(Sort of) The Story
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(Sort of) The Story
43. Feed the Wolves (and don't mess with the Frog Lord)
Hello and welcome to another episode! This week Janey will tell us the tale of child serial murderer-in-training, Molly Whuppie! And Max will take us through a rags to riches to rags to Bluegrass career with "Of Nettles and Roses: A Yiddish Cinderella."
Janey's Sources - Molly Whuppie
- “Molly Whuppie” (From Folk & Fairy Tales, edited by Martin Hallett and Barbara Karasek. 4th Edition.
- “Twice Yet, carle, I’ll come to Spain!” The Song of Roland summary from Study.com
Max's Sources - Of Nettles and Roses
- "Of Nettles and Roses: A Yiddish Cinderella," full text with analysis by Rachel Hope Crossman
- "Yiddish Folktales," edited by Beatrice Silverman Weinreich, translated by Leonard Wolf
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