Folklore, memoirs, and other writings
Item details
- ISBN: 0940450844
- ISBN: 9780940450844
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1001 pages : illustrations, music ; 21 cm - Publisher: New York : Library of America, [1995]
- Distributor: [New York] : Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Books USA Inc.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 981-1001). |
Formatted Contents Note: | MULES AND MEN -- Part 1. Folk tales -- John and the frog -- Witness of the Johnstown flood in heaven -- How the brother was called to preach -- How the preacher made them bow down -- Pa Henry's prayer -- How the church came to be split up -- Why negroes are black -- Why women always take advantage of men -- Sue, Sal and that pretty Johnson gal -- The quickest trick -- How to write a letter -- A fast horse -- Ah'll beatcher makin' money -- The workinest pill you ever seen -- How Jack beat the devil -- John Henry -- Ole massa and John who wanted to go to heaven -- Massa and the bear -- Why the sister in black works hardest -- De reason niggers is working so hard -- Deer hunting story -- Big talk -- The first colored man in massa's house -- What smelled worse -- The fortune teller -- How the negroes got their freedom -- The turtle-watch -- From pine to pine Mr. Pinkney -- God an' de devil in de cemetery -- Praying for rain -- Kill the white folks -- Member youse a nigger -- You think I'm gointer pay you but I ain't -- Why the mocking bird is away on Friday -- Man and the catfish -- How the snake got poison -- How the woodpecker nearly drowned the whole world -- How the possum lost the hair off his tail -- How the 'gator got his mouth -- How Brer 'Gator got his tongue worn out -- How the 'gator got black -- How Brer Dog lost his beautiful voice -- What the rabbit learned -- The goat that flagged a train -- Shooting up hill -- Tall hunting story -- The hawk and the buzzard -- Why they always use rawhide on a mule -- Why we have gophers -- How God made butterflies -- How the cat got nine lives -- The son who went to college -- Why the waves have whitecaps -- How the lion met the king of the world -- Sermon by travelling preacher -- Card game -- Ella Wall -- Ah'm gointer loose dis right-hand shackle from 'round my leg -- Strength test between Jack and the devil -- Why the porpoise has his tail on crossways -- Why the dog hates the cat -- How the devil coined a word -- How jack o'lanterns came to be -- Why the East Coast has mosquitoes and storms -- How a loving couple was parted -- All these are mine -- How the squinch owl came to be -- The talking mule -- High walker and bloody bones -- Fight at Pine Mill -- Part 2. Hoodoo -- Origin of Hoodoo -- Eulalia : ritual to get a man -- Turner and Marie Leveau -- Marie Leveau : confounding an enemy -- Marie Leveau : putting on curse -- Turner : initiation ceremony -- Turner : routine to keep a husband true -- Anatol Pierre -- Ritual : initiation ceremony -- Ritual : to make a death -- Ritual : to swell with a brick -- Father Watson -- Ritual : initiation ceremony -- Ritual : to punish -- Ritual: to get a person out of the house -- Ritual : to keep a person down -- Ritual : getting the black cat bone -- Dr. Duke -- Ritual : to help a person in jail -- Ritual : to silence opposing witnesses -- Ritual : to uncross -- Ritual : to send away -- Dr. Jenkins -- Concerning the dead -- Conjure stories -- Kitty Brown -- Ritual : ceremonial dance to put away a man -- Ritual : to make love stronger -- Ritual : to bring a lover back -- Ritual : to rule the man you love -- Glossary [includes Jack or John, woofing, testimony, John Henry, Long house, Blue baby, Georgia skin game] -- [Appendix] I. Negro songs with music : John Henry ; East Coast blues ; Please don't drive me ; Cold rainy day ; Going to see my long-haired babe ; Can't you line it? ; There stands a blue bird ; Mule on de mount ; Let the deal go down -- [Appendix] II. Formulae of Hoodoo doctors -- [Appendix] III. Paraphernalia of conjure -- [Appendix] IV. Prescriptions of root doctors. |
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