Do Tell Story Swap
Denmark: The Bed Just So
Do Tell Story Swap Summaries
March 11, 2025
2025 Virtual Story Swap via Zoom sponsored by the Storytelling Association of California (SAC)
Ireland - Billy Beg and the Giants
Australia - Aboriginal Tracker
Mexico - The Wise Woman of Córdoba
Scotland - Archie and the Little People
Pacific Islands - The Eight Cow Woman
Bali - Tirta Empul
Mexico - Snowing Tortillas
Haiti - The Story of Owl
Norway - The Seventh Father of the House
American Folktale: Halfway up the Mountain
American Folktale: The Wish Ring
Arab Tale: The Friend of a Friend of a Friend
African Folktale - A Mende Story
Swap Summaries
Our hosts:
Katy Mangan
Vicky Ness
Check back every month for insights, resources, and tips from our storytellers!
By Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, Fall 2023 Issue, p 38-41
By Vicky Ness
By Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, Summer 2023, p 35-38
By Meg Brown
By Vicky Ness
By Katy Mangan and Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, July 2022 Issue, p 7-8
Rose Owens called in from Livermore to share a personal story about life in a household of 16 children.
Meg Brown told “The Wish Ring,” a folk tale about a man who helped an old woman and got a ring from her as a gift. The ring granted only one wish. What should he wish for?
Renu Narayan joined us from India to tell the story of a lazy donkey who could never wake up on time. All of the animals tried making their sounds to rouse him, and one finally succeeded.
Vicky Ness shared her latest story about a refugee girl who had learned from shadow puppet stories that courage and generosity always win in the end. With “highly improbably optimism,” she collected leftover vegetable seeds to plant gardens to feed her family.
Sree Karuna called from India to tell of a young woman going through all the trials of a marriage decision, a husband who didn’t cook, morning sickness, post-partum depression, and eventually menopause. Her beloved daughter gives her the key to surviving the turbulent waters of a woman’s life.
