Research Catalog

Title

Mississippi folk and the tales they tell : myths, legends and bald-faced lies / Diane Williams ; photographs by Susan Allen Liles.

Author

Williams, Diane, 1953-

Publication

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.

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Details

Description

159 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

• "Explore and enjoy some of the most fascinating tales from the Magnolia State"--
• "Collection of folktales from all over Mississippi"--

Series Statement

American legends

Subject

• Tales > Mississippi
• Tall tales > Mississippi
• Legends > Mississippi
• Storytellers > Mississippi

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-159).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ivory-Billed Woodpeckers in Madison County 11 -- For Whom the Bell Tolls in Rural Madison County 13 -- Frog Gigging in Rolling Fork 19 -- Old Jim Gordon's Gold in Willoughby, by Ralph E. Gordon 23 -- The Gunfight at Willoughby Crossing, by Ralph E. Gordon 27 -- The Ghost Train of little Rock, by Ralph E. Gordon 29 -- How Poplarville Got Its Name 33 -- Poplarville Has a Haunted House 35 -- Marijuana and Moonshine in Poplarville 39 -- The Big Chicken Fight in Wiggins 43 -- Bill Restor's Childhood Possum in Wiggins 45 -- Murder Greek, the County Crossroad: Stone, Forest and Pearl River Counties 47 -- The Turpentine Shackin Pearl River County 51 -- Milking Cows in Carnes 53 -- The Wiggins Pickle Factory 55 -- The Two-Dollar Mule in Aberdeen 61 -- Midwifery in Sandy Hook 65 -- The John Ford House of Sandy Hook 69 -- Keep Okolona Hummin 73 -- Love Is Like Cornbread: A Story of Unconditional Love in Columbia 77 -- The Corinth Railroad Story 83 -- Natchez: Back in the Day 89 -- Outhouses in Rural Mississippi 101 -- The Canton Graveyard Chase 107 -- Pretending to Be Grown in Canton 109 -- Cooking and Eating Turtles in Rural Madison County 111 -- Raleigh, Mississippi: Home of the National Tobacco Spitting Contest 113 -- Places Around Mississippi: What's in a Name? 117 -- Rocky Springs: A Place Called Home 121 -- Windsor Ruins of Claiborne County 125 -- Mississippi Hoodoo, by Phoenix Savage 129 -- The Belzoni Lady Who Kept the Hog Hooves 131 -- The Power of the Conjurer in Belzoni 135 -- The Talc of the Talking Frog and the Little Slave Boy Who Sat by the Pond 139 -- The Rabbit and the Turtle 143 -- A Feast Tonight! 147.

ISBN

• 9781609499327 (paperback)
• 1609499328 (paperback)

LCCN

^^2014001907

OCLC

864411395

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library