In this Book
- Happy Hunting Ground
- 1964
- Book
- Published by: University of North Texas Press
- Series: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
summary
This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society is a miscellany of Texas and Southwestern folklore collected and written by ten folklorists in 1925. Included are articles on Mexican popular ballad; Spanish songs of New Mexico; versos of the Texas vaqueros; reptile myths; the cowboy dance of the northwest; superstitions of the Northern Seas; oil field diction; folk tales of the Chibcha nation; the human hand in primitive art; and Indian pictographs near Lange's Mill. It also includes "When the Woods Were Burnt," by L. W. Payne, Jr., the first pamphlet of the Texas Folklore Society.
Table of Contents
- Title Page
- p. i
- Copyright Page
- p. ii
- Happy Hunting Ground
- pp. 1-2
- A Preface With a Proposal
- pp. 3-6
- Forward Remarks by the Editor
- pp. 7-9
- A Mexican Popular Ballad (With Music)
- pp. 10-17
- Spanish Songs of New Mexico (With Music)
- pp. 18-29
- Reptile Myths in Northwestern Louisiana
- pp. 44-52
- The Cowboy Dance of the Northwest
- pp. 53-58
- Superstitions of the Northern Seas
- pp. 59-63
- Oil Field Diction
- pp. 64-67
- Some Folk-Tales of the Chibcha Nation
- pp. 68-79
- Contributors
- pp. 115-116
- Proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society
- pp. 117-118
- List of Members
- pp. 119-126
- Copyright 1946
- p. 2
- Book 2 Contents
- p. 3
- I Was Here When the Woods Were Burnt
- pp. 6-15
- Beginnings of the Texas Folklore Society
- pp. 16-22
Additional Information
ISBN
9781574410945
MARC Record
OCLC
1142409742
Launched on MUSE
2019-12-20
Language
English
Open Access
Yes