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Some Still Do : Essays on Texas Customs
Overview
Some people are still working stock, building chimneys, making syrup, curing warts, and witching water the same way their fathers and grandfathers did a hundred years ago. This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society is a collection of essays on some of the olds ways--the customs--still practiced in Texas. It is not an exercise in nostalgia, but a look at practical ways of dealing with problems of survival and coping with nature and people.
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- ISBN-13: 9781574411027
- ISBN-10: 1574411020
- Publisher: University of North Texas Press
- Publish Date: April 2000
- Dimensions: 9.03 x 6.06 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.59 pounds
- Page Count: 153
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