Acknowledgments |
Introduction |
A Note on the Recordins and How They Are Transcribed |
American Folktales: Their Stuff Styles |
Tha Nations'Most Celebrated Storytelling Family: The Hickses and the harmonsSamuel Harmon |
1 How I Bought and Stole My WifeSamuel Harmon |
2 Telling Tales to My GrandkidsSamuel Harmon |
3 The Great PumpkinSamuel Harmon |
4 Giant MosquitoesSamuel Harmon |
5 Jack, Tom, and WillSamuel Harmon |
6 The Marriage of the Kings DaughterSamuel Harmon |
7 Stiff DickSamuel Harmon |
8 The Mad KingSamuel Harmon |
9 The Bean TreeSamuel Harmon |
10 Little Dicky WhigburnSamuel Harmon |
11 CatskinsSamuel Harmon and Albera Harmon Maud Long |
13 When My Mother ToldJack Tales Maud Long |
14 Jack and the Giants NewgroundMaud Long |
15 Jack and the DrillMaud Long |
16 Jack and the VarmintsMaud Long |
17 Jack and the BullMaud Long |
18 Jacka and the Doctors GirlMaud Long |
19 Jacka and the Northwest WindMaud Long |
20 Jack and One of His Hunting TripsMaud Long |
21 Old Fire DragamanMaud Long |
22 Love; A Riddle TaleMaud Long |
23 Jack and the Heifer HideMaud Long |
24 Jack and the RiverDaron Douglas |
25 Hooray for Old SlooshaRoby Hicks |
26 Feathers in HerHari Roby Hicks |
27 The YapeBuna Hicks and Ray Hicks |
28 Jack and theRobbers Ray Hicks |
29 The Unicorn and the Wild BoarRay Hicks |
30 The Witch Woman on the Stone Mountain on the Tennessee SideRay Hicks |
31 Grinding at theMill Hicks |
32 Mule EggsRay Hicks |
Sara Cleveland: Irish American Tales from Brant Lake, New York |
33 Finn MacCool and the Rocks |
34 Black Horses |
35 Telling Fortunes with Cards |
36 Spiritualism and Fortune Telling |
37 Pull, God Damn You, Pull! |
38 The Kill Is Burning |
39 Babys Gone |
40 The Witch and the Donkey |
41 The Lady and the Fairy |
42 Little Red Night Cap |
43 Old Graybeard |
44 Shiver and Shake |
45 Rob Haww |
46 One Thing the Devil Cant Do |
J.D. Suggs: Itinerant Master |
47 How I Learned My Tales |
48 Mr. Snake and the Farmer |
49 Buzzard Gies to Europe |
50 Monkey Apes His Master |
51 Efan Outruns the Lord |
52 Mr. Fox and Mr. Deer |
53 Brother Rabbit Rides Brother Bear |
54 Brother Bear Meets Man |
55 Brother Bear and Brother Deer Hold a Meeting |
56 The Devils Daughter |
57 Where Um-hum Came From |
58 Skin, Dont You Know Me? |
59 The Great Watermelon |
60 Pull Me Up, Simon |
61 Brother Bill, the Wild Cowboy |
Joshua Alley: Down-East Tales from Jonesport, Maine |
62 The Bears Tale |
63 Man Warren Beal and the Indians |
64 Wrestling the Chief |
65 Chutes Wedge Trick |
66 Dodging the Wolves |
67 Open, Saysem |
68 The murderers |
69 The Haunted Sloop |
70 Groans, Gold, Dreams, and the Devil |
Will Gillie Gilchrist: Tales of Injustice in the Urban South |
71 Robbed-and Taken for a Thief |
More Cop Trouble |
Courtroom Trouble |
More Courtroom Trouble |
Cop, Courtroom, and Jail Trouble |
Jane Muncy Fugate: Healing Tales for a Mountain Child and Troubled Adults |
71 How I Learned My Tales |
72 Merrywise |
73 One-My-Darling |
74 Old Greasybeard |
75 The Kings Well |
76 Rawhead and Bloodybones |
77 The Three Sillies |
78 The Tarnished Star |
79 Tailipoe (1995) |
80 Tailipoe II (2001) |
The Nation's Most Celebrated Folklore CollectorsJohn A. and Alan Lomax |
Out WestJohn A. Lomax |
86 I Don't know How to RunJoseph Graham |
