T for Texas: A State Full of Folklore

By Francis Edward Abernethy

Book Overview

This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society contains a valuable chronological and bibliographical listing of Texas Folklore Society publications. It also includes twenty-five folk tales, including the lore of the armadillo, Texas country schoolteachers; legal lore from the courthouse; persimmon beer; classic honky tonks; Mexican lore on how to "have, hold, or free oneself of a lover"; Pecos Bill; the vampire; peyote ceremonialism; animal metaphors; Texas prison folklore; oil field jokes; and quilting, among others.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574411039
• ISBN13: 9781574411034
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"