T-CF1  The best of Texas folk and folklore, 1916-1954.  Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, Allen Maxwell, ed.  Denton: Univ. of North Texas Pr., 1998.  356 p.  ill.  (Texas Folklore Soc. pub., no. 26)  $18.95 ISBN 1-57441-055-5
Also available: netLibrary
    A collection of tales, jokes, children’s stories, ghost stories, legends, ballads and songs, games, sayings, proverbs, superstitions, cures, animal and oilfield tales, compiled from the first 25 years of Texas Folklore Soc. publications.

T-CF2  Black cats, hoot owls, and water witches: beliefs, superstitions and sayings from Texas.  Kenneth W. Davis, Gillis Everett.  Denton: Univ. of North Texas Pr., 1989.  101 p.  ill.  $8.95 ISBN 0-929398-16-8
Also available: netLibrary
    Superstitions, sayings, weather lore, remedies, cures, proverbs, and observations arranged in major categories (field and farm, home and hearth, and superstitions). Includes bibliographical references and index.

T-CF3  Buried treasures of Texas: legends of outlaw loot, pirate hoards, buried mines, ingots in lakes, and Santa Anna’s pack-train gold.  W. C. Jameson.  Little Rock, AR: August House, 1991.  202 p.  ill., maps.  $9.95 ISBN 0-87483-178-4
    31 tales. Includes bibliographical references.

T-CF4  Cedar whacker: stories of the Texas Hill Country.  Charles W. Wimberley.  Austin: Eakin Pr., 1988.  215 p.  ill.  $9.95 ISBN 0-890156-64-6
    Includes index.

T-CF4a  The family saga: a collection of Texas family legends.   Francis Edward Abernathy, Jerry Bryan Lincecum, Frances B. Vick, ed.  Denton: Univ. of North Texas P., 2003.  366 p.  ill.  (Texas folklore society pub., no. 60)   $34.95 ISBN 1574411683 (cloth)
    A collection of “remember when” anecdotes grouped by common topic including tales of emigration & settlement, the civil war, Indians, wild and domestic animals, religion, ghosts, feuding, hard times, birthing, courtship & marriage, death, and family matters & characters from heroes to black sheep. Storyteller, transcriber, date & location are identified. Includes contributor biographies and a general index.

T-CF5  Features and fillers: Texas journalists on Texas folklore.  Jim Harris, ed.  Denton: Univ. of North Texas Pr., 1999.  233 p.  ill.  (Texas Folklore Soc. pub., no. 56)  $29.95 ISBN 1-57441-074-1
Also available: netLibrary
    35 articles culled from Texas newspapers. Chicken-fried steak, cow chip tea, radio days, armadillos, la Llorona, weather lore. Includes index.

T-CF6  Flour from another sack & other proverbs, folk beliefs, tales, riddles and recipes.  Marc Glazer, ed.   Edinburg: Pan American Univ. Pr., c1982.  226 p.  $8.95 ISBN 0-938738-04-6
    An anthology gathered from the lower Rio Grande Valley. Each entry includes information on the informant and context. Bibliography, appendices, summary of the holdings of the Rio Grande Folklore Archive.

T-CF7  The folklore of Texan cultures.  Francis Edward Abernethy, ed.; Dan Beaty, music ed.  Repr. of 1st ed. (Austin: Encino Pr., 1974)  Denton: Univ. of North Texas Pr., 2000.  xxxi, 366 p.  ill.  (Pub. of the Texas Folklore Soc., no. 38)  ISBN 1-57441-101-2 (cloth); ISBN 0585256713(ebook)
Also available: netLibrary
    Overview of Texan cultures (p. xix-xxxi). Sections on Indian, Spanish, French, Mexican, White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, African-American, German, Irish, Scot, Dutch, Danish, Polish, Czech, Norse, Greek, Italian, Slavonian, Lebanese, Wendish, Jewish, Chinese, Japanese, Filipine, and Gypsy folklore in Texas. Lists contributors (p. 355-358). Short history of the Texas Folklore Soc. (p. 359-361). Index (p. 363-366).

T-CF8  Ghost towns of Texas.  T. Lindsay Baker.  Norman, OK: Univ. of Oklahoma Pr., 1986.  196 p.  ill., maps.  $26.95 ISBN 0-8061-1997-7
Also available: netLibrary
    Illustrated history of 89 Texas ghost towns, arranged alphabetically. Includes maps, bibliography, index.

