Folklore
Subtitle: in all of us, in all we do
By: edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt.
Contributors: Untiedt, Kenneth L., 1966-; Texas Folklore Society.
Series: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society -- 63; Publications of the Texas Folklore Society -- no. 63.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Denton, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781574412239
Subjects: Folklore -- Texas; Occupations -- Texas -- Folklore; Texas -- Folklore; Texas -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Is it folklore or history? : the answer may be important / Tom Crum; title: The roadrunner in fact and folk-lore / J. Frank Dobie; title: Cavalry traditions on the Texas frontier / James T. Matthews; title: Gathering at Bill's : maintaining the folklore of Live Oak County / Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell; title: The cooking extravaganza : sequel to "Gathering at Bill's" / Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell; title: Growing up female in Texas : the importance of beauty pageants in Texas communities / Kelly M. Mosel-Talavera; title: Madame Blackley : seer of south Texas / Henry Wolff, Jr; title: La Llorona's ancestry : crossing cultural boundaries / Gloria Duarte; title: Burning brightly : the Easter fires of maternal necessity / Donna Melitio; title: Five stands off bottom / Lew Schnitz; title: Dispatches from the electronic front lines / Charles Williams; title: A rural mail carrier / Milt McAfee (as told by Ben Mead); title: The trials and tribulations of a dirt road country doctor / Mildred Boren Sentell; title: Joe Fitzgerald, nurseryman and philosopher / Mary Joe (Fitzgerald) Clendenin; title: Water woes and water ways : tales of Texas engineer John B. Hawley / Deborah Lightfoot Sizemore; title: The long arm of the law / Martha Emmons; title: The police language : the lore of law enforcement communication in west Texas / Kenneth L. Untiedt; title: Cactus Jack Garner as folk hero : vice-president of the United States 1933-1940 / Lora B. Garrison; title: And lo to Vernon came : the con man, the bootlegger man, and the music man / William N. Stokes, Jr; title: Horsetrading and ethics / J. Rhett Rushing; title: The lore of retirement and extended care facilities / Kenneth W. Davis; title: Folksy, but devout, bookkeeping / George Wilmeth Ewing; title: Mi fronteridad in the classroom : the power of writing and sharing stories / Meredith E. Abarca.