South from Hell-fer-Sartin : Kentucky mountain folk tales /
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| Imprint: | Lexington : University of Kentucky Press, [1988] ©1988 |
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| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11239887 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; INTRODUCTION; ANIMAL TALES; The Animals and the Robbers; ORDINARY TALES; Dirtybeard; Alice and Ben; Jack and His Dogs; Jack Outwits the Giants; Reptensil; The Little Blue Ball; The Bloody House; The Golden Ball; Jack and the Giant's Tasks; The Boy That Never Seen a Fraid; Johnny That Never Seen a Fraid; The Hainted House; The Boy That Couldn't Shiver and Shake; Merrywise; The Little Girl and the Giant; Nippy; The Old Woman Who Loved Mush; The Golden Arm; Big Black Toe; Rawhead and Bloodybones; Sleeping Beauty; Bully Bornes.
- The Enchanted CatThe Gold in the Chimley; John and the Wicked Princess; The Princess in the Donkey Skin; The Three Sisters; Jack and the Bull's Horns; Jack and the Bull Stripe; Big-Foot Town; Soldier of the Blue Light; The Magic Bag; Jack and the Miller's Daughter; The Rather Unusual Frog; The Skillful Brothers; The Silver Tree; The Dumb Supper; Jack and the Hidden Valley; The Little Ripen Pear; Dirty Jack; Rich Tom of Ireland; The Man and His Three Sons; Jack and His Master; The Witch Store Robber; Witch Magic; The Two Witches; The Witch Plot; Riding the Witch; Taking the Turkey.
- Taking the Big PossumBobtail and the Devil; JOKES AND ANECDOTES; Irishmen Squirrel Hunting; Irishmen Looking for Gold; Irishmen and the Red Pepper; Irishmen Deer Hunting; Irishman Eating Dungbeetles; Irishmen and the Hornets' Nest; The Irishman and the Pumpkin; The Irishman and the Watch; Irishman and the Watch; The Battle of the Boards; Irishman and the Turtle; Irishman Hunting for an American Man; Irishman and the Fiddler; Irishman Who Bought a Mule; The Lazy Irishman; The Irishman and His Shaved Mule; Dick and Dock; The Three Sillies; The Two Woodcutters; Big Fraid and Little Fraid.
- The Graveyard WagerThe Tailor and the Giants; The Gaping Woman; Casting Sheep's Eyes; The Soap Boy; The Devil and the Angel; Gabriel's Horn; Robert and the Peachtree; The Split Dog; Tall Hunting Tale; Jack on a Hunting Trip; Bears in a Holler Tree; Bragging Englishman; The Big Possum; The Swollen Hoe Handle; The Swollen Tree; My Pet Charlie; The CatsThat Clawed to Heaven; The Bad Bear; Greedy Fat Man; Coon Skin Huntin; Ground Sow Huntin; MYTHS AND LOCAL LEGENDS; Origin of Man; The Giant and the Chipmunk; King Richard of England; The Prince and the Monister; Indians Out of Fire.
- Tommy and the IndiansYansoo Po Shinie!; Lovers' Leap; Everlasting Water; The Three Lost Boys; The Last Chase; The Bear and the Baby; The Untold Secret; Rail-Splitting Sally; The Haunted Hotel Room; The Mystery of the Haunted Road; The Headless Ghost; The Falling Bars; The Returning Wife; The Jealous Wife; Spirit of the Wreck; Poor Man and His Witch Wife; Devil George; The Bewitched Cow; Travelers Dream; Watching Bulldog; Old Buttermilk John; Skeletons in the Basement; Guest Robbery; The Disguised Robber; The Fireproof Safe Business; CONCLUSION; NOTES; INFORMANTS; TYPE NUMBERS; MOTIF NUMBERS.