DOG TALES

John Martin Ramsay
  • 4.2 (13)
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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

  1. 03/24/2019

    00. PREFACE

    An introduction to DOG TALES.  Following the PREFACE there are 57 more episodes.  Each episode contains one tale.

    2 min
  2. 57. All in One Breath

    03/19/2019

    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. Look for DOG TALES on your podcast platform. 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

    2 min
  3. 56. Tailipo

    03/19/2019

    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.

    4 min
  4. 55. The Feuding Dogs

    03/19/2019

    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.

    2 min
  5. 54. The Runaway Horses

    03/19/2019

    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.

    2 min
  6. 53. The Dead Dog

    03/19/2019

    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.

    2 min
  7. 52. The Dog Tax

    03/19/2019

    52. The Dog Tax

    Notes: THE DOG TAX —by permission. See Humor of a Country Lawyer, by Sam J. Erwin, Jr. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1983, p 132.

    2 min
  8. 51. The Dog License

    03/19/2019

    51. The Dog License

    Notes: THE DOG LICENSE was collected from Loyal Jones of Berea College in 1982. The event took place in 1960 or 1961 and was by telephone. (see also RIFLE TOTING MONKEY and WALKING ON WATER)

    1 min
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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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  • Creator
    John Martin Ramsay
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    58
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © John Martin Ramsay
  • Show Website
    DOG TALES