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| Sound recording, story; a Georgian folk tale and moral tale told by Ben Haggarty in An Evening of Eastern European Tales, at the Springfield Theatre, Springfield Park Tavern, London, 15th March 1990. | |
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| A story told by Ben Haggarty. A King has a recurring dream of a fox's tale nailed to the door of his castle. He calls on his people to interpret his dream. A snake tells a farmer the meaning of the dream, on the understanding that the farmer will give the snake half of his reward. The man does not reward the snake, but when the King dreams again, the snake agrees to tell the man the meaning of the second dream. Again, the man does not reward the snake, but tries to kill it and fails. When the King dreams a third time, the man begs the snake to tell him the meaning, which it agrees to do. When the man returns he takes the gold to the snake, but the snake refuses the gold, and explains how the man himself has been affected by the spirit of the times, exposing the man's weakness. | |
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| Ben Haggarty first heard this story from Joel Perz in Israel in 1987, and later sourced it as a story from Georgia. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 11 minutes, 44 seconds |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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| origin:- | Georgia |
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Bounds Green Road, London, England: Springfield Park Tavern:
Springfield Theatre
15 Mar 1990 public performance: An Evening of Eastern European Tales |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty |
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