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08 Jan 07 : 38 | The Water Snake Russia, A. A. Erlenvein There was once an old woman who had a daughter; and her daughter went down to the pond one day to bathe with the other girls. They all stripped off their shifts, and went into... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Source : Daryl Lorette Cafe' 22 hours ago |
24 Dec 08 : 01 | The Woman and the Pear Tree Italy, Il Novellino There was once a rich man who had a very beautiful woman to wife, and this man loved her much and was very jealous of her. Now it happened, in God's pleasure, that this man had... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Source : Daryl Lorette Cafe' |
03 Jan 08 : 05 | The Porridge Pot Flanders Once upon a time there were a man and a woman. One evening they did not know what to eat. Finally the man spoke, "Wife, let us eat porridge." "No," said the woman, "for then tomorrow I would have to wash out the porridge pot, and I won't do that." "I won't do it either," said the man, and... Source : Daryl Lorette Cafe' |
02 Jan 07 : 42 | The Slippers of the Twelve Princesses Romania I. Once on a time, in the good old times, there lived a cow-herd, who had neither father nor mother. He was called Jonica, that is to say Johnnie, but people had given him the name of Gura Casca (open mouth) because when he led his cows to pasture, he bellowed at every thing which he... Source : Daryl Lorette Cafe' |
30 Dec 07 : 16 | Johnny-Cake USA Once upon a time there was an old man, and an old woman, and a little boy. One morning the old woman made a Johnny-Cake and put it in the oven to bake. "You watch the Johnny-Cake while your father and I go out to work in the garden." So the old man and the old woman went out and began to hoe... Source : Daryl Lorette Cafe' |
30 Dec 07 : 16 | Johnny-Cake USA Once upon a time there was an old man, and an old woman, and a little boy. One morning the old woman made a Johnny-Cake and put it in the oven to bake. "You watch the Johnny-Cake while your... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Source : Daryl Lorette Cafe' |
29 Dec 07 : 02 | The Grandmother France There was a woman who had made some bread. She said to her daughter, "Go and carry a hot loaf and a bottle of milk to your grandmother." So the little girl set forth. Where two paths crossed... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Source : Daryl Lorette Cafe' |
28 Dec 07 : 01 | Parsley [Petrosinella] Italy So great is my desire to keep the Princess amused, that the whole of the past night, when all were sound asleep and nobody stirred hand or foot, I have done nothing but turn over the old papers of my brain, and ransack all the closets of my memory, choosing from among the stories which... Source : Daryl Lorette Cafe' |
28 Dec 07 : 02 | The Fair Angiola Italy Once upon a time there were seven women, neighbors, all of whom were seized with a great longing for some jujubes which only grew in a garden opposite the place where they all lived, and which belonged to a witch. Now this witch had a donkey that watched the garden and told the old... Source : Daryl Lorette Cafe' |
24 Dec 07 : 22 | Charlton Heston and Paul Newman among entertainment deaths in '08 Here, a roll call of notable people in arts, entertainment and popular culture who died in 2008. (Cause of death cited for younger people if available.) January George MacDonald Fraser, 82. Wrote "Flashman" adventure yarns. Jan. 2. Ken Nelson, 96. Capitol Records talent scout, helped... Source : Daryl Lorette Cafe' |
23 Dec 07 : 21 | The Story of the Messenger from Heaven Moravia Once a journeyman came to a peasant woman and asked her for a handout. She gave him something to eat and asked where he came from. "From Paris," he answered, but the peasant woman, who was... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Source : Daryl Lorette Cafe' |
16 Dec 07 : 32 | W??lpe A. Kuhn and W. Schwartz The present day district (and formerly castle) of W??lpe lies near Nienburg on the Weser River. In olden times a Count Erich (others say he was a court official) lived there. His wife gave birth to twelve boys at one time, and was so cruel that she ordered her servant girl to... Source : Daryl Lorette Cafe' |
13 Dec 07 : 24 | Brother Rabbit and the Gizzard-Eater Joel Chandler Harris Brer Rabbit was a mighty man at a frolic. I don't expect he'd show up much in these days, but in the times when the creatures were bossing their own jobs, Brer Rabbit was up for pretty nigh everything that was going on, if there wasn't too much work in it. There couldn't be a... Source : Daryl Lorette Cafe' |
09 Dec 07 : 17 | The Lady of Gollerus Ireland On the shore of Smerwick harbor, one fine summer's morning, just at daybreak, stood Dick Fitzgerald "shoghing the dudeen," which may be translated, smoking his pipe. The sun was gradually rising behind the lofty Brandon, the dark sea was getting green in the light, and the mists ... Source : Daryl Lorette Cafe' |
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