T-CF9  I heard the old fishermen say: folklore of the Texas Gulf Coast.  Patrick B. Mullen.  Logan, UT: Utah State Univ. Pr., 1988.  183 p.  ill.  $15.95 ISBN 0-874211-39-5
    Material collected from Port Arthur-Sabine, Galveston, Freeport, Port O’Connor, Seadrift, Fulton, Aransas Pass, Brownsville, and Port Isabel. Magic beliefs, buried treasure legends, local character anecdotes, and tall tales. Includes a bibliography.

T-CF10  Legends & lore of Texas wildflowers.  Elizabeth Silverthorne.  College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1996.  240 p.  ill.  $24.95 ISBN 0-89096-702-4
    44 Texas flowers. Includes bibliographical references and index.

T-CF11  Living on the edge: collected essays on Coastal Texas.  Stephen Curley.  Galveston: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1989.  1 v. (various paging)  ill., maps.
    Includes bibliographical references.

T-CF12  The loblolly book: water witching, wild hog hunting, home remedies, grandma's moral tales, and other affairs of plain Texas living.  Thad Sitton, ed.  Austin: Texas Monthly Pr., 1983.  250 p.  ill.  $10.95 ISBN 0-932012-28-0
    Based on the Foxfire series, the Loblolly book deals with Texas folklore, folk crafts, and folk history. Divided into 22 chapters, including country proverbs, death lore, faith healing, folks who knew Bonnie and Clyde, and Grandma’s moral tales. No index.

T-CF13  The loblolly book II: moonshining, basket making, hog killing, catfishing, and other affairs of plain Texas living.  Thad Sitton, Lincoln King, ed.  Austin: Texas Monthly Pr., 1986.  228 p.  ill.  $12.95 ISBN 0877190-17-8
    20 chapters, including syrup making, bootleggers, wild game recipes, marbles, birthing and child care, fighting chickens, outhouses, more home remedies, and proverbs.

T-CF14  Mirrors, mice and mustaches: a sampling of superstitions & popular beliefs in Texas.  George David Hendricks.  Austin: Texas Folklore Soc., 1966.  110 p.  (Paisano books, no. 1)
    A compilation of superstitions and popular beliefs divided into general categories: animals; birth, infancy, childhood; love, courtship, marriage; luck, dreams, and wishes; death and burial; folk medicine; numbers, seasons, time of the day; trades and professions; sports; and weather. Includes bibliographical references for each statement and index.

T-CF15  Roosters, rhymes, and railroad tracks: a second sampling of superstitions and popular beliefs in Texas.  George David Hendricks.  Dallas: Southern Methodist Univ. Pr., 1980.  183 p.  ISBN 0-87074-177-2 (paper)
    Compilation of superstitions and popular beliefs divided into general categories: animals; birth, infancy, childhood; love, courtship, marriage; luck, dreams, and wishes; death and burial; folk medicine; numbers, seasons, time of the day; trades and professions; sports; and weather. Includes bibliographical references for each statement and index.

T-CF16  Some still do: essays on Texas custom.  Francis Edward Abernethy.  Austin: Encino Pr., 1975.  153 p.  (Texas Folklore Soc. pub, no. 39)  $16.95 ISBN 1-57441-102-0
Also available: netLibrary
    Contains rules for playing Muhle, making buttermilk, and information about whittlers and dowsers. Includes index.

T-CF16a  Texas curiosities: quirky characters, roadside oddities & other offbeat stuff.   John Kelso.  Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Pr., c2000.   281 p.  ill.   $12.95 ISBN 0762706007 (paper)
    “More than 225 of the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places and things the Lone Star State has to offer,” organized by geographic region. Includes an alphabetical index.

T-CF17  Texas myth in film.  George Lipsitz, ed.  Houston: Southwest Alternate Media Project, 1985.  76 p.  ill.
    Sesquicentennial issue (v. 3, Spring 1985) of Southwest media review. Includes bibliographical references.

T-CF18  Texas myths.  Robert F. O’Connor.  College Station: pub. for the Texas Committee for the Humanities by Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1986.  x, 248 p.  ISBN 0890962642
Includes bibliographies and index.

T-CF18a  Texas myths and legends: stories of the frontier .  John C. Ferguson.   Abilene: McWhiney Foundation Pr., McMurry Univ., c2003.   68 p.   ill.   $16.95 ISBN 1893114422 (paper)
    Texas frontier types: The Comanche; The buffalo soldier; The buffalo hunter; The saloon gal; The rancher; The cowboy; The outlaw; The Texas ranger; The sodbuster; The frontier woman; The railroader; The wildcatter. Succinctly explains the relevance of each type and includes profiles of real Texans. Bibliographical references.

