Harris. Daddy Jake, The Runaway

Today's free book is Daddy Jake, The Runaway: And Short Stories Told After Dark by Joel Chandler Harris (1889). 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). You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo. For versions of the stories with the eye-dialect and frametale removed, see: Daddy Jake.

(book illustration)

Table of Contents

Crazy Sue's Story.
How a Witch Was Caught.
The Little Boy and His Dogs.
How Black Snake Caught the Wolf.
Why the Guineas Stay Awake.
How the Terrapin Was Taught to Fly.
The Creature With No Claws.
Uncle Remus's Wonder Story.
The Rattlesnake and the Polecat.
How the Birds Talk.
The Foolish Woman.
The Adventures of Simon and Susanna.
Brother Rabbit and the Gingercakes.
Brother Rabbit's Courtship.

Marsh. Negro folk-lore in America

Today's free book is Types and distribution of negro folk-lore in America by Vivian Costroma Osborne Marsh (1922). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. You can find out more about Vivian Osborne Marsh at Wikipedia.

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

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Table of Contents

Introduction.
Origin and Distribution of Stories.
The Bird that Made Milk.
Brother Rabbit and The Little Girl.
The Jabuti That Cheated The Man,
Trickster stories.
Hlakanyana of Africa.
Brother Rabbit and Granny Fox.
Brother Mink and the Diving Match with Brother Tarrypin
Brother Rabbit nails Brer Fox's Tail to the Roof
Bear That Nursed The Alligators.
The Lion and The Jackal.
Brer Rabbit escapes Brer Wolf.
Demane and Demazana.
Story of the Great Chief of the Animals.
Fate of Jack Sparrow.
Brer Fox and Brer Terrapin.
Jaguar Who Catches A Tortoise.
How the Tortoise Outran the Ostriches.
How the Tortoise Outran the Deer.
How the Tortoise Outran the Rabbit.
How the Carapato Outran the Deer.
The White Man and The Snake
The Fox and The Raven.
Brer Wolf Plays Dead.
Stories of Cleverness
Tar Baby Story.
The Bride of The Old Boy.
The Little Girl and The Devil.
The Hunters and The Deer
Creation Story.
Summary

Young. Plantation Bird Legends

Today's free book is Plantation Bird Legends by Martha Young (1902), with illustrations by by J. M. Condé. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust and the Internet Archive (I have not checked for other online sources). You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

(Crane)

Table of Contents

OUT OF BIRDLAND
Sis' Dove
The Owl and Peacock
Mister Woodpecker's Work
Br'er Buzzard's Fust Friend

WITH THE QUARTER FOLKS
Br'er Buzzard's Fust Taste
How Jedge Peacock Sowed His Wild Oats
The Mocking Bird's Theft
Mis' Swallow 

VISITORS TO THE CABIN
The Imitative Cat Bird
How Harm Came to Mister Buzzard
Crane
Br'er Hawk and Br'er Buzzard
Swamp Robin

THE VISIT RETURNED
The Mocking Bird
How Come Br'er Buzzard Boards
The Goose
How Preacher Crow Makes a Start Toward Being a Vegetarian
Hawk's Disguise

EARLY
Hawk's Fust Quarry
Mister Bluebird's Debt
Greedy Humming Bird
Robin
Br'er Jay

AT THE END OF THE LINE
The Caze of Br'er Buzzard's Red Head
Br'er Hawk and de Flint Rock
In de Swamp
Field Lark and Partridge

TWELVE O'CLOCK
Mistress Peafowl's Bad Luck
Mis' Mockin' Bird's Chillen
Mister Bluebird and Mister Mocking Bird

LOST THINGS
Br'er Buzzard's three-cornder Hat 'n' Feather
Plucked
Why and How Geese Call Each Other

EVENING
Excuse for the Rogue
Day's A-Breakin'
Robin Red Breast

WITH A LOVE CHARM
De Big Quar'l
Guineas
Butcher Bird's Board Bill

NIGHT IN THE QUARTER
Br'er Buzzard's Hat
Red Crowned Warbler
Po'Jay
Mister Woodpecker
The One Way Out

