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CONTENTS.

 

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Contents

v

Preface

xi

Animal Stories.

 

1. Tying Tiger

1

    a. The Fish-basket

1

    b. The Storm

2

2. Tiger as Substitute

3

    a. The King's Two Daughters

3

    b. The Gub-gub Peas

4

3. Tiger as Riding-horse

5

4. Tiger's Sheep-skin Suit

6

5. Tiger Catching the Sheep-thief

8

    a. The Escape

8

    b. The Substitute

8

    c. In the House-top

9

6. Tiger's Breakfast

11

7. Eggs and Scorpions

11

8. Tiger's Bone-hole

12

9. The Christening

12

10. Eating Tiger's Guts

13

    a. The Tell-tale

13

    b. The Monkeys' Song

13

11. Throwing Away Knives

14

    a. Tiger and Anansi

14

    b. Sheep and Anansi

14

12. Grace before Meat

14

    a. Monkey and Anansi

14

    b. Goat and Anansi

15

13. Day-time Trouble

15

    a. Rabbit and Anansi

15

    b. Rat and Anansi

16

    c. Goat and Anansi

16

14. New Names

17

15. Long-shirt

18

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16. Shut up in the Pot

19

17. House in the Air

20

    a. Tracking Anansi

20

    b. Rabbit and Children going up to Heaven

20

    c. Duppy's House in the Air

21

    d. Carencro's House with a Key

21

18. Goat on the Hill-side

22

19. Dog and Dog-head

22

20. Tacoomah's Corn-piece

23

21. Anansi and the Tar-baby

23

    a. The Escape from Tiger

23

    b. The Substitute

24

    c. The Grave

25

22. Inside the Cow

26

23. Cunnie-more-than-father

27

24. The Duckano Tree

31

25. Food and Cudgel

31

    a. The Handsome Packey

31

    b. The Knife and Fork

32

26. The Riddle

33

27. Anansi and Brother Dead

34

    a. Brother Dead's Wife

34

    b. Goat and Plantain

35

28. Brother Dead and the Brindle Puppy

35

29. The Cowitch and Mr. Foolman

36

30. Dry-head and Anansi

37

    a. Go-long-go

37

    b. Dry-head

38

c. Brother Dead

39

    31. The Yam-hills

39

32. The Law Against Back-biting

40

    a. Duck's Dream

40

    b. Guinea-chick

41

    c. Dry-head at the Barber's

42

33. Fling-a-mile

42

34. But-but and Anansi

44

35. Tumble-bug and Anansi

45

36. Horse and Anansi

46

37. Anansi in Monkey Country

47

    a. Bunya

47

    b. Christen Christen

47

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38. Curing the Sick

48

    a. The Fishes

48

    b. The Six Children

48

39. Anansi, White-belly and Fish

50

40. Goat's Escape

51

    a. The Rain

51

    b. The Dance (1)

52

    The Dance (2)

52

41. Turtle's Escape

53

42. Fire and Anansi

53

43. Quit-quit and Anansi

53

    a. Tailors and Fiddlers

53

    b. Fiddlers

54

44. Spider Marries Monkey's Daughter

54

45. The Chain of Victims

55

46. Why Tumble-bug Rolls in the Dung

56

47. Why John-crow Has a Bald Head

56

    a. The Baptism

56

    b. The Dance

57

48. Why Dog is always Looking

57

49. Why Rocks at the River are Covered with Moss

57

50. Why Ground-dove Complains

58

51 . Why Hog is always Grunting

58

52. Why Toad Croaks

58

53. Why Woodpecker Bores Wood

59

54. Why Crab is Afraid after Dark

59

55. Why Mice are no Bigger

59

56. Rat's Wedding

60

57. Cockroach Stories

61

    a. Cock's Breakfast

61

    b. Feigning Sick (1)

61

    Feigning Sick (2)

62

    c. The Drum

62

58. Hunter, Guinea-hen and Fish

63

59. Rabbit Stories

64

    a. The Tar Baby

64

    b. Saying Grace

64

    c. Pretending Dead

65

60. The Animal Race

65

    a. Horse and Turtle

65

    b. Pigeon and Parrot

66

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61. The Fasting Trial (fragment)

67

62. Man is Stronger

67

Old Stories, chiefly of Sorcery.

