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Devil's Catechism, The
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| Sound recording, story; The Devil's Catachism, an East European Jack tale, outwitting the devil story, riddling tale and participatory story, told by Ben Haggarty as part of the programme The Devil's Catechism and other Riddling Tales, at Tales at the Wharf Storytelling Club, in Hebden Bridge, 28th April 2006. | |
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| Introduction to Ben Haggarty and short literary story told by an unidentified Master of Ceremonies, followed by self introduction and story told by Ben Haggarty. A story about Jack the Widow's son, who seeks his fortune following the advice given by his mother on her death bed, 'do as you would done by', the advice of a beggar and the advice of the devil. This leads Jack to find a wife. The devil then offers Jack and his wife a flock of sheep on the understanding that, in a years time, he will appear at their door and ask them 12 questions which they must answer in order to keep the sheep and enjoy years of happiness. The questions take the form of riddles and follow a pattern of 'What is your one?', 'What is your two?' and so on. The riddles are answered with suggestions from the audience. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
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| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 27 minutes, 50 seconds |
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| Storytelling clubs operate in a variety of formats. Some clubs provide a place where anyone can come and tell stories to a small intimate and specialist audience ('floor-spots'); while other clubs run a programme of performances by professional or semi-professional storytellers, and many clubs do a combination of both. In 2007 the UK had in the region of 55 storytelling clubs: the larger, more prominent clubs provide a low key, small-scale circuit for storytelling, for a specialist-interest audience. | |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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Master of Ceremonies male / British |
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| origin:- | Europe, East |
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administrator; programmer: Shaggy Dog Storytellers |
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Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England: Stubbung Wharf Pub
28 Apr 2006 storytelling club: Tales from the Wharf Devil's Catechism and other Riddling Tales, The |
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archivist: Kate Norgate |
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