Some Still Do: Essays on Texas Customs (Publications of the Texas Folklore Socie Series, 39)

By Francis Abernathy

Book Overview

Some people are still working stock, building chimneys, making syrup, curing warts, and witching water the same way their fathers and grandfathers did a hundred years ago. This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society is a collection of essays on some of the olds ways--the customs--still practiced in Texas. It is not an exercise in nostalgia, but a look at practical ways of dealing with problems of survival and coping with nature and people.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574411020
• ISBN13: 9781574411027
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"