Dialect Tales and Other StoriesRowman & Littlefield, 1990 - 293 pages To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. |
Contents
Dialect Tales | 1 |
On the NineMile | 20 |
Hieronymus Pop and the Baby | 42 |
Sister Weedens Prayer | 48 |
Aunt Annikys Teeth | 57 |
Dr Jexs Predicament | 65 |
In Aunt Melys Cabin | 71 |
The Case of Eliza Bleylock | 81 |
Granmammy | 113 |
Why Granmammy Didnt Like PoundCake | 115 |
The Night the Stars Fell | 119 |
How Granmammy Broke the News | 124 |
Coming Home to Roost | 133 |
Granmammys Last Gifts | 144 |
A Volcanic Interlude | 150 |
The Revolution in the Life of Mr Balingall | 163 |
The Bran Dance at Apple Settlement | 91 |
Lame Jerry | 97 |
Jack and the Mountain Pink | 104 |
The Valcours | 184 |
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