How the speckled hen got her speckles: Brazilian Folklore
How the speckled hen got her speckles: Brazilian Folklore Once upon a time, ages and ages ago, there was a little white hen. One day she was busily engaged in scratching the soil to find worms and insects for her breakfast. As she worked she sang over and over again her little crooning song, “Quirrichi, quirrichi, quirrichi.” Suddenly she noticed a tiny piece of paper lying on the ground. “Quirrichi, quirrichi, what luck!” she said
Why the Tiger and the Stag Fear Each Other: Brazilian Folklore
Why the Tiger and the Stag Fear Each Other: Brazilian Folklore Once upon a time there was a large handsome stag with great branching horns. One day he said to himself, “I am tired of having no home of my own, and of just living anywhere. I shall build me a house.” He searched on every hill, in every valley, by every stream, and under all the trees for a suitable place. At last he
How Night Came: Brazilian Folklore
How Night Came: Brazilian Folklore Years and years ago at the very beginning of time, when the world had just been made, there was no night. It was day all the time. No one had ever heard of sunrise or sunset, starlight or moonbeams. There were no night birds, nor night beasts, nor night flowers. There were no lengthening shadows, nor soft night air, heavy with perfume. In those days the daughter of the GREAT
Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey: Brazilian Folklore
Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey: Brazilian Folklore Perhaps you do not know it, but the monkeys think that all the bananas belong to them. When Brazilian children eat bananas they say, “I am a monkey.” I once knew a little boy in Brazil who was very, very fond of bananas. He always said, “I am very much of a monkey.” If you are fond of bananas the Brazilian children would tell you that you are
His Dead Wife’s Photograph: Indian Ghost Story
His Dead Wife’s Photograph: Indian Ghost Story This story is from the book “Indian Ghost Stories” by S. Mukerji, published in 1914. As the reader reads through the story, it may be worth remembering that it was written during the British Raj, evoking the atmosphere and setting of colonial India. This story created a sensation when it was first told. It appeared in the papers and many big Physicists and Natural Philosophers were, at least
The Talking Pupils: Chinese Folklore
The Talking Pupils: Chinese Folklore At Ch‘ang-ngan there lived a scholar, named Fang Tung, who though by no means destitute of ability was a very unprincipled rake, and in the habit of following and speaking to any woman he might chance to meet. The day before the spring festival of Clear Weather (One of the twenty-four solar terms. It falls on or about the 5th of April, and is the special time for worshipping at