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ORDINARY FOLKTALE

AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL GOT MARRIED AND HAD A SON.
THE FATHER DIED AND WAS BURIED BY AN OAK TREE IN THE
FRONT YARD. THE KID WOULD GO AND SWING AND THE TREE
WOULD GO AND SWING HIM LIKE A FATHER.

Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM ARMSTRONG PIERCE SOMEWHERE IN THE
APPALACHIANS. LEARNED FROM ARMSTRONG PIERCE SOMEWHERE IN APPALACHIA
SPIRIT IN TREE SWINGS SON

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Magic

Date learned: 09-30-1967

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