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- Gullah Folktales from the Georgia Coast
- Book
- 2000
- Published by: University of Georgia Press
summary
In 1888, Charles Colcock Jones Jr. published the first collection of folk narratives from the Gullah-speaking people of the South Atlantic coast, tales he heard black servants exchange on his family's rice and cotton plantation. It has been out of print and largely unavailable until now.
Jones saw the stories as a coastal variation of Joel Chandler Harris's inland dialect tales and sought to preserve their unique language and character. Through Jones' rendering of the sound and syntax of nineteenth-century Gullah, the lively stories describe the adventures and mishaps of such characters as "Buh Rabbit," "Buh Ban-Yad Rooster," and other animals. The tales range from the humorous to the instructional and include stories of the "sperits," Daddy Jupiter's "vision," a dying bullfrog's last wish, and others about how "buh rabbit gained sense" and "why the turkey buzzard won't eat crabs."
Table of Contents
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- V. Buh Fowl-Hawk an Buh Rooster
- pp. 12-14
- VIII. Buh Pattridge an Buh Rabbit
- pp. 20-21
- X. Buh Sparruh
- pp. 23-24
- XI. Buh Alligatur an Buh Mash-Hen
- pp. 25-26
- XIII. Buh Wolf an Buh Rabbit
- pp. 29-33
- XIV. Buh Wolf an de Two Dinner
- pp. 34-35
- XV. Buh Owl an Buh Rooster
- pp. 36-37
- XVII. Buh Bear an Buh Tiger
- pp. 39-41
- XVIII. Buh Monkey an de Bull-Dog
- pp. 42-44
- XX. De Po Man an de Snake
- pp. 46-50
- XXV. De Eagle an eh Chillun
- pp. 63-64
- XXVII. Buh Rabbit an de Groun-Mole
- pp. 68-70
- XXVIII. Buh Rabbit an de Rock-Soup
- pp. 71-72
- XXIX. De Two Fren an de Bear
- pp. 73-74
- XXX. De Ole Man an Det
- pp. 75-76
- XXXI. De King an eh Ring
- pp. 77-81
- XXXIV. De Debble an May Belle
- pp. 92-98
- XXXV. De Ole Man an de Coon
- pp. 99-100
- XXXVII. Buh Rabbit an Buh Elephunt
- pp. 102-104
- XXXVIII. Buh Rabbit, Buh Wolf, an Buh Possum
- pp. 105-107
- XL. Buh Rabbit an de Cunjur Man
- pp. 111-113
- XLI. Buh Rabbit, Buh Fox, an de Fisherman
- pp. 114-117
- XLII. Buh Rabbit, Buh Wolf, an de Yearlin
- pp. 118-119
- XLIV. Buh Squirle an Buh Fox
- pp. 122-123
- XLV. Buh Rabbit, Buh Wolf, an de Buckra Man
- pp. 124-126
- XLVI. Buh Rabbit an Buh Wolf Funeral
- pp. 127-129
- XLVII. De New Nigger an eh Mossa
- pp. 130-131
- XLVIII. Buh Rabbit an de King Darter
- pp. 132-133
- XLIX. De Single Ball
- pp. 134-135
- LI. Buh Wolf, Buh Rabbit, an de Rain
- pp. 137-139
- LII. Buh Alligatuh, Buh Rabbit, an Buh Wolf
- pp. 140-143
- LIII. De Dyin Bull-Frog
- p. 144
- LIV. Buh Rabbit, Buh Pattridge, an de Cow
- pp. 145-146
- LV. De Fiddler, Buh Tiger, an Buh Bear
- pp. 147-148
- LVI. De Ole King an de Noung King
- pp. 149-150
- LVII. Buh Goat an Buh Wolf
- pp. 151-154
- LVIII. Dentistry at the Old Plantation Home
- pp. 155-160
- LIX. The Negro and the Alligator
- pp. 161-168
- LX. Sperits
- pp. 169-176
- LXI. Daddy Jupiter's Vision / Glossary
- pp. 177-231
Additional Information
ISBN
9780820343556
Related ISBN(s)
9780820322162
MARC Record
OCLC
784967001
Pages
232
Launched on MUSE
2012-12-20
Language
English
Open Access
No