Hello, second round of queries!

[crantz]

Second round of queries, everyone!

We have two new ones, a request for help, plus a reminder to people who responded to our previous round to check for our responses:

Uncle Remus Series - Joel Chandler Harris

Brer Fox
Brer Rabbit
Old Man Tarrypin
Tar Baby

These are two separate stories: Brer Fox Catches Old Man Tarrypin and The Tar-Baby. We're going to need you to separate these into their two titles or remove Tarrypin or Tar Baby.

Tags: Brer Fox Catches Old Man Tarrypin - Joel Chandler Harris and The Tar Baby - Joel Chandler Harris

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Davy Crockket and Daniel Boone

We are afraid that while both Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone have a lot of folkloreish history in America, they do not have any together nor is this a story on its own. We're going to need a specific story for each one to work from or it will be rejected.


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REQUEST FOR HELP

We have a nomination for another version of the 12 Dancing Princesses that features a cobbler's apprentice. (We have already approved the Brothers Grimm version where the man who successfully completes the quest is a soldier.) Although we can find references to the existence of this version, we can't find a source for it. Nominator, please help us find a source?


Thank you!

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Comments

[tabaqui]

If this is butting in and not allowed, please delete, but: the Hesse (German) version has a cobbler's apprentice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Dancing_Princesses#Background

[morbane]

Thank you - that is helpful, but is the text of that one available online anywhere? We need there to be a source for recipients and authors to refer to in order to accept it.

[tabaqui]

I can't seem to find the text of that one in particular. Perhaps someone else will have more luck.
This link has a number of variations on the story, one of which has a 'peasant' and another a 'young man', both of which could be cobblers or shoemakers apprentices.

It's rather maddening to see it referenced everywhere but to not be able to find the text.

https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0306.html

[karrenia_rune]

I've edited the Brer Rabbit nom and taken out the second nom because as you've cited the huge amount of folklore without a specific source for each of the gentlemen in the previous nom. Thank you!

[morbane]

Thank you!