St. Martin · Folktales and oral traditions
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St. Martin
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Samuel Saty of Marigot was 13 when he told a story about a cockroach trying to fool a chicken. The note published by Les Fruits de Mer preserves the storyteller’s name and the starchy drink served in the tale. Together these details help locate an animal story in a particular telling.
Tales in the Atlas
Cockroach Fools Fowl
1920s · Samuel Saty · Folk-Lore of the Antilles · Les Fruits de Mer, Truth in the Tale (2020)
Tales found across countries
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