Interpreting Folklore..". Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore." -- Center for Southern Folklore Magazine "It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with [Dundes'] excursuses, however much one may be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions." -- Forum for Modern Language Studies Often controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship is always provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess the material folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpret folklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature and culture. |
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Page 62
... frog is eventually put in the position of having to radically alter its customary speech pattern . This piece of ... frog and a daddy wide - mouth frog . They had a baby wide - mouth frog . They didn't know what to feed their baby wide ...
... frog is eventually put in the position of having to radically alter its customary speech pattern . This piece of ... frog and a daddy wide - mouth frog . They had a baby wide - mouth frog . They didn't know what to feed their baby wide ...
Page 63
... frog . What do you feed your babies ? ' And Mrs Tiger says , ' Go on , go ' way . ' So he hops into the alligator cage and says , ' Hello , Mrs Alligator ! I'm a wide - mouth frog . What do you feed your babies ? ' ' Wide - mouth frogs ...
... frog . What do you feed your babies ? ' And Mrs Tiger says , ' Go on , go ' way . ' So he hops into the alligator cage and says , ' Hello , Mrs Alligator ! I'm a wide - mouth frog . What do you feed your babies ? ' ' Wide - mouth frogs ...
Page 64
... frog in the open society speaks in a wide - mouth or open fashion . At the end of the joke , the frog in order to survive has to curb its natural way of speaking . It must speak literally and figuratively in a closemouthed way in order ...
... frog in the open society speaks in a wide - mouth or open fashion . At the end of the joke , the frog in order to survive has to curb its natural way of speaking . It must speak literally and figuratively in a closemouthed way in order ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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