The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore, 1916-1954

The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore, 1916-1954
Author: Texas Folklore Society
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1998
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781574410556

A representative anthology of Texas folklore from the first half of the twentieth century, including legends, ghost stories, songs, proverbs, and other writings.

Juneteenth Texas

Juneteenth Texas
Author: Francis Edward Abernethy
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1996
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781574410181

Juneteenth Texas reflects the many dimensions of African-American folklore. The personal essays are reminiscences about the past and are written from both black and white perspectives. They are followed by essays which classify and describe different aspects of African-American folk culture in Texas; studies of specific genres of folklore, such as songs and stories; studies of specific performers, such as Lightnin' Hopkins and Manse Lipscomb and of particular folklorists who were important in the collecting of African-American folklore, such as J. Mason Brewer; and a section giving resources for the further study of African Americans in Texas.

Texas Folklore Society: 1943-1971

Texas Folklore Society: 1943-1971
Author: Francis Edward Abernethy
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780929398785

This is a society that you join because you want to. The purpose of the society is to collect and make known to he public sons and ballads, superstitions, games, plays, and proverbs.

Texas and Southwestern Lore

Texas and Southwestern Lore
Author: James Frank Dobie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1927
Genre: African Americans
ISBN:

This Volume Number 6 contains folklore of the Texas-Mexican Vaquero; Tales and Rhymes of a Texas Household; Lore of the Llano Estacado; Names in the Old Cheyenne and Arapahoe Territory; Nicknames in Texas Oil Fields; The Devil's Grotto; Myths of the Tejas Indians; Ballads and songs of the Frontier Folk; several essays on cowboys songs, etc.

Cowboys, Cops, Killers, and Ghosts

Cowboys, Cops, Killers, and Ghosts
Author: Kenneth L. Untiedt
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2013-12-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1574415328

This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society has something for everyone. The first section features a good bit of occupational lore, including articles on cowboys—both legendary ones and the relatively unknown men who worked their trade day by day wherever they could. You’ll also find a unique, personal look at a famous outlaw and learn about a teacher’s passion for encouraging her students to discover their own family culture, as well as unusual weddings, somewhat questionable ways to fish, and one woman’s love affair with a bull. The backbone of the PTFS series has always been miscellanies—diverse examinations of the many types of lore found throughout Texas and the Southwest. These books offer a glimpse of what goes on at our annual meetings, as the best of the papers presented are frequently selected for our publications. Of course, the presentations are only a part of what the Society does at the meetings, but reading these publications offers insight into our members’ interests in everything from bikers and pioneers of Tejana music to serial killers and simple folk from small-town Texas. These works also suggest the importance of the “telling of the tale,” with an emphasis on oral tradition, as well as some of the customs we share. All of these things together— the focus on tradition at our meetings, the fellowship among members, and the diversity of our research—are what sustain the Texas Folklore Society.

Folklore in Motion

Folklore in Motion
Author: Kenneth L. Untiedt
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 1574412388

The adventurous spirit of Texans has led to much travel lore, from stories of how ancestors first came to the state to reflections of how technology has affected the customs, language, and stories of life "on the go." This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society features articles from beloved storytellers like John O. West, Kenneth W. Davis, and F. E. Abernethy as well as new voices like Janet Simonds. Chapters contain traditional "Gone to Texas" accounts and articles about people or methods of travel from days gone by. Others are dedicated to trains and cars and the lore associated with two-wheeled machines, machines that fly, and machines that scream across the land at dangerous speeds. The volume concludes with articles that consider how we fuel our machines and ourselves, and the rituals we engage in when we're on our way from here to there.