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Preface -- Early Texas Indian songs and tales Edwin Gaston Jr. -- Religious beliefs of the Tejas or Hansanias Indians by Adina d Zavala -- The legends of the Tigua by Thomas A. Green -- Myths of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians by Howard N. Martin -- The Spanish on the Moral by Francis Edward Abernethy -- Jambalay by Jo Lyday -- La reunion by Ernestine Porcher Sewell -- Cajun lapland by Gordon Baxter -- Vaquero: genesis of the Texas cowboy by William D. Wittliff and Joe B. Frantz -- Charro Jiro Afamado by Arnulfo Castillo -- Scratches on the bedpost: vestiges of the lechuza by Ann Carpenter-- Violeta and the owls by Alonzo M. Perales -- Mal ojo by John O. West -- Don Jose and Don Pedrito by H.C. Arbuckle -- LIfe and leisure at lucky ridge by W. Silas Vance -- Tales from Juneteenth by J. Mason Brewer -- Country black by Lorece P. Williams -- Waco Jive by Alfreda Iglehart -- Customs among the German descendants of Gillespie County in 1923 by Julia Estill -- The old world antecedent of the Fredricksburg Easter fires by Terry G. Jordan -- Green flags over Texas by Martha Emmons -- Scottish Texans and the highland games by Harry Gordon -- Footprints of Wooden shoes by Robert J. Duncan -- Community celebrations in Danevang by SusanLucas and Sara Clark -- O ty polsh by Ann Carpenter -- Panna maria and pluznica: a study in comparative folk culture by T. Lindsay Baker -- Czech lore and customs by W. Phil Hewitt -- The Norse of Bosque County by Sadie J. Hoel -- Frank Bean by Palmer H. Olsen -- Greek American lifestyle by Kit Van Cleave -- Magic and ritual among Italian fishermen on the gulf coast by Patrick B. Mullen -- The slavonian stave makers of the Big Thicket by A.R. Fillingrim -- Ya America! Ya Beledee by James P. McMguire -- Lebanese song style by Dan Beaty -- Folklore of the Wends by George R. Nielson -- Jewish Folkways by Larry Laufman -- Un-organizations: the family associations of the Chinese by Thomas M. Woodell -- The kishi colony by Gwendolyn Wingate -- Filipino beliefs and customs by Jim Harris -- Le Rom and'o teksas by Ian F. Hancock.

Contributors:

Shockley, Martin , honouree

Abernethy, Francis Edward

Gaston, Edwin W., Jr. , author

De Zavala, Adina , author

Green, Thomas A. Jr. , author

Martin, Howard N. , author

Lyday, Jo , author

Sewell, Ernestine Porcher , author

Baxter, Gordon , author

Wittliff, William D. , author

Franz, Joseph B. , author

Castillo, Arnulfo , author

Carpenter, Ann , author

Perales, Alonzo , author

West, John O. , author

Arbuckle, Herbert C. , author

Vance, W. Silas , author

Brewer, J. Mason , author

Williams, Lorece P. , author

Iglehart, Alfreda , author

Byrd, James W. , author

Estill, Julia , author

Jordan, Terry G , author

Emmons, Martha , author

Gordon, Harry , author

Duncan, Robert J. , author

Lucas, Susan , author

Clark, Sara , author

Baker, T. Linsay , author

Hewitt, Phil W. , author

Hoel, Sadie J. , author

Olsen, Palmer H. , author

Van Cleave, Kit , author

Mullen, Patrick B. , author

Fillingrim, A.R. , author

McGuire, James P. , author

Beaty, Dan (Daniel Joseph), 1937-2002 , author

Nielson, George R. , author

Laufman, Larry , author

Woodell, Thomas M. , author

Wingate, Gwendolyn , author

Harris, Jim , author

Hancock, Ian F. , author

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Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Publications of the Texas Folklore Society; no. 38

Subjects:

Folklore — Texas

Minorities — Texas

Texas — Social life and customs

Folklore

Minorities

Manners and customs

Texas

Genres:

PW-MW 2005-07

Printed books — United States — Texas — Austin — 20th century

Works by women — United States — 20th century

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
(Copy 2) Gift: The Shockley Family, April 2004.
(Copy 2) ex. coll. Professor Martin Staples Shockley.
Copy 2 :bound in red publisher's cloth with black titles. Retains original dust jacket.
(Copy 2) Donated in memory of Professor Martin Staples Shockley.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

GR1 .T4 v.38

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

75306248

OCLC Numbers:

1274011