NIGHT IN THE SWAMP
Owls

Brown. North Carolina Folklore

Today's free book is The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore (1952-1964). All seven volumes are available online:
Vol. 1: Games and Rhymes, Beliefs and Customs, Riddles, Proverbs, Speech, Tales and Legends
Vol. 2: Folk Ballads
Vol. 3: Folk Songs
Vol. 4: Music of the Ballads and Songs
Vol. 5: Superstitions
Vol. 6: Popular Beliefs and Superstitions
Vol. 7: More Popular Beliefs and Superstitions

For the contents of the "Tales and Legends" in Volume 1, 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). You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

(Dragging Nets)

Table of Contents

The Man in the Moon
The Lover's Leap
How Estatoe River Got Its Name
How the Indians Got Fire
The Origin of Negroes
Why the Negro Works
The Origin of the Woodpecker
Jay Birds as the Devil's Servants
Honey Bees and Red Clover
What the Guinea Hen Says
The Maiden-hair Fern
The Sunflower
The Fuschia
The Aspen
The Mistletoe
The Headless Dog
The Land of the Mermaids
The Cows on Christmas Eve
The Poisoned Tree
The Coach-whip Snake
Snakes Swallowing Their Young
The Little Girl Who Fed the Snake
Cats and Corpses
Ripe Fruit at Twelfth Night
Murderer Betrayed by Victim's Blood
How to Keep Corn From Firing
Anointing the Nail
The Self-rocking Chair
Premonitions of Death
The Song of the Saw
Lumber for the Coffin
Wraith of the Sweetheart
Old Quawk
Riding His Horse to Hell
The Letter of Christ
The Witch and the Rooster
'vira Gilberts and Her Witchcraft
Old Henry
Discovering a Remedy Against Witches
Killing the White Rabbit
Sam Guy's Witch Tales
Old Ferro
How to Become a Witch
Transferring the Spell
Ridden by Witches
Witch-ridden Horses
Granny Frone
The Witch and the Silver Bullet
Witches' Salve
Betsey Long-tooth
The Witch at the Shooting Match
Witches as Cats and Rabbits
The Witchery Cruise
A Witch's Death
The Witch and the Yellow Cat
The Witch-cat in the Mill
Boaz Squires, the Magician
Work of the Witch Doctor
Miscellaneous Traditions About Witches
The Little Red Man
The Lineback Ghost
The Creaking Bureau
The Croatan Fisherman
The Ghost on the Mill Road
The Ghost on the Cemetery Road
Haunted Graveyards
The Ghostly Pack
Kadesh Organ
Ghost Story From Dare County
A Handshake
Hants
The Polly Place Ghost
The Spinning Wheel
The Haunted Spring
The Haunted Laurel
The Speaking Corpse
The Headless Man of Stoney Creek
The Headless Woman
The Crazy Woman Ghost
The Bridal Ghost
Graveyard Ghosts
The Bonneted Ghost
The Headless Dog of Brushy Fork
The Headless Man Near the Bridge
The Ghostly Warning
The Ghostly Lights
The Groaning Ghost
The Dying Child
The Parting Ghost
Reward for Staying in Haunted House
The Fork in the Skirt
Bluebeard's Death
Th' Hog-stealing "Waumpaus"
The Three Fairies
The Vision of Aunt Sally Simms
The Curse on Bath
The Heavy Saddle-bags
Blackbeard's Treasure
Dreaming of Treasure
Uncle Bill Digs for Money
What the Mill Said
Wash Bee Day
Deer Driving
He Did What He Was Told
The Moon on the Fence
Cutting Off the Snake's Head
John Moccasin's Tricks
Johnny's Revenge
Johnny's Startling Visit
Meat and Bread and Pudding Too
Why Millie Got Sanctified
I Don't Care if I Don't Get Her
The Back Log
The Two Suitors
Searching for a Wife
The Gallinipper
The Mountain-climbing Steer
The Race
Brer Frog in De Road
In the Chest

Sale. The Tree Named John

Today's free book is The Tree Named John by John B. Sale with silhouettes by Joseph Cranston Jones. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. The book contains childhood memories by the author, along with stories told by the characters; I have just listed the stories and linked to them at Hathi Trust. You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

