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EP 124: Louisiana- Brother Bull and Jean Malin (Alcée Fortier 1895)
Jean Malin (clever John) is an orphan who is picked up on the side of the road. The woman who comes to raise him has a gentleman caller, who is in secret a bull. Clever John figures out that the man is really a bull, and convinces the woman to break it off with him. After this, Brother Bull is very angry and wants to kill clever John. Can John use Brother Rabbit's magic grisgris to stay safe?
Source: Louisiana folk-tales : in French dialect and English translation by Fortier, Alcée, 1856-1914
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Banjo arrangement Жалжалым (Kyrgyz folk song)
Sound fx: Long Frogs…
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