Bibliograph

Short call, snippets from the smallest places in Texas, Joyce Gibson Roach ; edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt ; illustrated by Scott Runnels

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Short call, snippets from the smallest places in Texas, Joyce Gibson Roach ; edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt ; illustrated by Scott Runnels

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

Short call

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

881030098

Responsibility statement

Joyce Gibson Roach ; edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt ; illustrated by Scott Runnels

Series statement

Texas Folklore Society extra book, number 24

Sub title

snippets from the smallest places in Texas

Table Of Contents

Short call -- The wayward winds -- Pickled beets -- The tower of Babel -- Friday night lights -- "A worthy woman is more valuable than rubies" -- High-toned women -- Consider the lilies (or roses or daisies) of the field -- "If there be any virtue, any praise, think on these things" -- "Will Jesus find us watching?" -- Cleanliness is next to outhouses -- It's hip to be square -- The games people play -- Primer on poke sallet -- Recipe for Tex-Mex corn bread -- Addie's household helpful hints? ask Watkins -- Some cutting remarks about pocket knives -- What are friends for? -- Before dryers there was something called a clothesline -- Effie and Earley in a weather prediction showdown -- Hang on to your hat -- Feeling blue? try apricot cake -- Livestock journal: pig report -- "But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee" -- Make a joyful noise -- Well dressed women always wear aprons -- School daze -- School ways -- Will the circle be unbroken? -- Long call -- More than cooks in the kitchen -- Shopping was an art -- Recipe for a birthday cake -- Scriptures, philosophy, and common sense make a sage -- Mama and the box top Christmas -- New year's wish -- A psalm for West Texas -- Endnotes

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