Do Tell Story Swap
Ireland: Billy Beg and the Giants
Do Tell Story Swap Summaries
October 08, 2024
2024 Virtual Story Swap via Zoom sponsored by the Storytelling Association of California (SAC)
Australia - Aboriginal Tracker
Mexico - The Wise Woman of Córdoba
Scotland - Archie and the Little People
Pacific Islands - The Eight Cow Woman
Bali - Tirta Empul
Mexico - Snowing Tortillas
Haiti - The Story of Owl
Norway - The Seventh Father of the House
American Folktale: Halfway up the Mountain
American Folktale: The Wish Ring
Arab Tale: The Friend of a Friend of a Friend
African Folktale - A Mende Story
Swap Summaries
Our hosts:
Katy Mangan
Vicky Ness
Check back every month for insights, resources, and tips from our storytellers!
By Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, Fall 2023 Issue, p 38-41
By Vicky Ness
By Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, Summer 2023, p 35-38
By Meg Brown
By Vicky Ness
By Katy Mangan and Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, July 2022 Issue, p 7-8
We had a great night of storytelling!
Vicky Ness opened the evening with a story she composed about a woman who wanted a beautiful kimono to wear to the August Bon festival. As she helped cook, clean up, and assist others attending the festival, her kimono became stained. Her husband taught her an important lesson about those stains.
Rose Owens, a professional teller, joined us from Livermore. She shared a Chinese folk tale about a boy who wanted to paint the most beautiful things he saw and eventually got a magic brush. After that, everything he painted became real, with surprising consequences.
Meg Brown told “The Widow’s Broom,” a story by Chris Van Allsburg. The widow gets a broom that cleans for her and does many more tasks. Is it a good thing or – as her neighbor Mr. Spivey believes – an evil thing?
Sharon Elwell told an O. Henry story about Stubby Smith, a cold, penniless vagrant in search of a warm bed.
Renu Narayan called in from India to share a story about a girl who traded her luck claw pendant for an irresistible blue umbrella with unexpected results.
Genevieve Franklin shared a personal story about her dog Chipper, who was bitten by a rattlesnake and lived to share her life.
