Gumbo Ya-Ya : a collection of Louisiana folk tales / compiled by Lyle Saxon, Edward Dreyer, Robert Tallant; drawings by Caroline Durieux. - New York : Bonanza Books, 1973. - xiii, 581 p., [40] pages of plates : ill, ; 24 cm.

With hard- and supercover

Index: pp. 575-581

Cont.: Kings, Baby Dolls, Zulus, and Queens -- Street Criers -- The Irish Channel -- Axeman's Jazz -- Saint Joseph's Day -- Saint Rosalia's Day -- Nickel Gig, Nickel Saddle -- The Creoles -- The Cajuns -- The Temple of Innocent Blood -- The Plantations -- The Slaves -- Buried Treasure -- Ghosts -- Crazah and the Glory Road -- Cemeteries -- Riverfront Lore -- Pailet Lane -- Mother Shannon -- The Sockserhause Gang -- Songs -- Chimney Sweeper's Holiday -- A Good Man is Hard to Find -- Who Killa Da Chief? -- Appendixes -- Superstitions -- Colloquialisms -- Customs -- Index.

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Tales--Louisiana
Folklore--Louisiana


Louisiana--Social life and customs