Both sides of the border : a scattering of Texas folklore / [print] edited by Francis Edward Abernethy, Kenneth L. Untiedt. - Denton : University of North Texas Press, (c)2004. - 1 electronic resource (xi, 304 pages ). - Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; 61 . - Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 61. .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Remembering our ancestors. Letters from J. Frank Dobie to John Robert Craddock / Doc Sonnichsen Holds His Own / Texas-Mexcan folklore. Growing Up on Both Sides of the Border / Folklore of a San Antonio Midwife / Religion, Superstitions, and Remedios in the Mexican-American Culture / Pepe's Panaderia : Bread Folklore / A Tortilla Is Never "Just" a Tortilla / Mary Belle Ingram with F.E. Abernethy -- Al Lowman -- Lucy Fischer West --Welito: A Mexican-American Family in Southwest Texas / Bertha Dominguez -- Alica Zavala Galvan -- Glora Duarte-Valverda -- Kenneth W. Davis -- Lucy Fischer West. Miscellaneous memorabilia. The Evolution of a Legend : The Headless Horseman of Texas / Who is Buried in Jesse James' Grave? / A Note on the Pacing White Mustang Legend / Hell is for He-Men / Clementine Hunter: Folk Artist / Packaged Folklore : The Texas Folklife Festival : Storysmithing and shapeshifting / Same Song, Second Verse / Texas Kitsch and Other Collectibles / Texas Freedman's Settlements in the New South / Toby's Hound / Lou Ann Herda -- Tony Clark -- James T. Bracther -- James Ward Lee -- Phyllis Bridges -- John L. Davis -- Jean Granberry Schnitz -- Georgia Caraway -- Thad Sitton -- Pat Barton. The Family Saga. Passing the Light : How Family Stories Shape Our Lives / Two Tales of My Family : Two Tales of Who I Am / Red Kelly's Grandmother / A Family Full of Scars / The Day Grandpa Blew Up the Tractor / Greater Love / Family Saga vs. History : Hezekiah Lincecum and the Church / Jan Epton Seale -- Charlie McCormick -- Ralph Ramos -- George Ewing -- Duane L. Spiess -- George N. Oliver -- Jerry Bryan Lincecum.

Texas' songs, tales, and traditions have lived and prospered on the other sides of Texas borders at one time or another before they crossed the rivers. "Both Sides of the Border" contains something foreveryone interested in Texas folklore.




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Tales--Mexican-American Border Region.
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