Spider-Bitten: Brer Rabbit and Brer Rattlesnake
Gittin' Well: Brer Rabbit and Mist' Li-yon
Brer Mole Swaps His Eyes fer Brer Frawg's Tail
Why Elefunts is Skeered uv Mices
When Brer Rabbit Thundered
Why Some Folks is Black en Some is White
When Brer Crickit en Brer Flea Fell Out
Ghos'es

Culbertson. Animal Folks

Today's free book is At the Big House: Where Aunt Nancy and Aunt 'Phrony Held Forth on the Animal Folks by Anne Virginia Culbertson and illustrated by E. Warde Blaisdell. Don't be put off by the title of this book: although it is the product of a racist era, it is at the same time a powerful testimony to the interaction between African-American and Native American storytelling traditions in the American South (specially, the Eastern Cherokee of North Carolina).

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

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

Going Down to Uncle Henry's
Mr Fox's Funeral
Mr Fox and Molly Hare Go Fishing
Mr Hare Imitates Mr Bear
The Friendship of Mr Bear and Mis Turkey
The Toad, the Grasshopper and the Rooster
Mr Terrapin Gets the Nose-Bleed
How the Possum's Tail Became Bare
Why the Possum Has Black Ears
How Mr Terrapin Lost His Beard
How Mr Terrapin Lost His Plumage and Whistle
Mis Cat and Mr Frisky Mouse
Mr Hare Tries to Get a Wife
How Mr Hare Lost His Horns
Why the Titmouse Has a Blunt Tongue
The Woman Who Married an Owl
Mr Mud-Turtle's Adventure
Why the Flounder is Flat
Brother Squirrel and Molly Hare
Mr Hare and Mr Flint Rock
Mr Wildcat Goes Turkey-Hunting
Mr Fox Turns Farmer
Canadi and the Wolves
The Story of a Giant
Why the Buzzard is Bald
Mis Goose Deceives Mr Bear
Mr Bear Tends Store for Mr Fox
A Star Story
Why Crabs Walk Backward
The Origin of the Cat
The Dragon and the Thunder
The Tlaniwa
The Possum and the Grub-Worm
Mr Bear and Mr Terrapin Go Courting
Molly Cottontail Steals Mr Fox's Butter
The Lazy Fox
Mr Hare, Mr Mink and Mis Duck
The Hummingbird and the Tobacco
Why Moles Have Hands
The Fox and the Duck
Why the Groundhog Has a Short Tail
Mr Hare, Mr Wildcat and Mr Otter
Mr Hare and Mr Elephant
The Toad and the Terrapin
The Mockingbird and the Dry-Fly
The Saucy Young Frog
The Crane and the Hummingbird
The Fox and the Hot Potatoes
The Funeral of Mr Dog
How the Deer Lost His Upper Teeth
The Hare Disappears For Ever 

Hyatt. Hoodoo Conjuration Witchcraft and Rootwork

Today's free book is Hoodoo Conjuration Witchcraft and Rootwork by Harry Middleton Hyatt (1970). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive (I have not checked for other online sources): Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, and Volume 5.

Talley. Negro folk rhymes

Today's free book is Negro folk rhymes, wise and otherwise by Thomas W. Talley (1922). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

(first edition, 1922)

