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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163547503321

Autore

Abernethy Francis E

Titolo

Hoein' the Short Rows / edited by Francis Edward Abernethy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University of North Texas Press, 1987

Dallas, Tex. : , : Southern Methodist University Press, , 1987

©1987

ISBN

0-585-27186-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 238 p. ) : ill., ports. ;

Collana

Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; ; no. 47

Altri autori (Persone)

AbernethyFrancis Edward

Disciplina

390 s

398/.09764

Soggetti

Folklore

Social Sciences

Anthropology

Manners and customs

Folklore - Texas

Electronic books.

Texas

Texas Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

A high toned woman / Joyce Gibson Roach -- The lingo of the Espee / Charlie Oden -- Mechanical macho : the current craze for customizing pickups / Kenneth W. Davis -- Texas baptistry paintings : landscape, doctrine, mysticism / Jack Welch -- Celebrations of the dead : merging traditions in the Spanish Southwest / John O. West -- Mexican-American lime kilns in West Texas : the limits of folk technology / Joe S. Graham -- A rose blooms in the desert : the saga of the Santa Rita #1 / Edward C. Rowland -- The rules of cockfighting / Jim Harris -- The family saga : an interpretive analysis / Lawrence Clayton -- Showdown at sunup / Paul Patterson -- Elephant ears in the churchyard / Al Lowman -- Hog drovers : the why and how of hog drives / Lora B. Garrison -- A key of golden : brief encounters remembered / Mrs. John Q. Anderson -- Summer revival / Ernest B. Speck -- Growing up in



Bosque County / Palmer Olsen -- Cowboy poets / Guy Logsdon -- Folk poetry : Texas, Southwest / Elton Miles.

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of Texas folklore by numerous authors.