Folkloric tradition told by Lempit Enni, collected by Cindy Cooper

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Title

Folkloric tradition told by Lempit Enni, collected by Cindy Cooper
UT Folklore Center archives

Subject

Ethnographic Story, Folklore, Tradition, Superstition

Description

An Ethnography of a folklore story found in the UT Folklore Center archives, collected by Cindy Coope,r told by Lempit Enni at his boarding house on 1968/11/03. This ethnography contains a folkloric tradition as told by "Grandmama," describing how the devil would "drain all knowledge out" of a book left open at night.
Identification:

urn:taro:utexas.cah.00385

Extent(s):

90.5 linear feet (manuscript, typescript, printed, photographic, audio)

Creator

Grandmama, Lempit Enni, Cindy Cooper
University of Texas at Austin Folklore Center

Source

Cynthia Cooper, Fairy Folklore Story; Folkloric Tradition collected from Lempit Enni, 1968/11/03, 2.325/J103, UT Folklore Center Archives, circa 1928-1981, UT Folklore Center Archives, Briscoe Center for American History.
UT Folklore Center Archives, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Publisher

Cindy Cooper and the UT Folklore Center

Date

1968/11/03

Contributor

Lempit Enni
Grandmama
Cynthia Cooper
Ashley Raumaker
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
UT Folklore Center archives

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UT Folklore Center Archives, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Format

Type Writer

Language

English

Type

Folklore

Citation

Grandmama, Lempit Enni, Cindy Cooper and University of Texas at Austin Folklore Center, “Folkloric tradition told by Lempit Enni, collected by Cindy Cooper,” Hidden Histories at the University of Texas at Austin, accessed September 16, 2026, https://hiddenhistoriesut.org/items/show/600.

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