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Rabagoodbegone
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| Sound recording, story; The Rabagoodbegone, a folk tale and outwitting the devil story from France, told by pupils, as part of a performance Go Down in Legend, as the finale of a school storytelling project led by Ben Haggarty, in King Alfred's School, in an unidentified location in England, 4th February, 1990. | |
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| First section of frame story of Jimmy told by a pupil in role as a Master of Ceremonies, introducing the idea of a ceilidh, in which everyone will be expected to particiapte, followed by story told by two pupils. A story about a soldier who retires from the army with his wife to a house, which he finds the devil has a claim over. He bargains with the devil and agrees to give him half of his harvest each year. The first year he gives the devil the top half of his crop, the next year the bottom half, and in the third year, the middle half, and grows crops accordingly. The devil is cheated out of his half share and challenges the soldier to bring to him an animal which he cannot name, and he will do the same. The soldier's wife dresses up, and when they meet the devil, he cannot name the creature she has become, and is tricked into giving away the name of the animal he himself brings (the Rabagoodbegone). The soldier and his wife win the house from the devil. | |
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| audience:- | child; King Alfred's School Pupils; school group |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 9 minutes, 48 seconds |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; Master of Ceremonies; King Alfred's School
Pupil female / child |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; King Alfred's School Pupil female / child |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; King Alfred's School Pupil female / child |
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| origin:- | France |
| associated:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty
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England: King Alfred's School
04 Feb 1990 educational event; school event: Go Down in Legend |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty |
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