The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

BELIEF IN ANIMAL

WHEN YOU GO HUNTING AND YOU SHOOT A WOODCHUCK, YOU
MUST CUT OFF ITS TAIL TO PROVE TO THE OTHERS IT'S
DEAD. YOU ARE TO KEEP THE TAIL BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU
THE POWER OF THE WOODCHUCK.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT GOES HUNTING AND WHENEVER HE SHOOTS A
WOODCHUCK, HE CUTS THE TAIL OFF.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Date learned: 11-08-1971