Puro mexicano
By: edited by J. Frank Dobie
Series: Texas folk-lore society publications, no. XII; Publications of the Texas Folklore Society -- no. 12
Publisher: Texas Folk-Lore Society
Published: 1935
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Tales; Folklore; Spanish Folk songs; Maxims; Cuentos populares mexicanos; Canciones folklóricas mexicanas; Máximas; Folk songs
Description: A collection of Mexican folk tales.
Notes: "Ranchero sayings of the border, by Howard D. Wesley": p. 211-220.

"Songs of the Mexican migration, by Paul S. Taylor": p. 221-245.
Table of contents: title: Prefatory wisdom / J. Frank Dobie; title: A pack load of Mexican tales / Riley Aiken; title: The wonderful Chirrionera / Dan Storm; title: Br'er Coyote / Sarah S. McKellar; title: The bullet-swallower / Jovita González; title: Tales from San Elizario / Josefina Escajeda; title: The metamorphosis of a folk tale / Elizabeth W. DeHuff; title: How the Tehuana women became handsome / H.M. Taylor; title: The flaming flower / Catherine J. Stoker; title: Juan García goes to heaven / Frost Woodhull; title: The eagle lover / Bertha McKee Dobie; title: Legends from Durango / Everardo Gámiz; title: Holy Ghost Canyon / Maude McFie Bloom; title: Old-time new Mexican usages / Alice M. Crook; title: Sons of the devil / Joe Storm; title: Catorce / J. Frank Dobie; title: The little white dog / Hugh McGehee Taylor; title: Ranchero sayings of the border / Howard D. Wesley; title: Songs of the Mexican migration / Paul S. Taylor; title: The enchanted city of Monte Albán / E.R. Sims; title: The Texas Folk-lore Society; title: Contributors; title: Index.