I Bought Me a Dog: A Dozen Folktales from the Southern Mountains

by Leonard W. Roberts

A collection of folktales, including: I Bought Me A Dog / Jack Outwits the Giants / The Magic Sausage Mill / Dick and Dock / The One-Eyed Giant / Merrywise / Bag O'Gold / Jack and the Bull's Horns / Raglif Jaglif Tetartlif Pole / The Witch Store / Robber / The Fox and the Cat / The Candy Doll.

Genres: Folklore

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1954

Reviews

[Dwan Dawson-Tape · Rating 3 out of 5]

I suspect this is a collection by an armchair folklorist, and while I appreciate the collection, the introductions were seldom meaningful. I did appreciate his personal anecdote for one of the stories. An okay read.