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Jamaica Anansi Stories

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MARTHA WARREN BECKWITH

Start Reading Title Page Contents.ANIMAL STORIES.1. Tying Tiger.[Note]2. Tiger as Substitute.[Note]3. Tiger as Riding-horse.[Note]4. Tiger's Sheep-skin Suit.[Note]5. Tiger Catching the Sheep-thief.[Note]6. Tiger's Breakfast.[Note]7. Eggs and Scorpions.[Note]8. Tiger's Bone-hole.[Note]9. The Christening.[Note]10. Eating Tiger's Guts.[Note]11. Throwing away Knives.[Note]12. Grace Before Meat.[Note]13. Day-time Trouble.[Note]14. New Names.[Note]15. Long-shirt.[Note]16. Shut up in the Pot.[Note]17. House in the Air.[Note]18. Goat on the Hill-side.[Note]19. Dog and Dog-head.[Note]20. Tacoomah's Corn-piece.[Note]21. Anansi and the Tar-baby.[Note]22. Inside the Cow.[Note]23. Cunnie-More-Than-Father.[Note]24. The Duckano tree.[Note]25. Food and Cudgel.[Note]26. The Riddle.[Note]27. Anansi and Brother Dead.[Note]28. Brother Dead and the Brindle Puppy.[Note]29. The Cowitch and Mr. Foolman.[Note]30. Dry-Head and Anansi.[Note]31. The Yam-hills.[Note]32. The Law against Back-biting.[Note]33. Fling-a-mile.[Note]34. But-but and Anansi.[Note]35. Tumble-bug and Anansi.[Note]36. Horse and Anansi.[Note]37. Anansi in Monkey Country.[Note]38. Curing the Sick.[Note]39. Anansi, White-belly and Fish.[Note]40. Goat's Escape.[Note]41. Turtle's Escape.[Note]42. Fire and Anansi.[Note]43. Quit-quit and Anansi.[Note]44. Spider Marries Monkey's Daughter.[Note]45. The Chain of Victims.[Note]46. Why Tumble-bug Rolls in the Dung.[Note][Supplementary Note]47. Why John-crow has a Bald Head.[Note]48. Why Dog is always Looking.[Note][Supplementary Note]49. Why Rocks at the River are covered with Moss.[Note]50. Why Ground-dove Complains.[Note]51. Why Hog is always Grunting.[Note]52. Why Toad Croaks.[Note]53. Why Woodpecker Bores Wood.[Note]54. Why Crab is afraid after Dark.[Note]55. Why Mice are no Bigger.[Note]56. Rat's Wedding.[Note][Supplementary Note]57. Cockroach Stories.[Note]58. Hunter, Guinea-hen and Fish.[Note]59. Rabbit Stories.[Note]60. The Animal Race.[Note]61. The Fasting Trial (fragment).[Note]62. Man is Stronger.[Note]OLD STORIES, CHIEFLY OF SORCERY.63. The Pea that made a Fortune.[Note]64. Settling the Father's Debt.[Note]65. Mr. Lenaman's Corn-field.[Note]66. Simon Tootoos.[Note][Supplementary Note]67. The Tree-wife.[Note]68. Sammy the Comferee.[Note]69. Grandy-Do-an'-Do.[Note]70. Jack and Harry.[Note]71. Pea-fowl as Messenger.[Note]72. The Barking Puppy.[Note]73. The Singing Bird.[Note]74. Two Sisters.[Note]75. Asoonah.[Note]76. The Greedy Child.[Note]77. Alimoty and Aliminty.[Note]78. The Fish Lover.[Note]79. Juggin Straw Blue.[Note]80. The Witch and the Grain of Peas.[Note]81. Bosen Corner.[Note]82. The Three Dogs.[Note]83. Andrew and his Sisters.[Note]84. The Hunter.[Note]85. Man-Snake as Bridegroom.[Note]86. The Girls who married the Devil.[Note]87. Bull as Bridegroom.[Note]88. The Two Bulls.[Note]89. Ballinder Bull.[Note]90. Bird Arinto.[Note]91. Tiger Softens his Voice.[Note]92. Hidden Names.[Note]93. Anansi and Mr. Able.94. The King's Three Daughters.[Note]95. The Dumb Child.[Note]96. The Dumb Wife.[Note]97. Leap, Timber, Leap.[Note][Supplementary Note]98. The Boy fools Anansi.[Note]99. The Water Crayfish.[Note]MODERN EUROPEAN STORIES.100. Ali Baba and Kissem.[Note]101. Bull-of all-the-Land.[Note]102. The Boiling Pot.[Note]103. The Twelve One-eyed Men.[Note]104. Bird and Hunter.[Note]105. Jack and the Devil Errant.[Note]106. The Magic Hat and the Staff of Life.[Note]107. Uncle Green and Jack.[Note]108. Big Begum and Little Begum.[Note]109. The Fool and the Wise Brother.[Note]110. The Children and the Witch.[Note]111. The Boy and the Mermaid.[Note]112. Difficult Tasks.[Note]113. The Grateful Beasts.[Note]114. Jack and the Bean-stalk.[Note]115. Jack and the Devil.[Note]116. Jack's Riddle.[Note]117. Jack as Fortune-teller.[Note]118. Robin as Fortune-teller.[Note]119. Jack and the Grateful Dead.[Note]120. The Boy and his Master.[Note]121. The Language of Beasts.[Note]122. The Three Pieces of Advice.[Note]123. Three Brothers and the Life-tree.[Note]124. The Skilful Brothers.[Note]125. The Three Sillies.[Note]126. A Misunderstanding.[Note]127. Big-head, Big-belly, and Little-foot.[Note]128. The Goat in the Lion's Den.[Note]129. The Donkey, the Cat and the Lion's Head.130. Clever Molly May.[Note]131. Dancing to Anansi's Fiddle.[Note]132. Anansi claims the dinner.[Note]133. Anansi seeks his Fortune.[Note]134. The Pannier-jar.[Note]135. Anansi kills his Grandmother.[Note]136. White Belly and Anansi.[Note]137. Monkey hunts Anansi.[Note]138. Anansi and the Pig coming from Market.DANCE AND SONG.139. The Fifer.[Note]140. In Come Murray.141. Tacoomah makes a Dance.[Note]142. Anansi makes a Dance.[Note]143. Red Yam.[Note]144. Guzzah Man.145. Fowl and Pretty Poll.[Note]146. The Cumbolo.[Note]147. John-crow and Fowl at Court.148. Wooden Ping-ping and Cock.149. Animal Talk.[Note]WITTICISMS.Old-time Fools.[Note]Duppy Stories.Animal Jests.Lies.Philosophy.RIDDLES.INDEX TO RIDDLES.ABBREVIATIONS OF TITLES.NOTES.Note 138. Anansi and the Pig.SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES.INDEX TO INFORMANTS.