In this Book
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The paisano, or roadrunner, is the emblem of the Texas Folklore Society chosen by the membership at the meeting held April 22, 1932, presided over by Jovita González. This volume is liberally sprinkled with pictures of that fine bird, and it is written by paisanos, fellow countrymen in the realm of folklore. From the paisano’s cactus corral by J. Frank Dobie to John Neal Phillips’ exploration of the Anasazi; from Bill Brett’s planting by the moon to the names of newspapers by C. Richard King; from Lawrence Clayton’s fact and fiction in Lomax outlaw songs to home and farm remedies and charms in a German manuscript by Christine Boot; from a look at Sunday cock fights by F. E. Abernethy to the pet rock in American folklore by Olivia Murray Nichols, this miscellany shows the diversity of Texas folklore.
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany
Image
pp. i-ii
Title Page
pp. iii-iii
Copyright Page
pp. iv-iv
Preface
pp. v-x
Contents
pp. xi-xii
Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany
pp. 1-2
The Paisano's Cactus Corral
pp. 3-10
The Anasazi
pp. 11-14
Harm and the Bear
pp. 15-16
âI Remember Thingsâ
pp. 17-28
Maime Tobar's Tales of Treasure
pp. 29-34
Plantinâ by the Moon
pp. 35-36
Going to Press in Alto
pp. 37-40
The Petrified Lovers of Pecos: Vintage Yellow Journalism
pp. 41-44
All the News in Fits of Print: An Examination of Nigerian Newspaper Headlines
pp. 45-60
Names are News
pp. 61-70
Minstrelsy at the Marketplace: Or, what the Traveling Texan Found for Entertainment in Ante-Bellum New Orleans
pp. 71-78
Country Store
pp. 79-82
The Bachelor Heater
pp. 83-86
Ticks on Catfish
pp. 87-96
Fact and Fiction in Three Lomax Outlaw Songs
pp. 97-110
Home and Farm Remedies and Charms in a German Manuscript from a Texas Ranch
pp. 111-132
Sunday's Cock Fight
pp. 133-136
Talking and Touching: A Function of Storytelling
pp. 137-146
The Pet Rock in American Folklore
pp. 147-152
The Driver's License: Emblem of a Modern Rite of Passage
pp. 153-156
The Ethological Approach to Folklore
pp. 157-166
Publishers of Texas Folklore
pp. 167-178
Contributors
pp. 179-180
National Endowment for the Humanities Funding Information
Back Cover
| ISBN | 9781574410594 |
|---|---|
| MARC Record | Download |
| OCLC | 1066420903 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2019-12-20 |
| Language | English |
| Open Access | Yes |
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