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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
- 58 - 14. Ring and PepperSun, 24 Feb 2019 - 01min
- 57 - 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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Tue, 19 Mar 2019 - 01min - 56 - 56. TailipoTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 04min
- 55 - 55. The Feuding DogsTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 54 - 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.
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min - 53 - 53. The Dead DogTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 01min
- 52 - 52. The Dog TaxTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 51 - 51. The Dog LicenseTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 01min
- 50 - 50. Banjo Dog
Notes: BANJO DOG was collected from David Morris of West Virginia. David shared this tale during the “World’s Fair,” i.e. Expo-84 at the Stokely Van Camp Folklife Center in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1984 where he was performing during a week featuring Berea College’s interest in Appalachian folk arts.
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min - 49 - 49. A British Train RideTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 04min
- 48 - 48. An Unwelcome GuestTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 47 - 47. The Split Dog
Notes: THE SPLIT DOG by permission from Richard Chase. See Chase, American Folk Tales and Songs, Signet Key, 1956, pp 97-98. Chase heard the tale somewhere in eastern Kentucky. It appeared in Fisher’s River(North Carolina)Scenes and Characters, by “Skitt” published in New York, Harper & Brothers, 1859. See also Botkin, A Treasury og American Folklore, Bonanza Books, New York, 1954, pp 593-594.
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min - 46 - 46. Drummer Joins the BandTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 45 - 45. Doggone BootsTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 00min
- 44 - 44. Doghide ShoestringsTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 01min
- 43 - 43. Larapin Rarapin Skoonkin Huntin'
Notes: LARIPIN, RARIPIN,SKOONKIN HUNTING was collected orally from a tenth grade student in my class in Micaville, North Carolina in 1956. Printed sources are: Roberts, South From Hell-fer-Sartin, tale number 78a; and Chase, Grandfather Tales, tale number 15, page 137. Roberts source was Charles Holcomb on Big Leatherwood who said he had heard this tale on a talking machine record when he was a boy. Chase cites an Alabama source in his compilation of Uncle Remus.
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min - 42 - 42. RiddleTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 00min
- 41 - 41. Mysterious TwinsTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 40 - 40. Rifle Toting Monkey
Notes: RIFLE TOTING MONKEY was collected from Loyal Jones and Michael Doane Moore in 1978. Jerry Clower’s humor and stories have had widespread audiences and much of his material, like this tale, has entered the folk process. Clower’s first recording, “Jerry Clower from Yazoo City, Mississippi Talkin,” a Decca recording, was number 11 on national country album charts (see article, Knock ‘im out Jay-ree! In Sports Illustrated 38:17.pp 75-84, April 30, 1973. Clower heard the rifle toting monkey tale while in high school, perhaps from his cousin Johnny. Used by permission.
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min - 39 - 39. Walking on WaterTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 38 - 38. The Pickup TruckTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 37 - 37. Useless's Old DogTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 01min
- 36 - 36. No TrespassingTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 01min
- 35 - 35. Old Hound DogTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 34 - 33. Flea BitTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 33 - 34. Honest Sam
Notes: HONEST SAM was told by Samuel Clemens in his autobiography. Twain concludes Chapter 30 with these words, “Now then, that is the tale. Some of it is true.”
And I add: that is Sam’s tale, more-or-less. You can read the tale in his own words in The Autobiography of Mark Twain, edited by Charles Neider, Harper and Row, New York, 1959, pp 155-159.
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 - 03min - 32 - 32. Sound Shooting BackfiresTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 31 - 31. Zig Zag LipsTue, 19 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 30 - 00. PREFACESun, 24 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 29 - 30. The VentriloquistSat, 16 Mar 2019 - 01min
- 28 - 29. AnnieThu, 14 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 27 - 28. Quisling
Notes: QUISLING was collected from Gwen McVicker in 1980 who has it from Andy McMahan of Louisville, Kentucky. David Macemon of Woodford County, Kentucky says he has heard a Science Fiction story about Thomas A. Edison inventing an intelligence test which he tries on a dog who scores “way off the top.” The dog then admits that he can talk and is killed by other dogs for giving out their secret.
Thu, 14 Mar 2019 - 02min - 26 - 27. In the Lead by a Tail.Wed, 13 Mar 2019 - 01min
- 25 - 26. Hot Rod Hound
Notes: HOT ROD HOUND was collected from SANDY COPLEN SMITH who got it from her roommate, Susan Adams who got it from her father in Coal City, West Virginia. I have heard the same tale several other times but the subject was a cat who was frozen in a refrigerator and revived with gasoline. This is a favorite of my grandson whose mother’s father, Red Harrison of LaFollette, Tennessee, tells the tale.
Mon, 11 Mar 2019 - 02min - 24 - 25. SS-FFMon, 11 Mar 2019 - 03min
- 23 - 24. Rabies ShotsWed, 06 Mar 2019 - 03min
- 22 - 23. Training Young Fox HoundsTue, 05 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 21 - 22. The Billy Rough
Notes: THE BILLY ROUGH was collected from Dear Rathbone, a Berea College student from Haywood County, North Carolina in 1980. Dean learned this from his uncle Miles Rathbone, also of Fines Creek. A subsequent letter from Dean says that this incident really happened in the Jerry rough. Dean has written many stories from his home on Fines Creek. (see https://www.facebook.com/groups/1039030522847750/)
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 - 04min - 20 - 21. Counting Dog
Notes: COUNTING DOG was collected from Lewis Lamb of Paint Lick, Kentucky in 1980. This tales is widely known and is one most likely to be told when one asks for a dog tale. Lewis’s setting in the mountains is unusual and is probably his own addition to the tale. He is a first rate yarn spinner as well as a champion fiddler. (see RABIES SHOTS andSS-FF).