Table of Contents

1. Jonah's Band Party
2. Love Is Just A Thing Of Fancy
3. Still Water Creek
4. possum Up The Gum Stump
5. Joe And Malinda Jane
6. Tails
7. Captain Dime
8. Crossing The River
9. T-U-Turkey
10. Chicken In The Bread Tray
11. Molly Cottontail, Or, Graveyard Rabbit
12. Juba
13. On Top Of The Pot
14. Stand Back, Black Man
15. Negroes Never Die
16. Jawbone
17. Indian Flea
18. As I Went To Shiloh
19. Jump Jim Crow
20. Jaybird
21. Off From Richmond
22. He Is My Horse
23. Judge Buzzard
24. Sheep And Goat
25. Jackson, Put That Kettle On!
26. Dinah's Dinner Horn
27. My Mule
28. Bullfrog Put On The Soldier Clothes
29. Sail Away, Ladies!
30. The Banjo Picking
31. Old Molly Hare
32. One Negro Tune Used With "an Opossum Hunt"
33. An Opossum Hunt
34. Devilish Pigs
35. Promises Of Freedom
36. When My Wife Dies
37. Baa! Baa! Black Sheep
38. He Will Get Mr. Coon
39. Bring On Your Hot Corn
40. The Little Rooster
41. Sugar In Coffee
42. The Turtle's Song
43. Raccoon And Opossum Fight
44. Cotton Eyed Joe
45. Rabbit Soup
46. Old Gray Mink
47. Run, Nigger, Run!
48. Shake The Persimmons Down
49. The Cow Needs A Tail In Fly-Time
50. Jaybird Died With The Whooping Cough
51. Wanted! Cornbread And Coon
52. Little Red Hen
53. Ration Day
54. My Fiddle
55. Master Is Six Feet One Way
56. Fox And Geese
57. Gooseberry Wine
58. I'd Rather Be A Negro Than A Poor White Man
59. The Hunting Camp
60. The Ark
61. Gray And Black Horses
62. Rattler
63. Brother Ben And Sister Sal
64. Simon Slick's Mule
65. Nobody Looking
66. Hoecake
67. I Went Down The Road
68. The Old Hen Cackled
69. I Love Somebody
70. We Are "all The Go"
71. Aunt Dinah Drunk
72. The Old Woman In The Hills
73. A Sick Wife
74. My Wonderful Travel
75. I Would Not Marry A Black Girl
76. Harvest Song
77. Year Of Jubilee
78. Sheep Shell Corn
79. Plaster
80. Uncle Ned
81. The Master's "stolen" Coat
82. I Wouldn't Marry A Yellow Or A White Negro Girl
83. Don't Ask Me Questions
84. The Old Section Boss
85. The Negro And The Policeman
86. Ham Beats All Meat
87. Suze Ann
88. Walk Tom Wilson
89. Chicken Pie
90. I Am Not Going To Hobo Any More
91. Forty-Four
92. Blindfold Play Chant
93. Fox And Geese Play
94. Hawk And Chickens Play
95. Caught By The Witch Play
96. Goosie-Gander Play Rhyme
97. Hawk And Buzzard
98. Likes And Dislikes
99. Susie Girl
100. Susan Jane
101. Peep Squirrel
102. Did You Feed My Cow?
103. A Budget
104. The Old Black Gnats
105. Sugar Loaf Tea
106. Green Oak Tree! Rocky'o
107. Kissing Song
108. Kneel On This Carpet
109. Salt Rising Bread
110. Precious Things
111. He Loves Sugar And Tea
112. Here Comes A Young Man Courting
113. Anchor Line
114. Sallie
115. Song To The Runaway Slave
116. Down In The Lonesome Garden
117. Little Sister, Won't You Marry Me?
118. Raise A "rucus" To-Night
119. Sweet Pinks And Roses
120. Satan
121. Johnny Bigfoot
122. The Thrifty Slave
123. Wild Negro Bill
124. You Love Your Girl
125. Frightened Away From A Chicken-Roost
126. Bedbug
127. How To Get To Glory Land
128. Destitute Former Slave Owners
129. Fattening Frogs For Snakes
130. The Mule's Kick
131. Christmas Turkey
132. A Full Pocketbook
133. No Room To Poke Fun
134. Crooked Nose Jane
135. Bad Features
136. Miss Slippy Sloppy
137. How To Make It Rain
138. A Wind-Bag
139. Going To Be Good Slaves
140. Page's Geese
141. To Win A Yellow Girl
142. Sex Laugh
143. Outrunning The Devil
144. How To Keep Or Kill The Devil
145. John Henry
146. The Nashville Ladies
147. The Rascal
148. Coffee Grows On White Folks' Trees
149. Aunt Jemima
150. The Mule's Nature
151. I'm A "round-Town" Gentleman
152. This Sun Is Hot
153. Uncle Jerry Fants
154. Kept Busy
155. Crossing A Foot-Log
156. Watermelon Preferred
157. they Steal Gossip
158. Fox And Rabbit Drinking Propositions
159. A Turkey Funeral
160. Our Old Mule
161. The College Ox
162. Care In Bread-Making
163. Why Look At Me?
164. A Short Letter
165. Does Money Talk?
166. I'll Eat When I'm Hungry
167. Hear-Say
168. Negro Soldier's Civil War Chant
169. Parody On "now I Lay Me Down To Sleep"
170. I'll Get You, Rabbit!
171. The Elephant
172. A Few Negroes By States
173. How To Please A Preacher
174. Looking For A Fight
175. I'll Wear Me A Cotton Dress
