'The Shet-Up Posy' is just as much about capturing the regionality of US folklore as it is about recognizing your own inner beauty.
All in The Topaz Story Book
Ep. 1075 - The Topaz Story Book - Lady White and Lady Yellow
'Lady White and Lady Yellow' is the story of two chrysanthemums, one of whom becomes the crest of the Daimyo.
Ep. 1074 - The Topaz Story Book - The Pumpkin Giant
'The Pumpkin Giant' is an outstandingly silly tale of the origin of the pumpkin, and the perfect beginning to Halloween week!
Ep. 1073 - The Topaz Story Book - Jack Frost
In today's poem from "The Topaz Story Book", Gabriel Setoun brings us a different side of Jack Frost than we're used to seeing.
Ep. 1072 - The Topaz Story Book - Winter's Herald
'Winter's Herald' is my absolute favorite story to tell at the beginning of autumn. A story of the warnings of the first frost and of neighborly compassion, it's the perfect October folktale.
Ep. 1071 - The Topaz Story Book - The Sickle Moon
"It is a quaint and pretty tale | Six hundred summers old, | When in the green Tyrolean vale, | The peasant folk is told."
- 'The Sickle Moon', A Tyrolean Harvest Legend
Ep. 1070 - The Topaz Story Book - The Scarf of the Lady
"Each year at harvest time she invited the poor peasants of the neighbourhood to come and glean in her field, and take home with them as much grain as they needed for winter use." - The Scarf of the Lady
Ep. 1069 - The Topaz Story Book - Prince Autumn
“I am the least important of the four seasons and am scarcely lord in my own land,” he said. “I serve two jealous masters and have to please them both. But my power extends so far that I can give you a few glad days.” - 'Prince Autumn'
Ep. 1068 - The Topaz Story Book - Intro + Nipon and the King of the Northland
The votes have been tallied and today we begin "The Topaz Story Book" with an Introduction, a poem and 'Nipon and the King of the Northland'!
Ep. 947 - Winter's Herald - An Autumnal Story
'Winter's Herald' is a tale of how Jack Frost (under a different name) comes to the world to warn of the impending winter.
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