58 episodes
DOG TALES John Martin Ramsay
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57 tall tales about dogs; most collected orally in the Appalachian Mountains and told in dialect by John Martin Ramsay, the compiler. You may purchase the book, which includes a drawing the editor made for each tale, from most booksellers, e.g.:
https://www.amazon.com/Dog-Tales-humorous-tribute-Friend/dp/1733029141
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00. PREFACE
An introduction to DOG TALES. Following the PREFACE there are 57 more episodes. Each episode contains one tale.
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57. All in One Breath
Notes: ALL IN ONE BREATH was collected from Bill Hartsock, a Berea College student who got it from his girlfriend’s grandmother, Margy Riddell of Flat Gap, Virginia in 1982. Mrs. Riddell, born Bolling, was about age ninety when this verbal test was presented to her granddaughter.
THAT IS THE LAST TALE!
You can listen to the tales told by the author himself on podcast platforms.
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https://anchor.fm/john-martin-ramsay5
Or for a copy of the book from
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/dog-tales/id1257929153?mt=11
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56. Tailipo
Notes: TAILIPO was collected from my wife, Risse Faye Layne Ramsay who heard it from her mother, Rilda Chandler Layne. Rilda was raised in Broadhead, Kentucky back in the late 1930’s. The Chandlers had moved to Kentucky from Madison County, North Carolina.
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55. The Feuding Dogs
Notes: THE FEUDING DOGS was collected from Kris Slank, a Berea College student who got the tale from his grandfather, K. G. McDaniel. The story has come down in the family.
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54. The Runaway Horses
Notes: RUNAWAY HORSES was collected from A. D. Harrell of Tipton Hill, North Carolina. A. D. told me this tale in 1956 when I was spending an evening after testing his cows’ butterfat percentage. He corroborated the tale in August 1986 and identified Edward Whitson as the lad who tried to rein in the horses.
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53. The Dead Dog
Notes: THE DEAD DOG was collected from Joan Randall, a Berea College student who got the tale from Don Sauders of North Carolina who remembered it from about 1930.
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