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Tables of Contents for Mules and Men
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xiii
Foreword
xv
Introduction
1
6
Part I FOLK TALES
One
7
12
John and the Frog
9
2
Witness of the Johnstown Flood in Heaven
11
8
Two
19
20
How the Brother Was Called to Preach
21
1
How the Preacher Made Them Bow Down
22
3
Pa Henry's Prayer
25
2
How the Church Came to Be Split Up
27
2
Why Negroes Are Black
29
2
Why Women Always Take Advantage of Men
31
4
Sue, Sal and That Pretty Johnson Gal
35
4
Three
39
20
The Quickest Trick
39
1
How to Write a Letter
40
1
A Fast Horse
41
1
``Ah'll Beatcher Makin' Money''
42
4
``The Workinest Pill You Ever Seen''
46
1
How Jack Beat the Devil
47
9
``John Henry''
56
3
Four
59
18
Ole Massa and John Who Wanted to Go to Heaven
70
2
Massa and the Bear
72
2
Why the Sister in Black Works Hardest
74
1
``De Reason Niggers Is Working so Hard''
74
1
Deer Hunting Story
75
2
Five
77
14
Big Talk
77
2
The First Colored Man in Massa's House
79
1
What Smelled Worse
80
1
The Fortune Teller
80
2
How the Negroes Got Their Freedom
82
2
The Turtle-Watch
84
1
``From Pine to Pine Mr. Pinkney''
85
1
``God an' de Devil in de Cemetery''
86
2
Praying for Rain
88
1
Kill the White Folks
89
1
``Member Youse a Nigger''
89
2
Six
91
18
``You Think I'm Gointer Pay You But I Ain't''
92
2
Why the Mocking Bird Is Away on Friday
94
1
Man and the Catfish
95
1
How the Snake Got Poison
96
6
How the Woodpecker Nearly Drowned the Whole World
102
1
How the Possum Lost the Hair Off His Tail
103
1
How the 'Gator Got His Mouth
104
1
How Brer 'Gator Got His Tongue Worn Out
105
1
How the 'Gator Got Black
106
3
Seven
109
22
How Brer Dog Lost His Beautiful Voice
109
1
What the Rabbit Learned
110
2
The Goat That Flagged a Train
112
1
Shooting Up Hill
113
2
Tall Hunting Story
115
2
The Hawk and the Buzzard
117
1
Why They Always Use Rawhide on a Mule
117
1
Why We Have Gophers
118
2
How God Made Butterflies
120
1
How the Cat Got Nine Lives
121
4
The Son Who Went to College
125
3
Why the Waves Have Whitecaps
128
3
Eight
131
12
How the Lion Met the King of the World
131
8
Sermon by Travelling Preacher
139
4
Nine
143
14
Card Game
143
5
``Ella Wall''
148
6
``Ah'm Gointer Loose Dis Right-hand Shackle from 'Round My Leg''
154
1
Strength Test Between Jack and the Devil
155
2
Ten
157
26
Why the Porpoise Has His Tail on Crossways
158
1
Why the Dog Hates the Cat
159
1
How the Devil coined a Word
160
3
How Jack O'Lanterns Came to Be
163
1
Why the East Coast Has Mosquitoes and Storms
164
1
How a Loving Couple Was Parted
165
4
``All These Are Mine''
169
2
How the Squinch Owl Came to Be
171
1
The Talking Mule
172
1
High Walker and Bloody Bones
173
6
Fight at Pine Mill
179
4
Part II HOODOO
One
183
8
Origin of Hoodoo
183
4
Eulalia---Ritual to Get a Man
187
4
Two
191
16
Turner and Marie Leveau
191
3
Marie Leveau---Confounding an Enemy
194
3
Marie Leveau---Putting on Curse
197
1
Turner---Initiation Ceremony
198
4
Turner---Routine to Keep a Husband True
202
5
Three
207
6
Anatol Pierre
207
1
Ritual---Initiation Ceremony
207
3
Ritual---To Make a Death
210
1
Ritual---To Swell with a Brick
211
2
Four
213
10
Father Watson
213
2
Ritual---Initiation Ceremony
215
3
Ritual---To Punish
218
1
Ritual---To Get a Person Out of the House
219
1
Ritual---To Keep a Person Down
220
1
Ritual---Getting the Black Cat Bone
220
3
Five
223
8
Dr. Duke
223
1
Ritual---To Help a Person in Jail
223
2
Ritual---To Silence Opposing Witnesses
225
1
Ritual---To Uncross
225
1
Ritual---To Send Away
226
1
Dr. Jenkins
226
1
Concerning the Dead
227
4
Six
231
8
Conjure Stories
231
8
Seven
239
8
Kitty Brown
239
1
Ritual---Ceremonial Dance to Put Away a Man
240
3
Ritual---To Make Love Stronger
243
1
Ritual---To Bring a Lover Back
244
1
Ritual---To Rule the Man You Love
245
2
Glossary
247
4
Appendix
251
36
I Negro Songs with Music
251
22
II Formulae of Hoodoo Doctors
273
4
III Paraphernalia of Conjure
277
4
IV Prescriptions of Root Doctors
281
6
Afterword
287
12
Selected Bibliography
299
4
Chronology
303