Inside the classroom (and out) : how we learn through folklore / [print] edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt. - Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, (c)2005. - 1 electronic resource (xiii, 322 pages ) - Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; LXII . - Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 62. .

Includes bibliographies and index.

I. The Early Years -- -- Folklore in a literate society / Folklore 101 / The Faultless Starch library / Day care oral traditions and school yard games / You can tell a scout from Texas / It all depends on the teacher : Classroom resources in Texas country schools / Folklore in schools : Connections between folklore and education / -- II. High School Years -- -- Knowledge about folk medicine among students in Alice High School / School yearbooks : Time capsules of Texas folklore / Two-bits, four-bits, or High school cheerleading as a lay folk ritual / Seeing red over Varsity blues / -- III. A Tribute to Paul Patterson -- -- 'Jes Sir, "Meester Patternson" : The legendry of a master / Paul Patterson / Paul Patterson, master teacher / A Pecos pilgrim's progress : The prose narratives of Paul Patterson / -- IV. College Years -- -- Small-town Texas wisdom / Aggie incredibles / Peas in the family / College rodeo cowgirls : From queen to contestant to coach / Ghosts, goblins, virgins, and other supernatural creatures : Ghost stories at Texas Tech University and South Plains College / -- V. Language and Study -- -- Popular English usage in Texas, or How you're s'posed to talk / Talking fancy / Folk use of mnemonics / Some aspects of language in selected cowboy poetry / Some past directions of narrative-folklore study / Mody C. Boatright -- Cynthia Savage -- Ellisene Davis -- Tierney Untiedt -- Rebecca Matthews -- Lou Rodenberger -- Barbara Morgan-Fleming -- Elizabeth Galindo -- Jean Granberry Schnitz -- Ernest B. Speck -- Ty Cashion -- Ernestine P. Sewell -- Elmer Kelton -- Evelyn Stroder -- Lawrence Clayton -- J.G. "Paw-Paw" Pinkerton -- Palmer Henry Olsen -- Charles Chupp -- Sylvia Mahoney -- Mike Felker -- Robert Duncan -- James Ward Lee -- Jerry Crouser -- Mary Jane Hurst -- James T. Bratcher.

Examines folklore and its many roles in education. Several articles explore teaching in rural school houses in the early twentieth century, while others provide insight into more serious academic scholarship in the field of folklore itself.




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