T-CF19  Texas toys and games.  Francis Edward Abernethy.  2nd ed.  Denton: Univ. of North Texas Pr., 1997.  253 p.  (Texas Folklore Soc. pub., no. 48)  $19.95 ISBN 1-57441-037-7 (paper)
Also available: netLibrary
    Folk toys and how to make them. Folk games and how to play them. Essays on both categories. Includes bibliographic references and indexes by contributors, toys, and games.

T-CF20  Texas treasure coast.  Tom Townsend.  2nd ed.  Austin: Eakin Pr., 1996.  166 p.  ill., map.  $7.95 ISBN 1-57168-043-8
Also available: netLibrary
    A collection of stories about sailors and ships in the Gulf of Mexico. Also contains a chronological listing of shipwrecks and their locations and cargoes for the western Gulf area. Includes bibliographic references and index.

T-CF21  This dog’ll really hunt: an informative and entertaining Texas dictionary.  Wallace O. Chariton.  Plano: Republic of Texas Pr., 1999.  307 p.  $17.95 ISBN 1-55622-676-4 (cloth); ISBN 1-55622-653-5 (paper)
Also available: netLibrary
    See T-AC1.

T-CF21a  Weird Texas: your travel guide to Texas’s local legends and best kept secrets.  Wesley Treat, et al.  NY: Sterling Publishing Co., 2005.  288 p.  ill.  $19.95 ISBN 1-4027-3280-5, 978-1-4027-3280-5
    12 chapters on: Local legends, Ancient mysteries, Fabled people and places, Unexplained phenomena, Bizarre beasts, Local heroes and villians, Personalized properties, Roadside oddities, Roads less traveled, Haunted places and ghostly tales, Cemetary safari, Abandoned in Texas. Includes an index.

T-CF22  Western legends and lore.  George E. Virgines.  Wauwatosa, WI: Leather Stocking Books, 1984.  176 p.  ill.  $7.95 ISBN 0-89769-052-4 (paper)
    Consists of 14 chapters covering such topics as gun lore, horse-shoe lore, poster cowboys, Pawnee Bill, William S. Hart, and Colt revolvers. No index.

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T-CF23  Dog ghosts, and other Texas Negro folk tales: the word on the Brazos, Negro preacher tales from the Brazos Bottoms of Texas.  John Mason Brewer.  Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1976.  262 p.  ill.   $6.95 ISBN 0-29271-512-9
    Contains two works by Brewer, the first African-American member of the Texas Folklore Soc. Dog ghosts consists of 63 folk tales arranged in general groups: slavery and its legacy, carefree tales, tales of animals and ranch life, religious tales, and dog ghosts and other spirits. Source and locations of tales are given. The Word on the Brazos contains 56 preacher’s tales divided into sections: bad religion; baptizings, conversions, and church meetings; good religion; Heaven and Hell; preachers and little boys.

T-CF24  Juneteenth Texas: essays in African-American folklore.  Francis Edward Abernethy, Alan Govenar, Patrick B. Mullen, eds.  Denton: Univ. of North Texas Pr., 1996.  364 p.  ill.  (Pub. of the Texas Folklore Soc., no. 54)  $29.95 ISBN 1-57441-018-0 (cloth); $29.95 ISBN 0-585-26977-7 (e-book)
Also available: netLibrary
    See T-CE9.

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T-CF25  Analytical index to publications of the Texas Folklore Society, v. 1-36.  James T. Brachter.  Dallas: Southern Methodist Univ. Pr., 1973.  322 p.  ill.  $32.50 ISBN 0-87074-135-7
Also available: netLibrary
    Index divided into parts: specialized indexes, tale synopses, and alphabetical index. Specialized indexes are keyed to folklorist’s master catalogs, while the tale synopses and alphabetical index apply directly to the Publications series.

T-CF26  Publications of the Texas Folklore Society.  Austin: Texas Folklore Soc., 1916-  .
    Volumes on various subjects of folklore, such as regional and ethnic folksongs, dances, legends, etc., primarily related to Texas.

T-CF27  Publications, Texas Folklore Society.  URL: http://www.texasfolkloresociety.org/Books.html
    Current, in progress, and past publications, with ordering information, synopses, and some reviews. Includes TFS publication history. Provides contact information for a ‘print on demand’ service for out-of-print books.

