Notes: THE BILLY ROUGH was collected from Dear Rathbone, a Berea College student from Haywood County, North Carolina in 1980.  Dean learned this from his uncle Miles Rathbone, also of Fines Creek. A subsequent letter from Dean says that this incident really happened in the Jerry rough.  Dean has written many stories from his home on Fines Creek. (see https://www.facebook.com/groups/1039030522847750/)

Notes: THE BILLY ROUGH was collected from Dear Rathbone, a Berea College student from Haywood County, North Carolina in 1980. Dean learned this from his uncle Miles Rathbone, also of Fines Creek. A subsequent letter from Dean says that this incident really happened in the Jerry rough. Dean has written many stories from his home on Fines Creek. (see https://www.facebook.com/groups/1039030522847750/)

Notes: THE BILLY ROUGH was collected from Dear Rathbone, a Berea College student from Haywood County, North Carolina in 1980. &nbsp;Dean learned this from his uncle Miles Rathbone, also of Fines Creek. A subsequent letter from Dean says that this incident really happened in the Jerry rough. &nbsp;Dean has written many stories from his home on Fines Creek. (see https://www.facebook.com/groups/1039030522847750/)

22. The Billy Rough

57 tall tales about dogs; most collected orally in the Appalachian Mountains and told in dialect by John Martin Ramsay, the compiler. You may purchase the book, which includes a drawing the editor made for each tale, from most booksellers, e.g.: 
https://www.amazon.com/Dog-Tales-humorous-tribute-Friend/dp/1733029141

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57 tall tales about dogs; most collected orally in the Appalachian Mountains and told in dialect by John Martin Ramsay, the compiler. You may purchase the book, which includes a drawing the editor made for each tale, from most booksellers, e.g.: https://www.amazon.com/Dog-Tales-humorous-tribute-Friend/dp/1733029141

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