Hunters and Healers: Folklore Types and Topics

by Wilson M. Hudson (Editor)

Overview

Variety and richness are indeed found in this Publication by the Texas Folklore Society. The first folk type to appear in the book is the hunter, in Francis Abernethy’s account of the East Texas communal hunt, which he sees in relation to man’s ancient hunting habits. Folk medicine is the topic of the second article, in which Doctor Paul W. Schelder tells about his discovery of the cures used by some of his patients in Denton. In all, this volume consists of sixteen folk tales, with topics ranging from traditional ways of doing things to popular entertainment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574410914
Publisher:	University of North Texas Press
Publication date:	06/01/2000
Series:	Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Series , #35
Pages:	171
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.42(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

	Preface	vii
	The East Texas Communal Hunt	3
	Folk Medicine in Denton County Today: Or, Can Dermatology Displace Dishrags?	11
	The Frontier Preacher as a Character Type in Methodist Autobiographies	19
	The Day They Shot Bonnie & Clyde	35
	Diesel Smoke & Dangerous Curves: Folklore of the Trucking Industry	45
	Tales of the Cattle Trail	55
	Origins of "Sir Patrick Spens"	65
	"The Gatesville Murder": The Origin & Evolution of a Ballad	73
	Old Fort Leaton: A Saga of the Big Bend	83
	Hog Killing & Soap Making	103
	Cabeza De Vaca was a Piker	109
	Barbara Ellen & the Lincoln Continental: Or, the Commercial Folk Festival	113
	Classical & Literary Motifs in TV & Movie Westerns	127
	Myth & Folklore in the Ordways	133
	The Hu Apango: A Dithyrambic Festival	147
	Rats, Cats, & Abandoned Fields	157
	Contributors	165
	Index	169