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• Is it folklore or history? : the answer may be important / Tom Crum
• The roadrunner in fact and folk-lore / J. Frank Dobie
• Cavalry traditions on the Texas frontier / James T. Matthews
• Gathering at Bill's : maintaining the folklore of Live Oak County / Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell
• The cooking extravaganza : sequel to "Gathering at Bill's" / Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell
• Growing up female in Texas : the importance of beauty pageants in Texas communities / Kelly M. Mosel-Talavera
• Madame Blackley : seer of south Texas / Henry Wolff, Jr
• La Llorona's ancestry : crossing cultural boundaries / Gloria Duarte
• Burning brightly : the Easter fires of maternal necessity / Donna Melitio
• Five stands off bottom / Lew Schnitz
• Dispatches from the electronic front lines / Charles Williams
• A rural mail carrier / Milt McAfee (as told by Ben Mead)
• The trials and tribulations of a dirt road country doctor / Mildred Boren Sentell
• Joe Fitzgerald, nurseryman and philosopher / Mary Joe (Fitzgerald) Clendenin
• Water woes and water ways : tales of Texas engineer John B. Hawley / Deborah Lightfoot Sizemore
• The long arm of the law / Martha Emmons
• The police language : the lore of law enforcement communication in west Texas / Kenneth L. Untiedt
• Cactus Jack Garner as folk hero : vice-president of the United States 1933-1940 / Lora B. Garrison
• And lo to Vernon came : the con man, the bootlegger man, and the music man / William N. Stokes, Jr
• Horsetrading and ethics / J. Rhett Rushing
• The lore of retirement and extended care facilities / Kenneth W. Davis
• Folksy, but devout, bookkeeping / George Wilmeth Ewing
• Mi fronteridad in the classroom : the power of writing and sharing stories / Meredith E. Abarca.

Folklore is everywhere, whether you are aware of it or not. A culture's traditional knowledge is used to remember the past and maintain traditions, to communicate with other members within a community, to learn, to celebrate, and to express creativity. It is what helps distinguish one culture from another. Although folklore is so much a part of our daily lives, we often lose sight of just how integral it is to everything we do. If we look for it, we can find folklore in places where we'd never think it existed. "Folklore: In All of Us, In All We Do" includes articles on a variety of topics. One chapter looks at how folklore and history complement one another; while historical records provide facts about dates, places and names, folklore brings those events and people to life by making them relevant to us. Several articles examine the cultural roles women fill. Other articles feature folklore of particular groups, including oil field workers, mail carriers, doctors, engineers, police officers, horse traders, and politicians. There is also an article on how teachers can use writing in the classroom as a means of keeping alive the storytelling tradition.
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Collection of American weather sayings arranged in alphabetical order with brief comment, and drawings by the author.