Sun, 03 Mar 2019 - 03min - 19 - 20. Rabbit in the WellSat, 02 Mar 2019 - 01min
- 18 - 19. Mail DogSat, 02 Mar 2019 - 02min
- 17 - 18. The Fastest Dog in the WorldWed, 27 Feb 2019 - 02min
- 16 - 17. The Deer HoundTue, 26 Feb 2019 - 02min
- 15 - 16. City Slicker and Bird Dog
Notes: CITY SLICKER AND BIRD DOG was collected from Judy Hamilton in 1979. Judy, a student in my Folk Arts Class at Berea College, heard this tale from Willie Baxter of Casey County, Kentucky. I have heard the same tale from Anita Waldridge, a 1989 Folk Arts student who got it from Lisa Keoku about 1971. Both girls gave this ending, “I’m going to throw him up one more time and if he don’t fly, I’m going to kill him.” I felt that “I want a refund” made a better ending and decided to tell the story from the dog’s point of view.
Mon, 25 Feb 2019 - 04min - 14 - 15. A Fresh Turned TrailSun, 24 Feb 2019 - 01min
- 13 - 13. A Tale from Egon MountainFri, 22 Feb 2019 - 02min
- 12 - 12. Old Cold NoseThu, 21 Feb 2019 - 01min
- 11 - 11. Snake-bit!Wed, 20 Feb 2019 - 02min
- 10 - 10. Rover in the Nantahala Gorge
Notes: ROVER IN THE NANTAHALA GORGE was collected from Karen Solesbee Boll of Franklin, North Carolina in 1977. Karen composed the tale as an assignment for the Folk Arts class at Berea College. It demonstrated how ‘creative’ works draw from a base of cultural substratum. He grandparents are from Nantahala.
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 - 02min - 9 - 9. The Dog and the BuzzardMon, 18 Feb 2019 - 03min
- 8 - 8. A Cold Trail
Notes: A COLD TRAIL was collected from J. P. Fraley of Boyd County, Kentucky in 1979. I met Mr. Fraley at a May Day festival at Hindman Settlement Schjool on the banks of the Troublesome Creek where Mr. Fraley was a guest fiddler. He was a well travelled mining consultant but grew up in eastern Kentucky which has a strong folk culture.
Also heard from Marcella Morgan of Leslie County, Kentucky who was told the tale by her father, James Baker.
Sun, 17 Feb 2019 - 03min - 7 - 7. A Shocking Tale!Sat, 16 Feb 2019 - 01min
- 6 - 6. Wheelchair Case
Notes: WHEELCHAIR CASE was collected from Brenda Russell of Lexington, Kentucky in 1979. Brenda got the story from her father, Clayton Russell who got it from his uncle Clarence Lakes in 1976. Her story identified the boy as a “colored boy.”
Curt Begley, a Berea College bus driver and native of Berea, gave another version: A dog would tree coons and climb the tree to fetch them down. He had gotten three coons and was packing the fourth off the limb when he fell off a limb out over a cliff and broke his back. The man took him out in a wheelbarrow but the dog tried to tree three more times on the way to the vet.
An engaging version from “Deacon” Hembree of Galena, Missouri was presented in the December 1977 issue of The Ozark Mountaineer.
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 - 02min - 5 - 5. The Accordion Dog
Notes: THE ACCORDION DOG was collected from a Berea College student in 1976 and has since been heard in Strasburg, Virginia and a couple of other places. My source did not liken the dog to an accordion—that is my invention. Two friends told me a “dirty” version, one from his childhood in Cherokee County, North Carolina in which the dog is in a car which wrecks and both dog and its owner end up in the hospital. The owner, when he comes to, sees the dog on the rug next to his bed and asks the doctor if that is his dog. The doctor answers in the affirmative to which the man says, “What’s that collar thing around his neck?” Is this the original tale?
See also Botkin, A Treasury of American Folklore, rev. ed., New York, Crown Publishers, 1975; “Fay Hubbard’s Dog” pp 511-512 from Idaho, A Guide in Word and Picture, Federal Writers’ Project, 1937.
Also, Fireman’s Fast Lane Hound, Crown Publishers, 1944, Chicago Dentist Folklore by Jack Conroy, Manuscript for WPA Federal Writers’ Project.
Thu, 14 Feb 2019 - 04min - 4 - 4. The Spiral ChaseThu, 14 Feb 2019 - 02min
- 3 - 3. Cookie
Notes: COOKIE was collected from Bobby Fields of Hyden, Kentucky. This is a true story.
The use of the word trotline is available on Wikipedia. Some dictionaries suggest a French origin. Could there have been a connection with French trappers in pioneer times? Or is trotline related to a trot-rope used to exercise horses in which each end of the line is tied to a tree and the bridle is attached to a ring?
Thu, 14 Feb 2019 - 01min - 2 - 2. On a Saturday One Spring.Thu, 14 Feb 2019 - 01min
- 1 - 1. The Skinboard.
Notes: THE SKINBOARD was collected from Tommy Anderson of Brasstown, NC in 1967. It was The Skinboard and On a Saturday One Spring of this collection which started this compiler on a search for additional dog tales. Tommy was raised in Green Cove not far from Dog Branch where the local saying is “There are more Greens on Dog Branch than dogs in Green Cove.”
I have subsequently heard The Skinboard tale many times in North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia. The epilogue about finding the dog in Kentucky was made up on the spot by Bill Sparks of Paint Lick, Kentucky about 1976 as we swapped tales in route to a country dance engagement in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 - 04min
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