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Hoein' the Short Rows
If there was any pleasure at all in hoeing, it
was in the short row soon hoed rather than
the one that in the day's high heat seemed
to stretch to shimmering eternity. And
that's what this collection of Texas folklore
is, a series of short rows, easily and pleas-
antly hoed, promising a great crop as a re-
ward for the reader's labors.
Here are high toned women and hay-
burners, loud pipes and calaveras, brown
derbies and battles royal. And, oh yes,
Welsh mains. And if these seem like un-
familiar rows, they are nonetheless pleas-
antly hoed, and in the process much will be
learned about railway lingo; the machismo
of cockfighting and of the customized
pickup; the aesthetic, didactic, and mysti-
cal aspects of baptistry paintings in Texas
churches; the ways some folk honor the
Dead on their Day.
A preacher's nephew presents humor-
ous recollections of religious mores in
Staples, Texas. A nonagenarian remembers
growing up in Bosque County in the in-
fancy of the century. The summer ritual of
the revival meeting is recalled by a native
of Lone Grove; the rowdier ritual of the
Frio Canyon hog drive is recounted as well.
There are sagas of families and the Santa
Rita rig, and poetry by cowboys and com-
mon folk alike in this rich acreage that is
the 47th annual publication of the Texas
Folklore Society.I I
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Volume of Texas folklore, including folk arts and crafts, lime production, oil and petroleum, information about cockfighting, folk poetry, mysticism and other stories. The index begins on page 231.
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Texas Folklore Society. Hoein' the Short Rows, book, 1987; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38855/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.