Spur-of-the-Cock
ISBN: 9780870740435
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / University of North Texas Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Folklore; Southwest;

A Publication of the Texas Folklore Society. The title of this volume comes from an essay by Hugh M. Taylor, "Spur-of-the-Cock: Hero of the Mayo Indians." Also included is an old New Mexican folk play, "Canto del Niño Perdido," edited by Mary R. Van Stone and E. R. Sims, followed by folk names of Texas cacti, cats and the occult, and old-time African-American proverbs by J. Mason Brewer.

J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964) was an American folklorist, writer, and newspaper columnist best known for many books depicting the richness and traditions of life in rural Texas. In 1922, he became secretary of the Texas Folklore Society and held the post for 21 years.

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