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This week on Wtfolklore, we take another trip to Japan to hear about The Girl with the Wooden Helmet . There's also a very loud, pesky cat that keeps interrupting the audio, it's so weird. Anyway, hope you enjoy Suggested talking points: For the Love of the Crime, Glue Helmet vs. Pig Helmet, Wet Ass Sea Shanties, Pull the Sick out of my Wife, The Annual Buckethead Google, A Loosey-Goosey Approach...

The time  has come for the thrilling conclusion to d'Aulnoy's epic tale The Blue Bird . Will something inanimate come to life? Will there be a volcano? You may be surprised, dear listeners. Suggested talking points: We're Not Done with Ooze Yet, Reinstate the Bird, A Jim Butcher Novel Waiting to Happen, It's Egg Time. If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon...

This Week on WTFolklre, we continue to read The Blue Bird by Madame d'Aulnoy, where things take a turn for the even goopier and oozier, and now demons may be involved? It's hard to say. Oh, remember that wizard? He's back. Suggested talking points: These Frogs are Too Powerful, A Timeshare on Daughters, Oozy Sleep, Daytime Crying, The Air Freshener of Traitors, Round 9 of King Hunt If you'd like t...

This Week on WTFolklre, we once again subject ourselves, and you our dear listeners, to a tale from one Madame d'Aulnoy, titled The Blue Bird . If you think we finish the story in this one sitting, buddy you must be new around here. Suggested talking points: Airport for Meanies, Directly from Brain to Wall, Myth Times Twitter, The Oozy one and the Eighth Wonder, Optimus Bunny, The Sloppiest Dragon...

This Week on WTFolklre, we read The One About Coyote Going West , a Cherokeean tale about the time two lesbian coyotes dressed as Santa save Christmas with Raven Symoné by farting on Cherry Man atop a pile of toaster ovens...no really. For reals! Suggested talking points: Concurrent Reincarnation, Baby Dumdum Stories, Nothing Begets Ducks Begets People, Frozen III: Ovens, Elsa Butt Lesbian Santa C...

This week the WTFolklore Gang reads The Ass, The Table, and The Stick from merry ol' England, as was requested by @kerfuffle on our Discord server, who's fault this all is. Over the course of the journey, we learn the true meaning of wealth, and meet the Demigod of Slapstick Suggested talking points: A Country of Go-Getters and Morons, Stick Rich, Donkey Bank, A Dumb Ride on Gravity, A Weird One-S...

On a very scientific WTFolklore, we learn the origin point  of platypuses, courtesy of the Australian tale, How Platypuses Came to Australia . We also learn a surprising amount about ladders and the various despotic figures of the animal kingdom. Suggested talking points: A Lit House, If Ears Could See, Ladder Detour, Turkey Brothel, Keeping a Duck Wife, Duck Hitler v. Turtle Hitler, Oversold the...

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Wise Dog , a story from the Yoruba Tribe of Africa. Have you ever wondered why there  is so much trouble and strife in your life? Apparently Africa thinks it's your mom's fault, and they have some compelling evidence to back up the claim. Suggested talking points: "Smartest Book Ever" by E.R. Udite, Brevity is the Soul of Smart, Jane Whimbus, Jefferson Choo Cho...

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Cricket , a story from China that introduces us to the exciting new world of championship cricket fighting, a sport so beloved that it devolved into a full-on police state! Suggested talking points: The Cat is About the Bug, A True Beef Honk, The Annual Cricket Reckoning, Wet Ass Grandma, The Clicks and Clacks of Battle If you'd like to support Carman's artisti...

In this return to the Ramble format, we get back to basics as we really appreciate the craft of crime, measure our heights against various dictatorial figures, and take a more carceral approach to child rearing 

This week on WTFolklore, to celebrate the fresh, cerulean sheen cast over the state of Georgia, we've got three bite-sized tales from GA: Wooden Nutmegs, The Cross-Eyed Mule, and A Rough Night on the Farm . They explain...a lot. Suggested talking points: Dogs as Doctors, Non-Euclidean Parking Lot, Blue State Comedy Tour, Typewriter Monkey Vacation, Donkey Pop, The Throat Dimension If you'd like to...

