Happy Hunting Grounds

by J. Frank Dobie (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574410945
Publisher:	University of North Texas Press
Publication date:	06/01/2000
Series:	Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Series , #4
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964) was an American folklorist, writer, and newspaper columnist best known for many books depicting the richness and traditions of life in rural Texas. In 1922, he became secretary of the Texas Folklore Society and held the post for 21 years.

Table of Contents

	Preface to the Reprint Edition	1
	A Preface With a Proposal	3
	Forward Remarks by the Editor	7
	A Mexican Popular Ballad (With Music)	10
	Spanish Songs of New Mexico (With Music)	18
	Versos of the Texas Vaqueros (With Music)	30
	Reptile Myths in Northwestern Louisiana	44
	The Cowboy Dance of the Northwest	53
	Superstitions of the Northern Seas	59
	Oil Field Diction	64
	Some Folk-Tales of the Chibcha Nation	68
	The Human Hand in Primitive Art (Illustrated)	80
	Indian Pictographs Near Lange's Mill, Gillespie County (Illustrated)	103
	Contributors	115
	Proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society	117
	List of Members	119
	Index	127
	When the Woods Were Burnt
	In Memory of Leonidas Warren Payne, Jr.	5
	I Was Here When the Woods Were Burnt	7
	Beginnings of the Texas Folklore Society	17
	First Published Pamphlet of the Texas Folklore Society (Facsimile)	23