176. Half Way Doings
177. Two Times One
178. He Paid Me Seven (Parody)
179. Parody On "reign, Master Jesus, Reign!"
180. A Request To Sell
181. We'll Stick To The Hoe
182. A Fine Plaster
183. A Day's Happiness
184. Master Killed A Big Bull
185. You Had Better Mind Master
186. Pretty Little Pink
187. A Bitter Lovers' Quarrel—One Side
188. Roses Red
189. You Have Made Me Weep
190. Mourning Slave Fiancees
191. Do I Love You?
192. Lovers' Good-Night
193. Vinie
194. She Hugged Me And Kissed Me
195. It Is Hard To Love
196. Me And My Lover
197. I Wish I Was An Apple
198. Rejected By Eliza Jane
199. Antebellum Courtship Inquiry
200. Invited To Take The Escort's Arm
201. Sparking Or Courting
202. A Clandestine Letter
203. Antebellum Marriage Proposal
204. If You Frown
205. let's Marry Courtship
206. Courtship
207. I Walked The Roads
208. Presenting A Hat To Phoebe
209. Wooing
210. The Courting Boy
211. Pretty Polly Ann
212. Slave Marriage Ceremony Supplement
213. The Newly Weds
214. When I Go To Marry
215. Bought Me A Wife
216. When I Was A "roustabout"
217. My First And My Second Wife
218. Good-By, Wife!
219. Awful Harbingers
220. The Last Of Jack
221. Little Dogs
222. My Dog, Cuff
223. Sam Is A Clever Fellow
224. The Great Owl's Song
225. Here I Stand
226. Pig Tail
227. A, B, C
228. Negro Baker Man
229. Stick-A-Ma-Stew
230. Bob-White's Song
231. Cooking Dinner
232. Chuck Will's Widow Song
233. Bridle Up A Rat
234. My Little Pig
235. In A Mulberry Tree
236. Animal Attire
237. Aspiration
238. Animal Fair
239. Little Boy Who Couldn't Count Seven
240. Miss Terrapin And Miss Toad
241. From Slavery
242. The End Of Ten Little Negroes
243. The Alabama Way
244. Mother Says I Am Six Years Old
245. The Origin Of The Snake
246. Wild Hog Hunt
247. A Strange Brood
248. The Town And The Country Bird
249. Frog In A Mill
250. Strong Hands
251. Tree Frogs
252. When I Was A Little Boy
253. Grasshopper Sense
254. Young Master And Old Master
255. My Speckled Hen
256. The Snail's Reply
257. A Strange Family
258. Good-By, Ring
259. Deedle, Dumpling
260. Buck And Berry
261. Pretty Little Girl
262. Two Sick Negro Boys
263. Grasshopper Sitting On A Sweet Potato Vine
264. Doodle-Bug
265. Raw Head And Bloody Bones
266. Mysterious Face Washing
267. Go To Bed
268. Buck-Eyed Rabbit! Whoopee!
269. Captain Coon
270. Guinea Gall
271. Fishing Simon
272. A Strange Old Woman
273. Redhead Woodpecker
274. Old Aunt Kate
275. Children's Seating Rhyme
276. My Baby
277. A Race-Starter's Rhyme
278. Nesting
279. Baby Wants Cherries
280. A Pretty Pair Of Chickens
281. Too Much Watermelon
282. Butterfly
283. The Hated Blackbird And Crow
284. In A Rush
285. Taking A Walk
286. Paying Debts With Kicks
287. Getting Ten Negro Boys Together
288. Hawk And Chickens
289. Mud-Log Pond
290. What Will We Do For Bacon?
291. A Little Pickaninny
292. Don't Sing Before Breakfast
293. My Folks And Your Folks
294. Little Sleeping Negroes
295. Mamma's Darling
296. Stealing A Ride
297. Washing Mamma's Dishes
298. Willie Wee
299. Frog Went A-Courting
300. Shoo! Shoo!
301. Flap-Jacks
302. Teaching Table Manners
303. Miss Blodger
304. The Little Negro Fly
305. Destinies Of Good And Bad Children
306. Black-Eyed Peas For Luck
307. Periwinkle
308. Training The Boy
309. Bat! Bat!
310. Randsome Tantsome
311. Are You Careful?
312. Rabbit Hash
313. Why The Woodpecker's Head Is Red
314. Blessing With Company Present
315. Blessing Without Company
316. Animal Persecutors
317. Four Runaway Negroes—Whence They Came
318. Learn To Count
319. The War Is On
320. How To Plant And Cultivate Seeds
321. A Man Of Words
322. Independent
323. Temperance Rhyme
324. That Hypocrite
325. Drinking Razor Soup
326. Old Man Know-All
327. Fed From The Tree Of Knowledge
328. The Tongue
329. Brag And Boast
330. Self-Control
331. Speak Softly
332. Still Water Runs Deep
333. Don't Tell All You Know
334. Jack And Dinah Want Freedom
335. Near-Waldo-Tee-Do O Mah Nah Mejai
336. Tuba Blay
337. The Owl
338. Sai Boddeoh Sumpun Komo
339. Byanswahn-Byanswahn
340. The Turkey Buzzard
341. The Frogs
342. Buscher Garden
343. Game Contestant's Song
344. A "would Be" Immigrant
345. Un Belle Marie Coolie
346. A Tom Cat
347. Monkey Up The Cocoanut Tree

