The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

THE ESKIMO WOMAN

Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.

A MAN WENT TO ALASKA AND WAS TOLD BY HIS RUGGED
NEIGHBORS THAT HE HAD TO DO THREE THINGS TO BE
ACCEPTED AS A REAL MAN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD:
1) CHUG TWO FIFTHS OF WHISKEY (ENOUGH TO KILL)
2) KILL A BEAR WITH A KNIFE, AND 3) HAVE INTERCOURSE
WITH AN ESKIMO WOMAN. THE MAN PROMPTLY WALKED INTO
THE CLOSEST BAR, CHUGGED TWO FIFTHS OF WHISKEY AND
THEN BRUSKLY INTO THE WOODS. A TREMENDOUS COMMOTION
WAS HEARD, FOLLOWED BY AN INTERLUDE OF SILENCE.
SHORTLY AFTER, THE MAN WALKED OUT RATHER BATTERED
LOOKING AND TOOK THIS KNIFE OUT OF THE SHEATH,
FEELING THE SHARPNESS OF THE BLADE. "WHERE'S THAT
ESKIMO WOMAN," HE SAID, "THAT YOU WANT ME TO KILL?"

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Date learned: NOT GIVEN