Do Tell Story Swap
Denmark: The Bed Just So
Do Tell Story Swap Summaries
January 14, 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
Vicky Ness started the evening with a “pocket story,” a short one you always have ready to tell. Her pocket story was about multi-colored ribbons that hung down from a dark cloud above. Should we pull on one? Would it bring disaster down upon us? Would it bring the answer to all
our dreams?
Renu Narayan joined us from India to tell the story of two men who spent the night in a village where snoring was punishable by death. Would they survive the night?
Kenneth Foster called in from Ephraim, Utah, to tell the story of being hit by a golf club as he tried to help his friend learn the proper stance. The days in the hospital were eye-opening and full of ice cream, and the scar is still there to show.
Sharon Elwell told a true story of a woman alone who faced an intruder and told her story from the stand in a courtroom.
Brandon Spars recounted one of his first days as a 9th grade teacher on a retreat in the redwoods. When one of the boys needed emergency batteries, social dynamics changed dramatically.
Genevieve Franklin told of her long relationship with a red vacuum cleaner, which she eventually had to give up.
Shirley Anne, portrayed by Katy Mangan, told of the Christmas when Covid changed the celebration in their tiny English village.