Historical memorial on the Fisk University campus:

(photo by Dave at Flickr)

Smith. Folklore of the Amazonian Indians.

Today's free book is Brazil, the Amazons and the coast by Herbert H. Smith (1879), which contains a chapter entitled: Myths and Folklore of the Amazonian Indians. For the table of contents of that chapter, 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).

Table of Contents

The Tortoise, The Monkeys, and the Jaguar
The Tortoise Who Deceived the Jaguar and Killed him
Origin of the Tortoise's Shell
How the Tortoise Outran the Deer
How the Tortoise Provoked a Trial of Strength between the Tapir and the Whale
The Jaguar Who Wanted to Marry the Deer's Daughter
The Cotia Who Played Tricks on the Jaguar
The Cotia and the Lion
Be Careful to Whom you do Good Deeds
The Bird of the Evil Eye
Boia-Asu, The Great Water-Snake
The Flat-Feet
The Curupira
Another Curupira Story
Matinta-Pere
Jurupary
Caa-Pora, The Forest-Dweller
Anhanga
Ruda, The God of Love
Oiara, The Water-Maidens
The Amazon Myth
The Story of Mani
Theogony of the ancient Tupis

Pyrnelle. Diddie, Dumps, and Tot

Today's free book is Diddie, Dumps, and Tot, or, Plantation child-life by Louise-Clarke Pyrnelle (1882). 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).

Table of Contents

I. Diddie, Dumps, and Tot
II. Christmas on the Old Plantation 
III. Mammy's Story 
IV. Old Billy 
V. Diddie's Book
VI. Uncle Snake-bit Bob's Sunday-school 
VII. Poor Ann 
VIII. Uncle Bob's Proposition 
IX. Aunt Edy's Story 
X. Plantation Games 
XL Diddie in Trouble 
XII. How the Woodpecker's Head and the Robin's Breast Came to be Red
XIII. A Plantation Meeting, and Uncle Daniel's Sermon 
XIV. Diddie and Dumps go Visiting
XV. The Fourth of July 
XVI. " 'Struck'n uv de Chil'en
XVII. What Became of Them

Parsons. Tales from Guilford County NC

Today's free book is Tales from Guilford County NC by Elsie Clews Parsons (1917). 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).

(image source)

