From Hell to Breakfast

By editors BOATRIGHT, Mody C. and Donald Day and Mody C. and Donald Day BOATRIGHT

This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society contains African-American baptizings; adventures of a ballad hunter; Carrie-Dykes, a midwife; Big Sam and De Golden Chariot; tale of the two companions; Mexican M nchausen; some odd Mexican customs; legend of the tengo fr o bird; leaves of mesquite grass; dancing makes fun; dancing makes rain; Indian sign on the Spaniard's cattle; ear marks; white Comanches; panther yarns; more about "Hell in Texas"; oil patch talk; Old Newt, the practical joker; moron jokes; the musical snake; the song of the little Llano; the threshing crew; and the low down on Jim Bowie.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574410997
• ISBN13: 9781574410990
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"