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chain of required items for barter, the mouse returns with milk,
regains its tail. 6:39-41.
4.8 In climactic order, a slave informs his master of tragedies befallen
the household during the master's absence. Dog died of eating too
much burned horseflesh; horse died when the barn burned; barn
caught fire from candles placed on the mother-in-law's coffin; etc.
31:16-17.
4.9 The first paisano bird (roadrunner) was very small. (Teller pro-
ceeds to emphasize smallness of the bird, the voice becoming in-
creasingly soft and low.) "Do you know what the first word of
the baby paisano was?-MAMA!" 30:176-177.
4.10o Yarn-spinner sets out to relate a thrilling story about a fight with
Indians; keeps digressing; the tale never told. (Like Mark Twain's
story about a goat.) 19:75-79.
4.11 (M) For eight years a planter hoards all the corn he raises
on a large plantation. A locust enters the planter's giant corncrib
through a small hole. It carries off a single grain; then another
locust enters, carries off a single grain . .. and so on. (Like Mark
Twain's bluejay yarn.) 30: 15-16.
4.12 (N) Negro searches for work on a plantation where he will be
fed well. At each plantation he listens at the kitchen window to
learn by the "pot sound" whether the food is thick or thin, good
or poor. (Imitative sounds: "Z-z-z-z-z-z," "Flippity-flop," "Ker-
plop.") 7: 139.
4.13 (Accompanied by dialogue, fingers enact the roles of a friar and
a maid. Like "Katherine Nipsy.") 6:27-28.
Section 5: Tales of Magic, Marvels, Adventure, Intrigue
GUIDE TO THE SECTION
DEATH, DESTINY PERSONIFIED: Death sticks to a tree, 5.1; Death grants
man the power of healing except when Death by sickbed, 5.2; luckless
man seeks Destiny, 5.3. (Death the only friend of the poor, 3.4-)
MAGIC OBJECTS, ANIMAL HELPERS, EXTRAORDINARY COMPANIONS: flute
beguiles auditors, 5-4-5-5; violin causes auditors to dance (Jew among
thorns), 5.6; wishing into a sack, 5.7; marvelous purse, colt, napkin
lost to innkeeper, 5.8-5.9; animals aid youth in quest, 5.to--5.17;
boulder-hurling giant, mighty blower aid youth, 5.18, cf. 5.31. (Extern-
al soul motif, 5.1 -5.12; magic vase, 5.13; extraordinary hearer, 9.32.)
FLIGHTS: speaking moccasin, magic tree aid in flight, 5.19; witch's
magic ball pursues children, tree assists them (ogre kills own children),681
SYNOPSES 4.8 - 4.13
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Bratcher, James T. Analytical Index to Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, Volumes 1-36, book, 1973; Dallas, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77207/m1/93/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.