Healer of los Olmos : Another Mexican Lore

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ISBN: 9781574411089 | 157441108X
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 4/1/2000

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Charm in Mexican Folktales	p. 1
Don Pedrito Jaramillo: The Curandero of Los Olmos	p. 9
Why This Was Written	p. 9
The Life of Don Pedrito Jaramillo: Benefactor of Humanity	p. 11
Dionisio Tells of His Cures	p. 18
An Early Memory of Don Pedrito	p. 20
Don Juan and Don Pedrito	p. 20
How Senora Tomasita de Canales Was Cured	p. 22
Tomas Flores Had No Regrets	p. 24
The Bewitched Woman	p. 25
An Ax in the Hand and Faith in the Heart	p. 27
Mabel Sutherland Remembers Don Pedrito	p. 28
Borrowed Shoes	p. 31
Chat Vela and the Brujo	p. 31
When One Brings a Lie	p. 32
Cured with a Lemon	p. 33
Without Looking Back	p. 34
Baths and Beer	p. 35
A Sure Cure for Migraine Headache	p. 36
The Growth That Vanished	p. 36
An Epileptic Is Cured	p. 37
Cure of a Horsebreaker	p. 38
Various Cures	p. 39
A Grassburr in His Throat	p. 40
A Citizen of Leon, Mexico, Visits Texas	p. 40
The Namesake in New Mexico	p. 41
The Night of the New Moon	p. 42
From the North	p. 42
Without the Doctor's Knowledge	p. 43
A Hot Bath for Fever	p. 44
Half a Glass of Tepid Water	p. 45
Nosebleed	p. 45
Three Leaves of Prickly Pear	p. 45
Escape from a Mad Dog	p. 46
The Cure of a Horse	p. 46
Mysterious Money	p. 47
The Marvelous Cure of a Shepherd	p. 49
Cured of Drinking	p. 49
Don Pedrito Sings	p. 50
At Midnight in a Lake	p. 50
Bowlegs	p. 51
The Cripple	p. 51
Diego Was Cured	p. 52
The Spade and the Hoe	p. 52
To Be Well in March	p. 53
God Cured Him	p. 54
Asthma for Life	p. 54
Complete But for One Son	p. 55
Not a Turkey Egg	p. 55
A Vaquero Who Failed to Follow Directions	p. 56
Faith Healed Him	p. 56
Soldier Herb	p. 57
Susto Cured by Susto	p. 57
Nine Onions and Nine Baths	p. 58
Little Petra	p. 59
The Church Bell	p. 60
From the Town of Refugio	p. 62
The Vow Fulfilled	p. 62
The Spirit of Don Pedrito Gives Hope	p. 63
Senora Maria Saenz	p. 65
Don Pedrito's Spirit in Monterrey	p. 65
The Stranger at the Grave	p. 66
Copies of Written Prescriptions	p. 67
A Backward Glance	p. 68
Mexican Folklore From Austin, Texas	p. 71
Conditions of Collection	p. 71
The Weeping Woman	p. 73
The Return of the Gardener	p. 77
The Fat Man	p. 78
The Wandering Prince	p. 80
Ratoncito Perez	p. 81
The Real	p. 84
Tales of the Devil	p. 86
The Stranger	p. 86
Lidia and the Devil	p. 86
Matasiete	p. 87
The Ball of Fire	p. 88
The Spotted Pooch	p. 89
The Sow in the Plaza	p. 90
Ghost Tales	p. 90
The Cold, Clammy Hand	p. 90
La Esperanza	p. 91
A Visit with the Dead	p. 92
The Midnight Call	p. 93
Indian Rendezvous	p. 94
A Dead Man Speaks	p. 94
The German Girl	p. 95
Tales of Buried Treasure	p. 96
Treasure at the Hacienda de los Albarcones	p. 96
Horses' Hoofbeats	p. 99
The Smugglers' Treasure	p. 99
A Strange Animal	p. 100
A White Light	p. 100
The Stagecoach	p. 101
Saints' Miracles	p. 102
Innocence Proved	p. 102
The Saint Who Disappeared	p. 102
"El Nino Perdido"	p. 103
The Protection of the Saints	p. 103
St. Anthony Performs a Miracle	p. 104
The Virgin	p. 104
The Traveler	p. 105
Benito Casarez	p. 106
Remedies	p. 106
Beliefs and Superstitions	p. 114
Proverbs and Sayings	p. 118
Riddles	p. 126
To Whom God Wishes to Give He Will Give	p. 128
The Fisherman and the Snake of Many Colors	p. 132
Illustrations
The Marvelous Cure of a Shepherd	p. 48
The Weeping Woman	p. 75
Ratoncito Perez	p. 82
The Fisherman and the Snake of Many Colors	p. 133
Index	p. 137
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