| Charm in Mexican Folktales | 1 |
| Don Pedrito Jaramillo: The Curandero of Los Olmos | 9 |
| Why This Was Written | 9 |
| The Life of Don Pedrito Jaramillo: Benefactor of Humanity | 11 |
| Dionisio Tells of His Cures | 18 |
| An Early Memory of Don Pedrito | 20 |
| Don Juan and Don Pedrito | 20 |
| How Senora Tomasita de Canales Was Cured | 22 |
| Tomas Flores Had No Regrets | 24 |
| The Bewitched Woman | 25 |
| An Ax in the Hand and Faith in the Heart | 27 |
| Mabel Sutherland Remembers Don Pedrito | 28 |
| Borrowed Shoes | 31 |
| Chat Vela and the Brujo | 31 |
| When One Brings a Lie | 32 |
| Cured with a Lemon | 33 |
| Without Looking Back | 34 |
| Baths and Beer | 35 |
| A Sure Cure for Migraine Headache | 36 |
| The Growth That Vanished | 36 |
| An Epileptic Is Cured | 37 |
| Cure of a Horsebreaker | 38 |
| Various Cures | 39 |
| A Grassburr in His Throat | 40 |
| A Citizen of Leon, Mexico, Visits Texas | 40 |
| The Namesake in New Mexico | 41 |
| The Night of the New Moon | 42 |
| From the North | 42 |
| Without the Doctor's Knowledge | 43 |
| A Hot Bath for Fever | 44 |
| Half a Glass of Tepid Water | 45 |
| Nosebleed | 45 |
| Three Leaves of Prickly Pear | 45 |
| Escape from a Mad Dog | 46 |
| The Cure of a Horse | 46 |
| Mysterious Money | 47 |
| The Marvelous Cure of a Shepherd | 49 |
| Cured of Drinking | 49 |
| Don Pedrito Sings | 50 |
| At Midnight in a Lake | 50 |
| Bowlegs | 51 |
| The Cripple | 51 |
| Diego Was Cured | 52 |
| The Spade and the Hoe | 52 |
| To Be Well in March | 53 |
| God Cured Him | 54 |
| Asthma for Life | 54 |
| Complete But for One Son | 55 |
| Not a Turkey Egg | 55 |
| A Vaquero Who Failed to Follow Directions | 56 |
| Faith Healed Him | 56 |
| Soldier Herb | 57 |
| Susto Cured by Susto | 57 |
| Nine Onions and Nine Baths | 58 |
| Little Petra | 59 |
| The Church Bell | 60 |
| From the Town of Refugio | 62 |
| The Vow Fulfilled | 62 |
| The Spirit of Don Pedrito Gives Hope | 63 |
| Senora Maria Saenz | 65 |
| Don Pedrito's Spirit in Monterrey | 65 |
| The Stranger at the Grave | 66 |
| Copies of Written Prescriptions | 67 |
| A Backward Glance | 68 |
| Mexican Folklore From Austin, Texas | 71 |
| Conditions of Collection | 71 |
| The Weeping Woman | 73 |
| The Return of the Gardener | 77 |
| The Fat Man | 78 |
| The Wandering Prince | 80 |
| Ratoncito Perez | 81 |
| The Real | 84 |
| Tales of the Devil | 86 |
| The Stranger | 86 |
| Lidia and the Devil | 86 |
| Matasiete | 87 |
| The Ball of Fire | 88 |
| The Spotted Pooch | 89 |
| The Sow in the Plaza | 90 |
| Ghost Tales | 90 |
| The Cold, Clammy Hand | 90 |
| La Esperanza | 91 |
| A Visit with the Dead | 92 |
| The Midnight Call | 93 |
| Indian Rendezvous | 94 |
| A Dead Man Speaks | 94 |
| The German Girl | 95 |
| Tales of Buried Treasure | 96 |
| Treasure at the Hacienda de los Albarcones | 96 |
| Horses' Hoofbeats | 99 |
| The Smugglers' Treasure | 99 |
| A Strange Animal | 100 |
| A White Light | 100 |
| The Stagecoach | 101 |
| Saints' Miracles | 102 |
| Innocence Proved | 102 |
| The Saint Who Disappeared | 102 |
| "El Nino Perdido" | 103 |
| The Protection of the Saints | 103 |
| St. Anthony Performs a Miracle | 104 |
| The Virgin | 104 |
| The Traveler | 105 |
| Benito Casarez | 106 |
| Remedies | 106 |
| Beliefs and Superstitions | 114 |
| Proverbs and Sayings | 118 |
| Riddles | 126 |
| To Whom God Wishes to Give He Will Give | 128 |
| The Fisherman and the Snake of Many Colors | 132 |
| Illustrations | |
| The Marvelous Cure of a Shepherd | 48 |
| The Weeping Woman | 75 |
| Ratoncito Perez | 82 |
| The Fisherman and the Snake of Many Colors | 133 |
| Index | 137 |