Kentucky Folktales: Revealing Stories, Truths, and Outright Lies

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adapting. See family storytelling: shaping for strangers; folktales: adapting for retelling; personal narrative Appalachian Sound Archives Fellowship, 98, 103, 127, 202–3n6 audience: addressing directly during storytelling, 77, 81, 105, 111, 202; age, homogenous vs. mixed, 61–62, 90–91; matching story with, 90–91, 116; participation, 5, 90, 101, 103, 104–5, 114, 162–63; reactions, 31, 50–51, 89, 91, 104, 116, 168, 178–79; reactions changing delivery, 62, 69, 88–89, 104–5, 162, 171–72; reactions changing story, 1, 31, 34, 56, 57, 60–62, 66, 69, 87, 88, 91, 120, 128, 150, 162–63 blending stories, 88 “Blue Light, The,” 52–56 “Blue Light, The” (archival text), 57–58 body language, 61, 71–72, 102–5, 114, 162, 168, 171–72, 176–77 “Bushel of Corn, The,” 68 classroom uses, 17, 172, 207–8 coaching, 34, 56, 87, 195, 198–99n3, 201n8 comic relief. See humor copyright, 17, 177. See also permission “Daniel Boone on the Hunt,” 65–66 dialogue. See voice endings, 56, 60–62, 150, 199n3 “Enormous Bear, The,” 95–98 expression. See body language; voice facial expression. See body language family storytelling, 207, 209; context in family, 168, 170–71, 181–83; shaping for strangers 170–72 “Farmer Brown’s Crop,” 67–68 “Farmer’s Smart Daughter, The,” 106–10 “Flannel Mouth,” 45–47 “Flannel Mouth (Lewis),” 49–50 folk arts, 191 folktales: adapting for retelling, 2, 24–26, 31, 34–35, 40–44, 48–49, 56–57, 60, 68–69, 71, 87–90, 101, 103–5, 111–12, 115–16, 127–29, 139, 143–50, 153–54, 161–62; classifying, 154–55, 196n1; comparing versions, 21– 22, 29–31, 41–43, 71, 72, 74–75, 99–101, 115–16, 120, 128, 143, 144, 153–54, 199n1, 204n2 “Fortune Teller, The,” 113–14 fourth wall, 202 index 218 INDEX gesture. See body language “Gingerbread Boy, The,” 27–29 “Gingerbread Boy, 2010” (Gorham), 31–33 historical accuracy, 25 humor, 31, 72, 91, 101, 112, 183 “Hunting Alone,” 70–71 imagination, 44, 57, 89, 149–50 interview, 181–82, 209n2 introduction to story, 116, 161 “Jeff Rides the Rides,” 169–70 “Jump Rope Kingdom,” 173–75 “Kate Crackernuts,” 133–38 “Kate Crackernuts” (Jacobs), 139–41 “Kate Crackernuts, The Story of” (Lang), 142–43 “King and His Advisor, The,” 151–52 “King and his Advisor, The” (Badwhar), 152–53 kitchen table storytelling, 2, 191n1 learning stories, 34, 44, 145–49, 196–97n4; mapping, 147; outline, 145; questions, 148; timeline, 146. See also imagination length, varying, 69, 91 Leonard Roberts Collection, about, 194n2 “Little Ripen Pear,” 36–39 market forces, 21, 85, 110–11 “Mary Helen’s Fiancé,” 180–81 meaning and story, 155–56, 187 memorization, 2, 33–34, 149, 195n12 motif D2601.2.2, 30 motif K579.2.2*, 161 movement. See body language musical improvisation, 172 “Open Grave, The,” 59–60 oral transmission, 8, 41–43, 48, 72, 74, 75, 99–101, 114–15, 120, 131, 153, 155, 165, 168, 185, 186, 191n2, 197n5, 204n3, 209n3 “Otis Ayers Had a Dog—Two Stories,” 73–74 outline. See learning stories: outline peer support. See coaching permission, 16–17, 31, 88, 171. See also copyright personal beliefs, 71, 120–21, 128–29 personal narrative, 165, 173–77, 179, 207n3 pitch. See voice “Place to Start, A,” 167 platform storytelling, 191n1 point of view, 16, 17–18, 85–86 “Princess Who Could Not Cry, The,” 117–19 program: arranging story order, 11 “Promises to Keep,” 19–21 “Rabbit and the Alligators,” 157–161 “Rawhead and Bloody Bones,” 122–27 remembering, 26, 192n2 repertoire development, 6, 7, 21, 85, 90, 98, 102, 110–11, 161–62 research: historical, 24–26; family, 184–85 rhymes and rhyming, 101, 158, 160, 162–63, 173, 174, 176, 177, 178–79, 206n3, 208n5 rhythm. See voice selection. See audience: matching story with; program: arranging story order INDEX 219 singing, 40, 101, 162 “Some Dog,” 76–85 stories, untitled: climbing the silo, 207; deer mailbox, 183; Doe kids, 182–83; giant turtle thought to have been catfish, 86–87; giant turtle stealing sheep, 200–201n2; horseback ride, 4; scaring the cows, 183–84. See also titles of individual stories “Stormwalker,” 13–16 storyboarding. See learning stories: mapping storytelling, 1, 2, 44, 105, 197n5 Storytelling World Award, 193n4, 207n4 tale type, defined, 196n1 tale type 312, 56 tale type 480, 127 tale type 711, 139 tale type 780B, 40 tale type...