 

63. The Pea that Made a Fortune

69

64. Settling the Father's Debt

69

65. Mr. Lenaman's Corn-field

70

66. Simon Tootoos

71

67. The Tree-wife

74

68. Sammy the Comferee

75

69. Grandy Do-an'Do

77

70. Jack and Harry

79

71. Pea-fowl as Messenger

80

    a. John Studee

80

    b. Contavio

82

72. The Barking Puppy

82

73. The Singing Bird

83

    a. Fine Waiting Boy

83

    b. The Golden Cage

84

74. Two Sisters

85

75. Assonah

86

76. The Greedy Child

87

    a. Crossing the River

87

    b. The Plantain

87

77. Alimoty and Aliminty

88

78. The Fish Lover

89

    a. Timbo Limbo

89

    b. Fish Fish Fish

91

    c. Dear Old Juna

91

79. Juggin Straw Blue

92

80. The Witch and the Grain of Peas

93

81. Bosen Corner

94

82. The Three Dogs

96

    a. Boy and Witch Woman

96

    b. Lucy and Janet

99

83. Andrew and His Sisters

99

84. The Hunter

101

    a. The Bull turned Courter

101

    b. The Cow turned Woman

102

85. Man-Snake as Bridegroom

103

    a. The Rescue (1)

103

    The Rescue (2)

104

    b. Snake Swallows the Bride

104

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86. The Girls who Married the Devil

105

    a. The Devil-husband

105

    b. The Snake-husband

106

87. Bull as Bridegroom

108

    a. Nancy

108

    b. The Play-song

109

    c. Gracie and Miles

110

88. The Two Bulls

111

89. Ballinder Bull

113

90. Bird Arinto

115

91. Tiger Softens his Voice

116

92. Hidden Names

118

    a. Anansi and Mosquito

118

    b. Anansi plays Baby (1)

118

    Anansi plays Baby (2)

119

    Anansi plays Baby (3)

119

93. Anansi and Mr. Able

120

94. The King's Three Daughters

121

95. The Dumb Child

121

96. The Dumb Wife

123

97. Leap, Timber, Leap

124

    a. Old Conch

124

    b. Grass-quit (fragment)

126

98. The Boy fools Anansi

126

99. The Water-crayfish

127

Modern European Stories.

 

100. Ali Baba and Kissem

129

101. Bull-of-all-the-land

130

102. The Boiling Pot

131

103. The Twelve One-eyed Men

133

104. Bird and Hunter

134

105. Jack and the Devil Errant

135

106. The Magic Hat and the Staff of Life

139

107. Uncle Green and Jack

141

108. Big Begum and Little Begum

143

109. The Fool and the Wise Brother

145

110. The Children and the Witch

146

111. The Boy and the Mermaid (fragment)

117

112. Difficult Tasks (fragment)

147

113. The Grateful Beasts

148

114. Jack and the Bean-stalk

149

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115. Jack and the Devil

150

116. Jack's Riddle

150

117. Jack as Fortune-teller

151

118. Robin as Fortune-teller

151

119. Jack and the Grateful Dead

152

120. The Boy and his Master

153

121. The Language of Beasts

154

122. The Three Pieces of Advice

155

123. Three Brothers and the Life-tree

156

124. The Skilful Brothers

158

125. The Three Sillies

158

126. A Misunderstanding

159

127. Big-head, Big-belly and Little-foot (a and b)

160

128. The Goat in the Lion's Den

160

129. The Donkey, The Cat and the Lion's Head

161

130. Clever Molly May

162

131. Dancing to Anansi's Fiddle

162

132. Anansi Claims the Dinner

163

133. Anansi Seeks his Fortune

163

134. The Pannier-jar

163

135. Anansi kills his Grandmother

164

136. White-belly and Anansi

164

137. Monkey hunts Anansi

165

138. Anansi and the Pig Coming from Market

166

Song and Dance

 

139. The Fifer

169

140. In Come Murray

170

141. Tacoomah Makes a Dance

170

142. Anansi Makes a Dance

171

143. Red Yam

173

144. Guzzah Man

175

145. Fowl and Pretty Poll

176

146. The Cumbolo

176

147. John-crow and Fowl at Court

177

148. Wooden Ping-ping and Cock

177

149. Animal Talk

178

Witticisms

179

Riddles

183

Index to Riddles

219

Abbreviations of Titles

223

Notes to the Tales

233

Index to Informants

291

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