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T-CF28  Christmas in Texas.  Elizabeth Silverthorne.  College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1990.  188 p.  ill.  $19.95 ISBN 089096-446-7 (cloth); ISBN 0-89096-578-1 (paper)
    Christmas customs including recipes: Spanish-Mexican, frontier, African-American, German, British Isles, Czech, Scandinavian, French, Italian, Polish, Wendish, Orthodox. Includes an extensive bibliography and index.

T-CF28a  Fun Texas festivals and events.  Jim Gramon; ill. by Bill Erhard.   Plano: Republic of Texas Pr., c2002.  292 p.  $18.95 ISBN 1556228864 (paper)
    Month by month, chronological listing of festivals & events around Texas. Entries include the town’s geographic region and contact information. Lists of Internet sites, cities & chambers of commerce, and indexes by geographic region and event name in back.

T-CF28b  Mardi Gras! Galveston. URL: http://www.mardigrasgalveston.com/
    Mardi Gras Galveston history, future dates, events, entertainment and parade schedules; lodging and ticket information. Sponsored by the Galveston Island Convention & Visitors Bureau.

T-CF29  Texas events calendar.  Austin: State Dept. of Highways and Public Transportation, Travel and Information Div., 1960s-  .  Quarterly.  TexDoc H1473.6 C128
Also available: http://www.traveltex.com/search/EventsSearch.aspx
    Title varies: Calendar of Texas events.
    Chronological calendar of events arranged by city alphabetically. Includes location and contact information. Issuing agency and frequency varies. Online version searchable by major events, by city, by caregory, by region, and by date.

T-CF30  Texas fairs & festivals.  Eleanor S. Morris.  Oaks, PA: Country Roads Pr., 1996.  170 p.  ill.   $14.95 ISBN 1-56626-164-3 (paper)
    Month-by-month listing. Contains indexes by location and by festival name.

T-CF31  Official Texas state holidays.  URL: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/holidays.html
    Calendar of state holidays with notes identifying legislative authorization.

T-CF32   Juneteenth.  URL: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/juneteenth.html
    Historical description.

T-CF33  Texas week.  URL: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/txweek.html
    Text of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes Title 106, Art. 6144a establishing Texas week.

T-CF34  San Antonio on parade: six historic festivals.  Judith Berg Sobre.  College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., Mar. 2003.  288 p.  53 b&w photos.  $29.95 ISBN 1-58544-222-4
    Historical descriptions of the Fourth of July, Juneteenth, Diez y Seis, Columbus Day, the German Volksfests, and the Battle of the Flowers.

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T-CF35  Curanderismo: Mexican American folk healing.  Robert T. Trotter, Juan Antonio Chavira.  2nd ed.  Athens, GA: Univ. of Georgia Pr., 1997.  204 p.  ill.  $18 ISBN 0-8203-1962-7 (paper)
    Includes a glossary, bibliographical references, and index.

T-CF36  Green medicine: traditional Mexican-American herbal remedies.  Elisco Torres.  Kingsville: Nieves Pr., 1983.  62 p.  ill.  $4.95 ISBN 09612008-0-4 (paper)
    In this illustrated glossary of medicinal herbs, the definitions tend to be very general, listing possible uses but no dosage amounts. A brief history of "Curanderism" or folk healing. Includes bibliographic references.

T-CF37  Texas folk medicine: 1333 cures, remedies, preventions, and health practices.  John Q. Anderson.  Austin: Encino Press, 1970.  91 p.  (Paisano books, no. 5)  $19.95
    Folk cures are listed under the conditions they treat (i.e., acne, Evil Eye, mumps, stuttering) and a location or source is given with each entry. The conditions are arranged in alphabetical order. Includes bibliographic references.

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T-CF38  Eats: a folk history of Texas foods.  Ernestine P. Sewell Linck, Joyce Gibson Roach; fore. by James Ward Lee.  Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ. Pr., 1989.  257 p.  ill.  $23.50 ISBN 0-8565-032-5 (cloth); ISBN 0-87565-035-X (paper)
    See T-EJ95.

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T-CF39  German Texana: a bilingual collection of traditional materials.  Gilbert John Jordan.  Burnet: Eakin Pr., 1980.  164 p.  ill.  $12.95 ISBN 0-89015-261-6
    Collection of traditional German-Texan poems, songs, prayers, hymns, ditties, proverbs, riddles, and anecdotes. Bibliography. Index of first lines and titles.