Table of Contents

1. (a) Tar Baby 
(b) In the Briar-Patch
2. Big Fraid and Little Fraid
3. Playing Dead Twice in the Road 
4. Rabbit makes Fox his Riding-Horse 
5. The Race: Relay Trick
6. The Race: Slow but Steady 
7. Above the Ground and under the Ground
8. No Tracks Out
9. In the Chest
10. Pay Me Now
11. Talks Too Much
12. Dividing the Souls 
13. The Insult Midstream
14. Watcher Tricked 
15. The Insult Midstream; Watcher Tricked; Mock Funeral
16. Brush-Heap A-fire
17. The Spitting Hant
18. Fiddling for the Devil
19. "Fixed"
20. Alligator's Tail; In Briar-Patch
21. The Devil Marriage
22. Blue-Beard
23. Tickling 'Possum
24. The Frog
25. Woman up a Tree
26. Old Man on a Hunt 
27. Fishing on Sunday
28. The Little Girl and Her Snake 
29. The Woman-Horse
30. Racing the Train 
31. "Man Above" 
32. The Three Little Pigs
33. The Witch Spouse
34. Out of Her Skin 
35. Mustard-Seed 
36. Feasting on Dog 
37. Keeping Pace 
38. Buger 
39. The Witches and the Dogs
40. Fatal Imitation 
41. The Pumpkin 
42. The Turnip 
43. The Single Ball 
44. As Big a Fool 
45. Pleasing Everybody
46. (a) Playing Godfather
(b) Jumping over the Fire
47. The Step-Mother 
48. The Best Place 
49. Woman on House-Top
50. The Talking Bones
51. The Haunted House
52. The Black Cat 
53. Self-Confidence 
54. The Woman-Cat 
55. The Murderous Mother
56. The Cat who wanted Shoes 
57. Straw into Gold 
58. Three-Eyes 
59. The Frog who would fly
60. Brave Folks 
61. The Adulteress 
62. Anyhow

Parsons. Folk-Lore from Aiken SC

Today's free book is Folk-Lore from Aiken SC by Elsie Clews Parsons (1921). 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).

(Aiken, SC)

Table of Contents

1. Playing Godfather: The  Grease Test

2. Playing Godfather: Tar Baby: Mock Plea 

3. Wife calls (Playing Godfather): Rabbit makes a Wolf his Horse

4. Fatal Imitation  

5. First Out 
6. Buried Tail 

7. Woman-Cat

8. Rabbit's Short Tail
9. Out of her Skin
10. Trouble in this World 

11. Playing Dead Twice on the Road

12. Fishing with Tail 
13. The Talking Mule
14. The Password 

15. The False Message: Take my Place

16. The Plug 
17. In the Well 
18. The Murderous Mother 

19. Three Little Pigs
20. The Five Kids
21. Three more Fools 
22. Feasting on Dog
23. Sure to die
24. A Big Black Man with Derby on
25. In the Bag 
26. Nobody but You, Directly
27. Moon Stories
28. You can’t get to Heaven  ’til you die
29. Master's Meat and Lard
30. Sympathy
31. Mr. Hard-Time
32. Box Lighter
33. Peanut-Planting
34. Rooster Fights
35. The Fiddle 
36. Toad-Frog's Tail

RIDDLES 
VERSES
RING-GAMES 

Branner. How and Why Stories

Today's free book is How and Why Stories by John C. Branner (1921) with illustrations by W. S. Atkinson and R. K. Culver. 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).

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Table of Contents

I A Mere Matter of the Feelings
II Why the Palms of a Negro's Hands Are White
III Why the Snake Has No Feet
IV How the Stars Were Made
V Why the Owl Stays Up Nights
VI Why the Catfish Has No Scales
VII How the Tadpole Lost His Tail
VIII Why the Pig Grunts
IX Why the Crawfish Goes Backward
X Why Red Pepper is so Hot
XI Why the Snail is so Slow
XII Why the Polecat Smells so
XIII How the Cat Came to Have Nine Lives
XIV What Happened to the Duck
XV Why the Crane is so Long
XVI Why the Wild Geese Fly that Way
XVII How the Turtle Came by a Shell
XVIII Why the Guinea Fowl Says "Pot-Rack"
XIX What Happened to the Dogoshes
XX Why the Good Lord Allows the Devil to Live
XXI Why the Rabbit Has Long Ears
XXII Why the Birds Are of Different Colors

Smiley. Folk-Lore from Virginia, etc.

Today's free book is Folk-Lore from Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida by Portia Smiley (1919). 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).

