Johnson, F. Roy. How and Why: Stories in Carolina Folklore

Johnson, F. Roy. How and Why: Stories in Carolina Folklore. Murfreesboro, North Carolina: Johnson Publishing Company, 1971. First Edition. ISBN: 9780930230128. [6348] Illustrated gold publisher's cloth, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 112 clean pp., illustrations. A few pp. lightly printed. Very good. Hardcover. Frank Roy Johnson (1911-1988), a North Carolina native; Johnson was a newspaperman until 1962, when he began writing about the people and folklore of northeastern North Carolina.A collection of Carolina folklore focusing on animals and nature collected from many individuals and arranged by Johnson. Includes a bibliography.Some samples: The Dog - How the Dog Got Zigzaggy Lips; The Cat - How the Cat is Jesus' Right Hand Friend, Why the Germans Lost Old Frederick's War, How the Cat has Nine Lives, Why the Old Woman Didn't Get Her Cow Home; The Hog - Why the Hog has a Short Life, How Come the Pig Can See in the Wind.