The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
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... tale group of the world's stories . I have heard it in New Zealand , Australia , England and Scotland . Naomi Jacobs gives it , suitably adapted , a Yorkshire setting . Wanderers tell these tales , always suit- ably adapted , the wide ...
... tale group of the world's stories . I have heard it in New Zealand , Australia , England and Scotland . Naomi Jacobs gives it , suitably adapted , a Yorkshire setting . Wanderers tell these tales , always suit- ably adapted , the wide ...
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... tale . Of an old fellow in New Brunswick there is told the story that one day he was attacked by a huge mosquito . He failed to kill , he failed even to ward off , this ferocious creature . When it bit him , tough as he was he let out a ...
... tale . Of an old fellow in New Brunswick there is told the story that one day he was attacked by a huge mosquito . He failed to kill , he failed even to ward off , this ferocious creature . When it bit him , tough as he was he let out a ...
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... tale ; but then , some of the American folk - tales are also tall stories - very tall indeed . In 1931 Lowell Thomas ( the elder ) published a collection , Tall Stories . The Rise and Triumph of the Great American Whopper , which arose ...
... tale ; but then , some of the American folk - tales are also tall stories - very tall indeed . In 1931 Lowell Thomas ( the elder ) published a collection , Tall Stories . The Rise and Triumph of the Great American Whopper , which arose ...
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