This sounds like a version of "The Three Sillies" by Joseph Jacobs.
http://www.authorama.com/english-fairy-tales-4.html
Paul Galdone and Steven Kellogg have picture book versions of the story
and Anne Rockwell includes a version in her "The Three Sillies and 10
Other Stories to Read Aloud" (HarperTrophy 1986).
Cindy Rider
School Liaison Program Librarian
Vigo County Public Library
Terre Haute, IN
crider@vigo.lib.in.us
http://www.vigo.lib.in.us
"If we didn't have libraries, many people thirsty for knowledge would
dehydrate." (Megan Jo Tetrick, age 12, Daleville, Indiana)
The Vigo County Public Library is "easy to find. It's the million-story
building at Seventh and Poplar streets." (Lori Henson in her
"Briefcases" column, Terre Haute Tribune-Star, 10/8/02)
>>> Aimee Allison <AAllison@CUSD220.LAKE.K12.IL.US> 3/7/2005 10:59:21
AM >>>
Hello everyone,
I have a student looking for a folk tale that I am unfamiliar with.
Have any of you heard of it? She said she did something with this in
elementary school. She summarized it like this:
There was a man who had a very silly daughter. She was always crying
because she was afraid that the axe hanging above the stairs would kill
her daughter, but she didn't even have a daughter. This man wanted to
find 3 things sillier than his daughter, and whoever was sillier than
her could marry her. One of the silly things was guys fishing for the
moon (its reflection) in the water.
Any ideas?
Aimee Allison
aallison@cusd220.org
Aimee Allison
Library/Media Specialist
Barrington High School
616 W. Main Street
Barrington, IL 60010
847-842-3463
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