Backus. Folk-Tales from Georgia and North Carolina

Today's free book is Folk-Tales from Georgia and Tales of the Rabbit from Georgia Negroes by Emma M. Backus; this is an article in Journal of American Folklore v. 12 (1899) and v. 13 (1900), plus Negro Tales from Georgia by Emma M. Backus and Ethel Hatton Leitner from JAF v. 25 (1912).

In addition to the Georgia stories, I have also included this item from JAF v. 11 (1898): Animal Tales from North Carolina. 

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources)


Folk-Tales from Georgia

1. When Brer Rabbit Get Brer Bear Churched
2. When Brer Rabbit was Presiding' Elder
3. When Brer Wolf Have His Corn Shucking
4. Brer Rabbit's Cool Air Swing
5. When Brer Fox Don't Fool Brer Rabbit
6. When Brer Frog Give a Big Dining
7. When Sis Coon Put Down Brer Bear
8. How Come the Mooly Cow Don' Have No Horns
9. When Mr. Pine-Tree and Mr. Oak-Tree Fall Out
10. How the Little Boy Went to Heaven

Tales of the Rabbit from Georgia Negroes

1. How Brer Rabbit Practise Medicine
2. Why the People Tote Brer Rabbit Foot in their Pocket
3. Brer Rabbit Born to Luck
4. Why Mr. Dog Runs Brer Rabbit
5. How Brer Rabbit Bring Dust out of the Rock
6. When Brer Rabbit Save the Pig

Negro Tales from Georgia

1. When Brer Rabbit Saw Brer Dog's Mouth
2. Bro' Rabbit An' De Water-Millions
3. Bro' Fox An' De Foolish Jay-Bird
4. When Brer Rabbit Help Brer Terapin
5. When Brer Possum Attend Miss Fox's House-Party
6. How Brer Fox Dream He Eat Brer Possum
7. Superstition of the Graveyard Snake and Rabbit
8. Why Mr. Owl Can't Sing
9. The Negro's Superstition of the Spanish Moss

Animal Tales from North Carolina

1. When Brer Deer and Brer Terrapin Runned a Race
2. When Mr. Terrapin Went Riding on the Clouds
3. Why the Spider Never Got in the Ark
4. How Come Brer Bar Sleep in the Winter
5. How Come Mr. Buzzard to Have a Bald Head
6. The Wooly Crows
7. How Come the Pigs Can See the Wind