87 You Can Cook Breakfast Too W.D. (Bill) Casey |
88 My Brothers Last RideSloan Matthews |
89 Getting Stuck on a PonySam Hill |
90 Shooting a WifeSam Hill |
91 Har Times in the Toyah CountryAnnie Agnes Kingston |
Down in the DeltaAlan Lomax |
92 John Loses the Race Buck AsaUlisses Jefferson |
93 Jack Guesses What Is Under the pot Buck AsaUlisses Jefferson |
94 The Preacher and His Hogs Buck AsaUlisses Jefferson |
95 The Preacher Who Could Always Be Trapped By Women æBuck AsaÆUlisses Jefferson |
96 The Women Who Couldnt CountM.C. Orr |
97 The Lady and Her Three DaughtersM. C. Orr |
In Prison and at Home with ClearRock |
98 Watermelon Story Mose ClearRock Platt |
99 Cat Story Mose ClearRock Platt |
100 Music for Me to Run By Mose ClearRock Platt |
101 The Leaky House Mose ClearRock Platt |
Aunt Molly Jackson: Playing, Courting, Witches, Ghosts, and Lies |
102 My First Fance AuntMolly Jackson |
103 How we Entertained Ourselves AuntMolly Jackson |
104 An Unreasonable Lie: The Land of the Yeahoes AuntMolly Jackson |
105 Courting Hungry AuntMolly Jackson |
106 Churning Up the Devil AuntMolly Jackson |
107 Becoming a Witch and Undoing Spells AuntMolly Jackson |
108 The Witch and the Witch Doctor AuntMolly Jackson |
109 Ridden by a Witch AuntMolly Jackson |
110 Living in a Haunted House AuntMolly Jackson |
On the RangeJ. Frank Dobie |
111 My FatherPrays J. Frank Dobie |
112 Hilo!J. Frank Dobie |
113 Beef and TallowJ. Frank Dobie |
Legendary America |
114 The Wolf BoyLula Davis |
115 The Orphan Girl That DiedLula Davis |
116 The Child and the snakeLula Davis |
117 A Haunted HouseLaurie Hance |
118 Lights That ListenEllis Ogle |
119 Sounds That ListenEllis Ogle |
120 Natural GaintsEllis Ogle |
121 The Scarecrow DreamEllis ogle |
122 The Yankee and MarcumBurl Hammons |
123 The Thing on the BridgeNewton Downey |
124 The Vanishing HitchhikerNewton Downey |
125 Th Three Knocks; A GrandmothersGhost Margaret Doane |
126 The Visions ofLloyd Chandler Garrett Chandler |
127 Flying Panther WitchQuincy Higgins |
128 The Spider WitchLeozie Smith |
129 NightmareRidden John Jackson |
130 The Preacher and the SpooksJohn Jackson |
131 Fairy FormsMargaret Sullivan |
132 Banshees and Ghosts FatherSarsfield Osullivan |
133 Raising the Dear; Te Nephite on the RoadDr. and Mrs. Norman Freestone |
Tall The American |
134 Paul Bunyan on Round RiverPerry Allen |
135 Paul Bunyan Moves in Circles AgainBill McBride |
136 A Liars Contest Five Residents of the California Camps |
137 My Three Favorite Lies Vernon æShortieÆAllen |
138 The Peach Tree DeerBill Robinson |
139 Cornered by a Polar BearMichael Bruick |
140 A Land-loving CatfishDoc McConnell |
141 The Biggest Liar in the StateTilman Cadle |
142 Swinging PigsLee Webb |
143 The Roguish CowGaines Kilgore |
144 The Night the Lamp FlameFroze Mary Celestia Parler |
145 The Gun Aint LoadedFrank Mahaffey |
Jokes |
146 Dividing the DeadEllis Ogle |
147 Two at the Gate Son House |
148 Possums and Pigs Son House |
149 The Biggest Liar in the State Son House |
150 Hell Have to Swim Son House |
151 Cold as Hell Son House |
152 The Preacher and theBully Lula Davis |
153 Baptists and PresbyteriansJohn Moser |
154 The Devilists RevivalJoan Moser |
155 Jamie the MountainLion Margaret Chase |
