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• The Girl in the Chest

  It's my chick in a box!This week, we bring you the final episode of season 2. As if that really means anything.The Girl in the Chest - The Story of the Third Sister Who was Brave and Goodfrom The Laughing Prince by Parker Fillmore published 1921Love u.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Bluebeard

  Bonjour. Ready for a French folktale??Aujourd'hui on lit "Barbe Bleue" de Histoires ou contes du temps passé écrit par Charles Perrault et publié en 1697.Except that we're actually reading the version from Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book published 1889. We've heard it stays very true to the original Perrault version and is in English, which is better for us. Enjoy!Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at [email protected] more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• The Bird of the Sweet Song

  A story from the Azqueltán, Jalisco in Mexico!Read it as it was published in the The Journal of American Folklore in 1912 here: The Bird of the Sweet SongThe book Maggie is reading is called How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny O'Dell. Buy it from your local bookstore.Read more about the fight for the rights of the indigenous people of Azqueltán.Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at [email protected] more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Saint Nicholas and the Children

  Here we have a very special holiday episode of Folkorica! Clayton reads "Saint Nicholas and The Children" by Cyrus MacMillan from his book Canadian Fairy Tales published in 1922.Read more about St. Nick's sweaty bones.Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at [email protected] Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• The Bishop and the Tohunga

  A Maori tale about Bishop George Selwyn and a very cool Tohunga.Read the full text of the story hereListen to that weird folk song that Clayton foundGaze in wonder at the beautiful Mokoia IslandWatch our friend's friend, Taika Waititi's TEDx TalkFollow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at [email protected] more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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