Beyond the Briar Patch : affrilachian folktales, food, and folklore / Lyn Ford.
Material type: TextPublication details: Marion : Parkhurst Brothers, Inc., 2014.Description: 1 online resource (160 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781624910265
- 1624910262
- Ford, Lyn, 1951- -- Childhood and youth
- Ford, Lyn, 1951-
- African Americans -- Appalachian Region -- Folklore
- African Americans -- Appalachian Region -- Social life and customs
- Tales -- Appalachian Region
- Appalachian Region -- Social life and customs
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Social life and customs
- Manners and customs
- Tales
- Appalachian Region
- 398.2089/96073 23
- GR111.A47 F673 2014
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Acknowledgments: Thank You, Folks!; Preface: The Rabbit in That Briar Patch?; The Briar Patch and Beyond; Critters; The Happy Place . A Somewhat Different "Briar-Patch" Tale; Turtle and Rabbit; Grasshopper and the Ants; Fox and Crow; Mrs. Turtle's Cooking Pot; Pig's Nose; Papa Turtle and Monkey; Rabbit and Fox at the Well; Rabbit and Lion at the Well; Folks; Clever Jackie; Josephus; Four Tales of John; One � The Baby; Two � Pig and Possum; Three � The Handsomest Man in the World; Four � Old John and Death; The Devil and the Farmer's Wife; Spookers and Haints; John and the Devil.
Jack Finds His FearSiftin' Sand; A Sense of Place, and Time � And One Last Story; Reading Group Extras; About the Author; Q & A With Author Lyn Ford; Author's Comments on the Origins of This Book; Glossary.
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