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Swapping
Stories: Folktales from Louisiana - Online Resources
 The
Swapping Stories book, video, and website are products of the ten-year
Louisiana
Storytelling Project that documented Louisiana storytellers. The
project began as a collaboration with the Louisiana Office of Tourism’s
Open House 1990 Storytelling Program with stories being recorded at Louisiana
festivals. Stories were then edited into the book, video-recorded for the
documentary, and finally posted online. Original audio tapes are archived
at Louisiana State University
Hill Memorial Library Special Collections and the
T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History.
Listed below are all excerpts from the
publication and video available online. Some reside on the Louisiana Public
Broadcasting Web server while others are on those maintained by the Division
of the Arts and the Louisiana Department of Education. The book
features 210 stories in five languages. Ten stories on the Louisiana Public
Broadcasting website have audio or video clips.
From the Swapping
Stories website
Swapping
Stories: Folktales from Louisiana (on LPB server)
About
the Video Program
Why
are Folktales Important?
Storytelling
Glossary
A
Storyteller’s Perspective by Bertney Langley, Koasati Storyteller
Excerpts from
the Book
Louisiana’s
Traditional Cultures: An Overview, by Maida Owens
Louisiana’s
Traditional Cultures (printer-friendly), by Maida Owens
Louisiana’s
Folktale Traditions, by Carl Lindahl
Louisiana’s
Folktale Traditions (Outline)
Swapping
Stories Index of Motifs
About
the Transcriptions
Bel
Abbey Introduction from Swapping Stories
Swapping
Stories Isleño Notes
The Stories
The
Alligator Peach Tree, Pierre Daigle
Another
Big Fish Story, by Lonnie Gray
The
Arcadia Dating Game, by Harold Talbert
Bel's
Encounter with a Wise Owl, by Bel Abbey
Ben
Lilly, Strong Man of Morehouse Parish, by James B. Rider
Bouki
and Lapin in the Garden, by Max Greig
Bouki, Lapin et Rat de Bois (Bouki,
Lapin and Possum) by Enola Matthews
From
the LPB site
From
The Educator's Guide on this website
Brer
Rabbit and the Tarbaby, by Dolores Henderson
Bull
Talk, by Governor Jimmie H. Davis
A
Chitimacha Flood Story, by Nicholas L. Stouff
Does He Drive, Too?, by A.J.
Smith
From
the LPB site (video)
From
The Educator's Guide on this website
Elvis
Comes to Angie, by Mary Etta Scarborough Moody
An
Extra Passenger on the Bus, by Harold Talbert
The
First Meeting of the Indians and the Europeans (version 1), by Bel
Abbey
First
Meeting of the Indians and Europeans (version 2), by Bel Abbey
God
Works in Mysterious Ways, by Harry Methvin
How
the Bat Got Its Wings, by Bertney Langley
How
the Koasati Got Their Name, by Bertney Langley
The
Husband's Return, by Irvan Perez
I'm
Going to Leave You, Chère, by Harry Lee Leger (video)
It
Was So Cold, by Lonnie Gray
It
Was So Hot, Lonnie Gray
Jean
Sot, la vache, les chiens et sa petite soeur (Jean Sot, the Cow, the
Dogs, and Little Sister), by Enola Matthews
Learning
from the Bear, by Bel Abbey
Leaving
Mississippi, by Robert Albritton (video)
The
Legend of the Brooch, by Wendell Lindsay
The
Life of a Crab Fisherman, by Irvan Perez
Life
Saving Sirens, by Loulan Pitre
The
Little Tar Man, by Wilson "Ben Guiné" Mitchell
Loup
Garou as Shadow Companion, by Glen Pitre (video)
Mosquitoes Save a Life, by Harry
Methvin
From
The Educator's Guide on this website
From
the LPB site
On
Top of Old Smoky, by Harry Methvin
An
Oyster-culling Loup Garou, by Loulan Pitre (video)
Paying
the Price for a Free Train Ride, by Harold Talbert
The
Politician Gets His (two versions), by Hubert L. "Anatoo"
Clement, Sr.
The
Reverend Gets the Possum, by Sarah Albritton (audio)
Setecientos
setentaisiete (Seventeen Seventy-Seven), by Irvan Perez
The
Shadow Companion, by Loulan Pitre (video)
She
Has the Key, by Sarah Albritton (audio)
Shine
and the Titanic, by Arthur "Arthuro" Pfister
Swapping
Stories, by Dave Petitjean and A. J. Smith (video)
A
Tale About a Catfish, by Sarah Kent
Les
trois couillon (The Three Fools), by Enola Matthews
Les
trois Jobs (The Three Jobs), by Enola Matthews
The
Turtle and the Rabbit Run a Race, by Bel Abbey
Walking
on Water, by Governor Jimmie H. Davis
The
Widow's Buried Gold, by Pierre Daigle
Wrestling
Mania, by Harold Talbert
Why
the Frog Croaks, by Tang Thi Thanh Van
You
Think I’m Working, But I’m Not, by Robert Albritton (video)
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