Sunday, May 12, 2019

Resource: American Negro Folktales

American Negro Folktales

Author: Richard M. Dorson
Year: 1956 / 1967
Location: personal library


Table of Contents:

Animal and Bird Stories
Who Ate Up the Butter?
Who Ate Up the Flood?
The Tar Baby
Stealing the Butter, Hiding in the Log
The Bear Meets Trouble
The Bear in the Mudhole
Rabbit and Bear Inside the Elephant
Take my Place
Rabbit and Hedgehog
Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Frog Make Mr. Fox and Mr. Bear Their Riding-Horse
Why the Rabbit Has a Short Tail
Rabbit and Fox Go Fishing
Playing Dead in the Road
The Rabbit and the Frog
The Deer Escapes from the Fox
Fox and Rabbit in the Well
The Elephant, The Lion, and the Monkey
King Beast of the Forest Meets Man
The Lion and the Rabbit
The Bear and the Rabbit
The Lion and the Cowboy
The Alligator, The Whale, and the Colored Man
The Alligator and the Slave
The Rate in the Whiskey
Elephant and Jackal
Bullfrog and Terrapin
The Farmer and the Snake
The Quail and the Rabbit
The Reason the Buzzard Is God a Bald Head
The Bear and the Buzzard
Why The buzzard Went South
The Buzzard Goes to Europe
Crow, Buzzard, and Mule
Lazy Buzzard
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Belling the Buzzard
Bee and Dirt-Dauber
The Preacher and the Guinea
The Poll Parrot
The Poll Parrot, The Hawk, and Jim
Polly Tells on the Slaves
Poll Parrot and Biscuits
Poll Parrot and Hens
The Parrot and the Woodman

Old Master and John
Colored Man and White Man
Hoodoos and Two-Heads
Spirits and Hants
Witches and Mermaids
The Lord and the Devil
Wonders
Horrors
Protest Tales
Scare Tales
Fool Tales
Lying Tales
Preachers
Irishmen


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