The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore

by Wilson M. Hudson (Editor), José Cisneros (Illustrator)

Overview

This volume contains Ruth Dodson's many stories of Don Pedrito Jaramillo: The Curandero of Los Olmos; in addition Soledad Perez offers his Mexican Folklore from Austin; Wilson Hudson and J. Frank Dobie add to the richness of this collection. Jose Cisneros provided the illustrations. A Publication of the Texas Folklore Society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574411089
Publisher:	University of North Texas Press
Publication date:	06/01/2000
Series:	Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Series , #24
Pages:	139
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

Wilson M. Hudson was the editor of the Texas Folklore Society from 1963 to 1971 after becoming associated with the Society when he began teaching at The University of Texas.

Table of Contents

	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