslie LaRo	211
The Walking Dead: The Role of the Corpse in Western Myths—David H. Zimmermann	217
Grandmother’s Uncle—Brenda Black White	225
The Yellow Flower of Death—Hortense Warner Ward	237
A Gift of Time—Karen Clark Ristine	239
Super Reality—Faye Leeper	247
Contributors’ Vitas	255
Index	265


Celebrating 100 Years of the Texas Folklore Society, 1909-2009 PTFS LXVI. Kenneth L. Untiedt, ed. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2009.
CONTENTS
I. What's the Point: Why the Folk Come in the First Place
Hooked on Texas—Clarence Jay Faulkner	3
Beware of Folklore Addiction—Scott Hill Bumgardner	9
McDade and Me—Vicky Rose	13
Mother Lodes of Mexican Lore—Lucy Fischer West	34
Dobie's Disciples and the Choctaw Five—Tim Tingle	43
The Texas Folklore Society Was Part of My Life, Long Before I Knew It—Jean Granberry Schnitz	55
The Family Nature of the Texas Folklore Society—Kenneth L. Untiedt	73
II.Books, Papers, and Presentations: Texas Folklore Scholarship
Collecting and Reading Folklore—James Ward Lee	87
Books of the TFS—Len Ainsworth	105
Texas Booklore: If It Ain't Folklore, Then What the He(ck) Is It?—Al Lowman	111
How I Came to Be a Publisher of Texas Folklore Society Publications—Frances Brannen Vick	131
An Enduring Relationship: The Texas Folklore Society and Folk Music—L. Patrick Hughes	145
African Americans and Texas Folklore—Bruce A. Glasrud	157
Geococcyx—Charlels Chupp	177
Pecos Bill and His Pedigree—Charles Clay Doyle	181
Funerals and Folklore: A Snapshot from 1909—Jerry B. Lincecum	205
III. The Folk: Who We Are and What We've Done
How the TFS Has Influenced Me as a Writer, But More Importantly, What It Has Meant to Me as a Listener—Elmer Kelton	215
Women in the Texas Folklore Society—Peggy A. Redshaw	223
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Reflections on the TFS and a Writing Life—Joyce Gibson Roach	245
Back in the Ought 'Sixties—Francis Edward Abernethy	273
The Alford Homeplace: Deconstructing a Dogtrot—Sue M. Friday	285
Mexican and Mexican-American Folk Healers: Continuing to Nourish Our Sense of Humanity into the Twenty-First Century—Meredith E. Abarca	291
Meetings, Memories, and More
Keeping the Flames Burning and Passing Them On: Hoots at TFS Meetings—Kenneth W. Davis	311
The Texas Folklore Society: Getting There Is Half the Fun—Lee Haile	321
Folklore Society Memories—Archie P. McDonald	331
Confessions of a Folklore Junkie—Charlie Oden	337
Hooked—Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell	343
1968: One Family's Folklore Odyssey—Sarah L. Greene	347
My First TFS Meeting—J. Rhett Rushing	351
Looking Back with the Hansons—Carol Hanson	355
Under the Influence—Robert J. (Jack) Duncan	367
Contributors' Vitas	383
Index	395

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