"Old One-Eye." In Richard Chase. Grandfather Tales. Boston: Houghton, 1948, pp. 205-7. With one drawing, by Berkeley Williams, Jr., of the old lady reaching for her knife near her fireplace and her one-eyed fish. A sharp old rich woman scares away robbers by letting them think she is a witch calmly waiting to attack them. She plans to cut a chunk out of her one-eyed dried fish, not the one-eyed rogue who misunderstands her. Collected from Ben Hall, Haysville, NC. "Old One-Eye" told by Michael "Badhair" Williams, in Tell Me a Story. Vol. 5. Videocassette. Barr Entertainment, 1986. A professional North Carolina storyteller who does great character voices tells stories to a small group of children, explaining details such as the old lady's carding. This video also includes "Muts Mag" and a short song, "Turkey in the Straw." Cartoon-like drawings illustrating the plot are shown occasionally during the storytelling. See also the comic robbers in Jack and the Robbers and Rex Stephenson's adaptation of Mutsmag. Last update: 03/17/08 |
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