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Table of Contents:

• Stories in Texas place names / J. Frank Dobie
• The lobo girl of Devil's River / L.D. Bertillion
• Anecdotes from the Brazos Bottoms / A.W. Eddins
• The adventures of Little Audrey / Cornelia Chambers
• Roy Bean: Law west of the Pecos / Myron W. Tracy
• Mexican spooks from El Paso / Charles L. Sonnichsen
• Walk around my bedside / Martha Emmons
• I'se sho' nuff lucky / Aylett Royal
• The human comedy in folk superstitions / Tressa Turner
• Witching for water with the bible / David Hall
• The black cat of Cole's Plantation / Julia Beazley
• Irish fairies in Texas / Louise von Blittersdorf Moses
• Pioneer folk ways / Afton Wynn
• Wise saws from Texas / Mrs. Morgan Smith and A.W. Eddins
• Colloquialisms along the Sabine / Trueman E. O'Quinn
• "Old Obadiah" and "My Juanita" / Alice Atkinson Neighbors
• Silver dreams and copper plates / Mae Featherstone
• The Alabama Indians and their music / Frances Densmore
• Two tales from the Alabamas / Elma Heard
• How the Alabamas came southward / G.T. Bludworth

• The play party in Victoria County / Helen Ashworth Moore.

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Author/Creator:

Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964

Contributors:

Boatright, Mody C. (Mody Coggin), 1896-1970

Texas Folklore Society , issuing body, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Included Works:

Straight Texas [by Dobie, J.F.]

Mody C. Boatright, associate editor [by Dobie, J.F.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Straight Texas [by Dobie, J.F.] (Reprint ed.; Hatboro, Pa., Folklore Associates, 1966 [©1937] — LCCN 66009630; OCLC Number 491956)

Related Series:

Publications of the Texas Folklore Society; no. 13

Subjects:

Folklore — Texas

Names, Geographical — Texas

Texas — Social life and customs

Folklore

Names, Geographical

Manners and customs

Texas

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 pages) : illustrations, music.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

GR1 .T4 no.13 1966eb

OCLC Numbers:

578908685