T for Texas

by Francis Edward Abernethy (Editor)

Overview

This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society contains a valuable chronological and bibliographical listing of Texas Folklore Society publications. It also includes twenty-five folk tales, including the lore of the armadillo, Texas country schoolteachers; legal lore from the courthouse; persimmon beer; classic honky tonks; Mexican lore on how to “have, hold, or free oneself of a lover”; Pecos Bill; the vampire; peyote ceremonialism; animal metaphors; Texas prison folklore; oil field jokes; and quilting, among others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574411034
Publisher:	University of North Texas Press
Publication date:	06/01/2000
Series:	Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Series , #44
Pages:	277
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

FRANCIS EDWARD ABERNETHY was Regents Professor Emeritus of English at Stephen F. Austin State University, the executive secretary and editor of the Texas Folklore Society, the curator of exhibits for the East Texas Historical Association, and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters. In addition to editing twenty-one Texas Folklore Society publications, he wrote Singin' Texas, Legends of Texas’ Heroic Age, and all three volumes of the Texas Folklore Society history, published by the University of North Texas Press.

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
	Goin' Home with the Dasypus Novemcinctus the Mystique of the Armadillo	3
	The Home Place	15
	A Place Against the Sky	23
	My Favorite Texan and Folklore	31
	Love Among the Elephant Ears & Other True Stories	43
	Bill Warren of the Big Thicket	57
	A Tale of Not So Long Ago	69
	Night Horse Nightmare	77
	Texas Country Schoolteachers: Living Proof of a Legend	85
	Legal Lore from the Courthouse	95
	Persimmon Beer	105
	A Letter from the Long Circle	111
	"The Glamor of the Gay Night Life" The Classic Honky Tonk	117
	How to Have, to Hold, or Free Oneself of a Lover	127
	Pecos Bill: His Genesis and Creators	135
	The Vampire in an Age of Technology	149
	Pull Rings, Kidney Machines, and the Oral Tradition	161
	Folklorish Remnants of Peyote Ceremonialism	167
	Animal Metaphors & Verbal Abuse Social Relations & Values Among German Speaking Farmers on Cypress Creek, Kerr County	177
	Within the Walls Texas Prison Folklore	195
	Oil Field Jokes from the Llano Estacado	211
	Happy Jack and the Booger Man	219
	When You Call Me That, Smile! or Folklore, Ethology, & Communication	225
	Folk Stories from the Elmdale Community	233
	Piecing Patches and Quilting Up a Storm	241
	Chronological & Bibliographical Listings of Texas Folklore Society Publications	251
	Contributors	275