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Jokes and Anecdotes (Dewey 398.2)
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Noodlehead Tales
[Drolls, numskull, or nonsense humorous stories][AT 1200-1349]
- The Three Sillies by Steven Kellogg [English]
- Clever Tom and the Leprechaun Retold by Linda Shute [Ireland]
- Clever Elsie [Germany]
- The Twelve Clever Brothers and Other Fools [Russia]
- Lazy Jack by Tony Ross
- When Schlmiel Went to Warsaw by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- The Man Who Thought Himself Dead
- Bringing Water From the Well
- The Sowing of Salt
Married Couples [AT 1350-1439]
- Old Hildebrand
- The Obstinate Wife
- The Lazy Spinning Woman
- The Man Who Does His Wife's Work
- Lucky Hans
- Gudbrand on the Hillside [Norway]
About a Woman (Girl)[AT 1440-1524]
- Clever Elsie
- Clever Kate by Elizabeth Shub [based on a Grimm tale]
- The Girl Who Ate So Little
- The Lisping Maiden
About a Man (Boy)[AT 1525-1874]
- The Brave Tailor [Germany]
- Dick Whittington and His Cat [England]
- The Hungry Parson
- The Master Thief
- Stone Soup
Realistic Tales [similar to our own lives]
- Blue Beard
- Clever Manka
- Dick Whittington and His Cat [England]
- Children of the Wind and Water: Five Stories about Native American Children by Stephen Krensky [Muskogee, Dakota, Huron, Tlingit, Nootka]
- NONSENSE stories
Proverbs, Rhyming verses, Mother Goose (Dewey 398.9)
- Proverbs [interactive Proverbs online proverbs]
- Jump rope rhymes
- Mother Goose
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For a broadened view of folklore, refer to The Folktale by Stith Thompson for tale types and motifs.
For your reading enjoyment, peruse "Folk Tales of the North American Indians" by Stith Thompson. It includes tales categorized by culture group and motif.