Cinderella in America: A Book of Folk and Fairy Tales

529 Pages·2007·2.9 MB·English

Cinderella in America

Cinderella in America
A Book of Folk and Fairy Tales
Compiled and edited by
William Bernard McCarthy
University Press of Mississippi / Jackson
www.upress.state.ms.us
The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the
Association of American University Presses.
Copyright © 2007 by University Press of Mississippi
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
First edition 2007
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cinderella in America : a book of folk and fairy tales /
compiled and edited by William Bernard McCarthy. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-57806-958-3 (cloth : alk . paper)
ISBN-10: 1-57806-958-0 (cloth : alk . paper)
ISBN-13: 978-1-57806-959-0 (pbk . : alk . paper)
ISBN-10: 1-57806-959-9 (pbk . : alk . paper) 1. Tales—
United States. 2. United States—Folklore. I. McCarthy,
William Bernard, 1939–
GR105.C45 2007
398.20973—dc22 2007003158
British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available
In any case, this interlinking of the New World
with all countries and ages, by the golden net-work
of oral tradition, may supply the moral of our collection.
—William Wells Newell
Games and Songs of American Children, 225

Contents
xiii Acknowledgments
3 Introduction: Yarns Older than Uncle Sam
25 Part I: The Early Record
27 Chapter 1: Tales from a New Republic
30 1. Clever Crispin and the Calf: A True Story
31 2. The Fortune Teller
33 3. The Three Wishes
34 4. Catskin
42 5. Lady Featherfl ight
48 6. Jack and the Animals Seek Their Fortune
50 7. The Forgetful Boy
53 8. The Three Brothers and the Hag
57 9. The Cat and the Mouse
59 10. Johnny-Cake
62 11. The Three Little Pigs
67 Part II: The Iberian Folktale in the United States
71 Chapter 2: Puerto Rico: The Oldest Depository of American Tales
72 12. The Basil Maiden
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75 13. Juan Bobo and the Riddling Princess
80 14. Three Tales of Pedro Urdemalas
83 15. The Flower of Olivar
85 16. Flor Blanca
87 17. The Wolf
89 18. Mousie Perez
90 19. The Children and the Ogress
93 Chapter 3: Tales from the Hispanic Southwest
94 20. The Bird of Truth, or the Three Treasures
98 21. Jujuyana, or the Mist of No Return
106 22. Goldenstar
108 23. Sister Fox and Brother Coyote
113 24. Las Bodas de la Tia Cucaracha
115 25. La Llorona, the Wailing Mother
119 Chapter 4: Isleño Tales from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
120 26. The Cruel Mother
122 27. Love Like Salt
124 28. The Fairy with Hair as Fair as Oatstraw
128 29. John and His Big Club
130 30. Two Tales of Quevedo
133 Chapter 5: Cape Verde Tales from New England
135 31. The Girl without Hands, Breasts, or Eyes
137 32. The Seven Robbers
141 33. The Maria Condon
144 34. Nho Lob’ and the Moon
146 35. The Girl Who Wanted to Marry a Man with a Golden Tooth
151 Part III: French Tradition in the Old
Louisiana Territory
155 Chapter 6: Louisiana Creole Tales
156 36. The Talking Eggs
158 37. The Little Boy of the Government
159 38. Catafo
162 39. Bouqui and Lapin
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166 Chapter 7: Cajun Tales
167 40. Golden Hair
173 41. Snow Bella
181 42. Jean L’Ours
184 43. The Three Oranges
185 44. Geneviève
191 45. Lapin and Bouqui’s Mule
192 46. Two Tales of Jean Sot
194 47. Boudreaux and Thibodeaux
198 Chapter 8: Tales from the Missouri French
200 48. John the Bear
208 49. Prince Green Serpent and La Valeur
213 50. The Cootie and the Flea
215 51. Beau Soleil
220 52. François Seeks His Fortune, or the Three Gold Pieces
225 Part IV: The British Tradition of the South
229 Chapter 9: From Tidewater to Texas: The Southern Lowland
Tradition
231 53. Katie and Johnnie
232 54. The Story of Sally
236 55. Corn for the Miller
238 56. The Silver Toe
239 57. Peter Simon Suckegg
241 Chapter 10: African American Tales of the Rural South and the
Urban North
243 58. Peazy and Beanzy
245 59. The Devil’s Daughter
251 60. Beg Billy and the Bull
254 61. The Forty-Mile Jumper
256 62. Br’er Rabbit and the Church
260 63. Mr. Rabbit in Partners
264 64. Mr. Rabbit and the Tar Man
269 65. Br’er Rabbit and the Little Girl
270 66. The Gunny Wolf
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