The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

FOOLISH PEOPLE TALE

ONCE, SOME FOOLISH PEOPLE DECIDED TO COLLECT ALL THEIR
VALUABLES AND PUT THEM TOGETHER IN ONE SAFE PLACE, SO
THAT THEY WOULD NEVER BE STOLEN. THE ONLY SAFE PLACE
THEY COULD THINK OF WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF A NEARBY LAKE.
SO THEY PUT THEIR TREASURES IN A BOAT AND ROWED OUT TO
THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE. THEY DUMPED EVERYTHING IN AND
THEN THOUGHT THEY SHOULD MARK THE PLACE SO THEY COULD
COME BACK TO IT. SO THEY MARKED A BIG X ON THE SIDE OF
THE BOAT AND ROWED BACK TO SHORE!

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS STORY WHEN 'STUPID PEOPLE'
STORIES WERE POPULAR ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO. HE COULD NOT
REMEMBER THE EXACT SOURCE OR DATE OF HEARING IT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 11-15-1963