Title A treasury of Southern folklore; stories, ballads, traditions, and folkways of the people of the South. / With a foreword by Douglas Southall Freeman.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	GR108 .B6 1949	Available	---

Description	xxiv, 776 pages : music ; 22 cm
Summary	More than 500 stories and more than 75 folk-songs, presenting the full cast of characters of the varied South-heroes like Patrick Henry, Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, Stonewall Jackson and the almost godlike Robert E. Lee; outlaws and pirates; poor whites, slaves, Cajuns, Gullahs, etc.
Contents	Part one: With a Southern accent. Southern loyalties -- Local pride and prejudice -- Caste and class -- Brethern and sistern -- Irrepressible cussedness -- Part two: Southern saga. On the side of the angels -- Buccaneers, bandits, and bullies -- The people's choice -- Memorabilia -- Part three: Southern story-tellers. Yarns and tall tales -- Folk tales -- Part four: Southern folkways. Pleasures of the palate -- Southern lights and shadows -- Rhythms, rituals, and folk-say -- Part five: The signing south. Lullabies and game songs -- Dance, instrumental, and minstrel songs -- Songs of the Confederacy -- British songs and ballads -- Topical songs and ballads -- Mountain songs and ballads -- Negro work songs and ballads -- Religious songs.
Subject	Folklore -- Southern States.
	Folklore.
	Southern States.
	Southern States -- Social life and customs.
	Manners and customs.
Added Title	Southern folklore
Other Form:	Online version: Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975. Treasury of Southern folklore. New York, Crown Publishers [1949] (OCoLC)654556190