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EP 245: Louisiana- King Peacock, Singing Bones, Simple John (Fortier)

#louisiana #folktale

In the first story, we have echoes of sleeping beauty without out all of the kissing sleeping women thing. In the second one, a dad learns why the butcher's meat is so cheap. And in the final story, Dumb John proves that he isn't a dumb as people think.

Source: Louisiana Folk-tales: In French Dialect and English Translation by Alcée Fortier

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: On My Way to New Orleans by COLLINS AND HARLAN; Macdonald; Von Tilzer

Sound Effects: Frogs by Dustin Steichmann

Photo Credit "Peacock" by Kristine 233 is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.

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