Table of Contents

1. Does a Cow have Pigs?
2. Big-'Fraidand Little-'Fraid 
3. Digdee Owl 
4. Takes No Risk 
5. Don't help the Bear 
6. Wolf's Tail to the Hungry Orphan 
7. The Lord and Toby
8. Master Disguised
9. Dirt-Dauber 
10. How Duck saw Day
11. Out of her Skin 
12. The Lover Warned 
13. The Murderous Mother
14. Us 
15. Witch-Cat 
16. Zip! Zip! 
17. The Blind Old Woman 
18. Running Hand 
19. Incriminating the Other Fellow 
20. Racing a Ghost: Buried Treasure
21. Buried Tail 
22. The Girls who could not talk Proper 
23. Seeking the Lord 
24. The Imitative Choir
25. The Diviner 
26. The Single Ball 
27. The Deer-Stalker 
28. Jonah 
29. Who darkens that Hole?
30. Where did Adam hide?
31. Three Sweethearts 
32. Two Daddies 
33. You ridin', you walkin'?
34. The Little Girl and her Snake 
35. The Deacon and his Son
36. Heaven Hot, Hell Cold
37. Hell in Heaven 
38. Dilatory Buzzard 
RIDDLES 
PROVERBS 
TOASTS AND OTHER VERSES
FOLK WAYS AND NOTIONS

Gerber. Uncle Remus Traced to the Old World

Today's free book is Uncle Remus Traced to the Old World by A. Gerber (Journal of American Folklore, v. 6; 1893).

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

Coughlan. Folklore from Africa to the United States

Today's free book is Folklore from Africa to the United States: An Annotated Bibliography by Margaret N. Coughlan (1976). 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).

Table of Contents

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Studies and Bibliographies
Collections for Adults
Collections for Children

WEST AFRICA 
Studies and Collections for Adults 
Collections for Children

SOUTHERN AFRICA 
Studies and Collections for Adults 
Collections for Children

CENTRAL AFRICA 
Studies and Collections for Adults 
Collections for Children

EAST AFRICA 
Studies and Collections for Adults 
Collections for Children

THE WEST INDIES 
Studies and Collections for Adults 
Collections for Children

THE UNITED STATES 
Studies and Collections for Adults 
Collections for Children 

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

Edwards. In Daddy Jesse's Kingdom

Today's free book is In Daddy Jesse's Kingdom by Mary Roxie Edwards (1922). 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).

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Table of Contents

Christmas at Granite Hill 
Ann Ida 
Daddy Jesse's Picture Show 
An Old Story 
Little Things 
Brer Rabbitt and Mr. Squirrel 
Daddy Jesse's Goose Story
Boss 
The Wisdom of Brer Rabbit 
The Jack o' Lantern 
January 
The Raincrow 
Daddy Jesse's Memories 
Horse Sense
Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear 
The Rabbit and the Wolf 
The Lost Dinner 
General Toombs' Coat 
The Florida Dog 
The Cow Bells 
Little Miss's Pony

Brookes. Joel Chandler Harris, Folklorist

Today's free book is Joel Chandler Harris, Folklorist by Stella Brewer Brookes (1950). 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).

Table of Contents

THE WRITING AND PUBLICATION OF THE UNCLE REMUS BOOKS
1 Environmental and Literary Influences
2 Folklore and Literary Art 

PART 2
ANALYSIS OF THE UNCLE REMUS BOOKS
3 General Description of the Uncle Remus Books 
4 Trickster Tales 
5 The Other "Creeturs" 
6 Myths 
7 The Supernatural: Witch, Ghost, and Devil Tales 
8 Proverbs and Folk-say 
9 Dialect 
10 Songs

Harris. Told By Uncle Remus

Today's free book is Told By Uncle Remus: New Stories of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris (1905). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. The illustrations are by A.B. Frost, J.M. Condé and Frank Verbeck.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

I Why Mr. Cricket has Elbows on his Legs
II How Wiley Wolf Rode in the Bag
III Brother Rabbit's Laughing-Place
IV Brother Rabbit and the Chickens
V Little Mister Cricket and the Other Creatures
VI When Brother Rabbit was King
VII How Old Craney-Crow Lost his Head
VIII Brother Fox Follows the Fashion
IX Why the Turkey-Buzzard is Bald-headed
X Brother Deer an' King Sun's Daughter
XI Brother Rabbit's Cradle
XII Brother Rabbit and Brother Bull-Frog
XIII Why Mr. Dog is Tame
XIV Brother Rabbit and the Gizzard Eater
XV Brother Rabbit and Miss Nancy
XVI The Hard-Headed Woman