156 Pedro de Urdemalas and the PlumsArthur L. Campa |
157 Pedro de Urdemalas and the PigsArthur L. Campa |
158 The indito and His WivesArthur L. Campa |
159 The indito and the BankerArthur L. Campa |
160 Unwatering the MineLevitte Jay Davidson |
161 Tom the BurroLevitte Jay Davidson |
162 Burros and Beechnut Levitte Jay Davidson |
163 Willie and theDevil Gaines Kilgore |
164 Old One-EyeGaines Kilgore |
165 in His Native LanguageHector Lee and J. Golden Kimball |
166 Counting the Wrong FirshJohn Persons |
167 I Love EweArcher Gilfillan |
168 Sports as markersArcher Gilfillan |
169 John and Old Mistresss NightgownJohn Davis |
170 John and the Bear John Davis |
171 John and the CoonJohn Davis |
172 Monkey and BuzzardCira Jackson |
173 Twenty-five Roosters and One HenCora Jackson |
174 Thinning CornCora Jackson |
175 Thats the OneCora Jackson |
176 The CookPaul E. Young |
177 A Mountain Wedding |
Passing It On: Stores for Children |
178 The Girl Who Didn't Mind Her Mother EarthaM.M. White |
179 The Crooked Old Man Bascom Lamar Lunsford |
180 Grown Toe GlenMuncy Anderson |
181 The Forty-Mile JumperMary Celestia Parler |
182 Gayyum, Singo, et MoliseauBarry Jean Ancelet |
183 Show Me Your PawMary Carolina and Spurlock Ancelet |
184 SkullboneDebra Anderson |
185 La mata de higo/The Fig TreeZiomara Andux |
186 Senorita Martinez Cucaracha y Senor Ratoncito Perez/Miss Martinez Cockroach andMr. Perez Mouse Evelia Andux |
187 Antonio, Cortador de lena/Antonio the WoodcutterMartin Nortiega |
188 The Fox, the Rabbit, and the TarbabyE. L. Smith |
189 The TarbabyCora Jackson |
190 Jack and the BeanstalkWilbur Roberts |
191 Little NippyLee Wallin |
Voicing The Past: Tales Tracing the Paths of American History Native American Visions |
192 The Old Womans Vision Amoneeta Sequoyah |
193 The BlackfishGeorge Young |
194 How the Terrapin Got Scars on HisShell George Griffith |
Slavery Days and the Civil War |
195 Romey Howard: Freedom in the GraveE. L. Smith |
196 Romey Howard: Fresh Meat TonightE. L. Smith |
197 Remembering SlaveryLaura Smalley |
198 The Sisters and the RenegadesLee Winniford |
199 Great-aunt Becky's BeauLee Winniford |
Struggles with Nature and Neighbors |
200 Dream No MoreMaggie Hammons Parker |
201 She Saved the ChildrenMary Eva Baker |
202 The One-Legged Indian Dominic Gallagher |
203 Panther BillJake Sutton |
204 Trying to Mix Liquor and LaughsJames L. Huskey |
205 The Biggest Bear Thats Ever Been KilledJames L. Huskey |
206 Trials of a Dog DriverCharles Carter |
207 Im Still Here: Healing at HomeVories Moreau |
208 Im a Man Too: Fights Every NightVories Moreau |
Dust Bowl Tales |
209 Dust Bowl RefugeesWoody Guthrie |
210 The Man on the RoadWoody Guthrie |
211 Indians, Locusts, Floods, and Dust: An okie Family SaaFlora Robertson |
Folktales In The Making: The September 11 Project |
211 The Day after the Day: The Pearl Harbor Project |
212 September 11 in Iow City, Iowa Janet Freedom |
213 September 11 in Red Hook, Brooklyn Lillie Haws |
214 Heaven in the Middle ofHell Lillie Haws |
215 Christian RegenhardLillie Haws |
Notes on the Tales |
Bibliography |
Index of Narrators |
Index of Collectors and Collections |
Geographic Index Index of Tales Released in Audio Form through the American Folklife Center |
Index of Tale Types |
Index of Motifs |