CONTENTS

Introduction

HAUNTS, FRIGHTS, AND CREEPY TALES

Introduction

Stormwalker

Promises to Keep

The Gingerbread Boy

Little Ripen Pear

Flannel Mouth

The Blue Light

The Open Grave

TALL TALES AND OUTRIGHT LIES

Introduction

Daniel Boone on the Hunt

Farmer Brown’s Crop

Hunting Alone

Otis Ayers Had a Dog—Two Stories

Some Dog

MORE KENTUCKY FOLKTALES

Introduction

The Enormous Bear

The Farmer’s Smart Daughter

The Fortune Teller

The Princess Who Could Not Cry

Rawhead and Bloody Bones

BEYOND KENTUCKY FOLKTALES

Introduction

Kate Crackernuts

The King and His Advisor

Rabbit and the Alligators

FAMILY TALES AND PERSONAL NARRATIVES

Introduction

A Place to Start

Jeff Rides the Rides

Jump Rope Kingdom

Mary Helen’s Fiancé

This Is the Story . . .

Permissions and Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index