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T-CF40  Folklore and culture on the Texas-Mexican border.  Americo Paredes; Richard Bauman, ed.  Austin: CMAS Books, Center for Mexican-American Studies, Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1993.  xxiii, 287 p.  $34.95 ISBN 0-292-72472-1 (cloth); ISBN 0-292-76564-9 (paper)
    11 essays, published between 1958 and 1987, reflecting the author’s work in folklore and Chicano studies, with emphasis on the Lower Rio Grande border of South Texas and northeastern Mexico. Synthesis of folkloric, anthropological, literary, and historical theory and method. Includes complete bibliography of Paredes’ scholarly writings and index.

T-CF41  Hecho en Tejas: Texas-Mexican folk arts and crafts.  Joe S. Graham, ed.  Denton: Univ. of North Texas Pr., 1997.  xi, 357 p.  ill., maps.  (Texas Folklore Soc. pub., no. 50)  $29.95 ISBN 0-929398-33-5 (cloth); $17.95 ISBN 1-57441-038-5 (paper)
Also available: netLibrary
    See T-BG2.

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T-CF41a  Hold up the sky: and other Indian tales from Texas and the Southern Plains.   Jane Louise Curry; ill. by James Watts.   New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2003.   159p.   $17.95 ISBN 0689852878 (cloth)
    26 tales from the Comanche, Tejas (Hasinai), Kiowa, Kiowa-Apache, Lipan Apache, Waco, Wichita, Caddo, Kadohadacho, Tonkawa, Tawakoni, Kitsai, Kitkehahki-South Bend Pawnee, Osage tribes. Includes a map, a brief introduction to each tribe, and bibliographical references for further reading.

T-CF42  Kiowa voices.  v. I and v. II.  Maurice Boyd.  Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ. Pr., 1981- (1983).  ill., ports.  $29.95 ISBN 0-91264-67-5 (v. 1, cloth); $39.95 ISBN 0-91264-76-4 (v. 2, cloth)
    v. 1: Ceremonial dance, ritual, and song presents Kiowa cultural beliefs and values as reflected in ceremonial dances, songs, and art. Includes bibliographical references and index. v. 2: Myths, legends, and folktales Kiowa stories against the historical background of the tribe. Includes bibliographical references and index.

T-CF43  Texas Indian myths and legends.  Jane Archer; ill. by Nina Romberg.  Plano: Republic of Texas Pr., Wordware Pub., 1999.  xiii, 231 p.  ill., map.  $18.95 ISBN 1-55622-725-6 (paper); $18.95 ISBN 0-585-31978-2 (ebook)
Also available: netLibrary
    68 myths and legends from the Caddo, Lipan Apache, Wichita, Comanche, and Alabama-Coushatta cultures. Includes bibliography (p. 227-231).

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T-CF43a   Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.  URL: http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/
    “The Southwest/Texas PCA/ACA aims to promote an innovative and nontraditional academic movement in Humanities and Social Sciences, to provide an outlet for scholars, writers, and others interested in the popular culture, to share ideas in a professional atmosphere, and to have papers presented at meetings.” Annual conferences with panel and paper presentations. Affiliated with the National PCA/ACA (URL: http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca ).

T-CF44  Texas Folklore Society.  URL: http://www.texasfolkloresociety.org/
    One of the most active folklore societies in the U.S. Includes a short history of the society; lists of publications with some synopses, reviews and order information; list of current officers and historic list of all presidents of the society; membership information and form. "Other Things" includes the poem "Lasca" by Frank Deprez, with background information.

T-CF45  The Texas Folklore Society.  Francis E. Abernethy, Carolyn F. Satterwhite, ed.  Denton: Univ. of North Texas Pr., 1992-2000.  3 v.  ill.  (Texas Folklore Soc. pub., no. 51, no. 53, no. 57)  $29.95 ISBN 0-929398-42-4 (v. 1); ISBN 0-929398-78-5 (v. 2); ISBN 1-574411-22-5 (v. 3)
Also available: netLibrary (v. 1-2)
    Contents: v. 1, 1909-1943; v. 2, 1943-1971; v. 3, 1971-2000. The official history of the Texas Folklore Soc., each volume has a chronological listing of all society publications. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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T-CF46  Famous Texas folklorists and their stories.   Jim Gramon.   Plano: Republic of Texas Pr., c2001.   285 p.  ill.   ISBN 1556228252 (paper)
    Profiled: Ben King “Doc” Green; John Henry Faulk; Richard “Kinky” Friedman; Liz Carpenter; Allen Wayne Damron; Richard “Cactus” Pryor; J. Frank “Pancho” Dobie; Dr. J. Mason Brewer; Mody Boatright. Includes a storytelling and folklore festival calendar, bibliographical references, and index.

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