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Title Clever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Cat : Fairy Tales from a Living Oral Tradition / edited by Anita Best, Martin Lovelace, Pauline Greenhill ; illustrated by Graham Blair
Published Logan : Utah State University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Contents Johnson and the fellow traveller told by Pius Power Sr. -- Jack and the cat told by Alice Lannon -- Jack shipped to the devil at Blackhead told by Pius Power Sr. -- The suit the colour of the clouds told by Pius Power Sr. -- Pretty raven ; The copper castle of the Lowlands told by Pius Power Sr
Summary "Passed on orally between generations as a community tradition, these sensitive and artful tales don't appear anywhere in print. Features ethnopoetic transcriptions from authors to give authentic accounts of "living" oral performances from the past century and to demonstrate the artistry that is possible without written word"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Spoken word poetry.
Oral tradition -- Newfoundland and Labrador
Folklore -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History
Tales -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Specimens
Fairy tales -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Specimens
Fairy tales
Folklore
Oral tradition
Spoken word poetry
Tales
Newfoundland and Labrador
Genre/Form History
Specimens
Form Electronic book
Author Best, Anita, 1948- editor.
Greenhill, Pauline, editor.
Lovelace, Martin J., editor.
Blair, Graham, illustrator
Power, Pius, 1915-1993, storyteller.
Lannon, Alice, 1927-2013, storyteller.
ISBN 9781607329206
1607329204