Feb
27
Tell me that riddle or I’ll smash yer nose!
These riddles, collected in the North Carolina mountains, belong to a familiar pattern, the seemingly obscene question with an innocuous reply. Texts from Ralph S. Boggs, “North Carolina White Folktales and Riddles,” Journal of American Folklore, XLVII (1934), pp. 320-21. The ole man shook it an’ shook it; The old woman pulled up her dress [...]
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