Resource: American Negro Folklore

American Negro Folklore

Author: J. Mason Brewer
Year: 1968
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Tales

Animal Tales
The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story
How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox
De Wolf, De Rabbit, and de Tar Baby
Eyeball Candy
Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Bear
Mr. Fox Goes a-Hunting, but Mr. Rabbit Bags the Game
Granny's Version of the Owl
Sheer Crops
Buh Owl an Buh Rooster
Buh Lion an Buh Goat
Story of a Cow en' Buh Mule

How Come and Why Tales
Why the Negro is Black
Why the Holy Amen Church Has Two Doors
Why the Rabbit Has a Short Tail
Why the Buzzrad Has a Red Hood
Granny's Version of the Eagle Who Became a God
How the Church Came to Be Split Up
Why There are So Many Mosquitoes

Tales of Folk Figures

Reality-Thinking Tales
Ghost Stories
Tales of Ranch Life
Aunt Dicy Tales
Reality-Thinking Tales from the North
Reality-Thinking Tales from the South

Part 2. The Negro's Religion
Tales
Sermons and Prayers

Part 3. Songs
Spirituals
Folk Blues
Slave Seculars and Work Songs
Ballads
Some Other Songs

Part 4. Personal Experiences
Slavery Time
Reconstruction Days
REligious Conversion
Wartime Experiences
They Speak of Many Things

Part 5. Superstitions

Part 6. Proverbs

Part 7. Rhymes

Part 8. Riddles

Part 9. Names

Part 10. Children's Rhymes and Pastimes