On this, the spookiest week of the year, we read two stories from the spookiest place on earth: South Carolina. Don't believe us? You will when these terrifying tales are through! Suggested talking points: Bristling with Fiber Optics, Cereal for Adults, The Dickhead Gambit, Pancake Gun, Choo Choo Tank, Baby's First Spooky Story, The Prize Man If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, v...

This week on WTFolklore we have a bite-sized Spooklore for you all, as we read The Sleeping Prince   from Suriname. We'll be back next week with a double-stuf explosion of Spooklore! Suggested talking points: Big Ol' Horse Brawl, Mystery Spook Flavors, Spiders ready for War, The Whimbus did Speak, The Bone Age If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/car...

The Good China train continues this week as we hear the thrilling conclusion to Sun Wukong's ordeal with Zhu Bajie! Suggested talking points: Magnificent Midnight Battle at the Mountainside, Prose or GTFO, Garden Variety Ghost Guide, M'Monkey, Need for Deed, Eyeball Daddy, We All Return to Pig If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings I...

Who's ready for some Good China? Suggested talking points: Punching for Fruit and Pants, Wrapped up in Monkey, A Very Urkel Vibe, Schrodinger's Daughter, Drowning in Good China If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us o...

This week on WTFolklore, we read Not a Pin to Choose Between Them , a Norwegian tale featuring many different currencies, none of which are particularly local to Norway. Mostly we spend our time trying to quantify "silliness", though. Suggested talking points: Long Cows, Cows4CornCash.com, Boneless Hen, Bottom of the Woman Barrel, The Gibblebup Quotient, The Silliest Number If you'd like to suppor...

This week on WTFolklore, we finally learn the answer to a question that has plagued mankind for centuries, which is Why the Parrot Repeats Man's Words , a tale from Thailand. Perhaps our title features a clue. Suggested talking points: Sanitary Taffy Excretions, Brain Armor, Furby WiFi, Bird Court, A Dear Friend with Magic Powers, Beyond the Whimbus If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endea...

It's the end of the road. The Final "Final Folktale" until Square Enix deigns to gift the world with another one. The time we had together...I cherish. Walk tall, my friends   Special Thanks to Eric for joining us again on this one!   Music in chronological order: Victory Fanfare (Holder & Ephixa Remix) Apocalypsis Noctis by Yoko Shimomura  Stand By Me by Florence + The Machine  Final Fantasy Endi...

This week on WTFolklore, we're treated to The Farmer and his Hired Help , a story from Afghanistan with an exceptionally dry title. Fear not, dear listeners, because we spruce it up in the ways that only we know how to! Suggested talking points: MMA for cats, The Hair Corner, Paid in Butter, FarmConLaw, Moment of Silence for many goats, Farm Wars If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavor...

This week on WTFolklore we're reading The Iron Shoes , one of the lost manuscripts collected in  "The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales". How does this forgotten fairy tale stack up to the nonsense we regularly spew on the spot? Listen and find out! Suggested talking points: The Life and Times of Alexander Downpipe, Reverse-Loopered, Victorian Ghostbusters II, The Original Hea...

This week on WTFolklore we're reading How an Old Man Lost his Wen , a heartwarming, feel-good tale from Japan about how if you're not just so very dope at dancing, demons will wreck your whole face up. It's basically the opposite of Footloose.  Suggested talking points: A Wizened Curse, Good Doctor Times, The Face Bank ™ , Wet and Wild vs. Fried and Smokey, Ancient Squirrel Man, The Cake Boss of D...

This week on WTFolklore, your three favorite hosts who are unchanged from last week, read The Snake Princess , from Russia. Shoulders are briefly brushed with old friend Koschei, but things take a philosophical turn when we discover, once and for all, what True Happiness is. Suggested talking points: Lore Reset, The Fall of Wobbles, Threatened to Bravery, Fire Go UP, Snake Go DOWN, The Great Punch...

This week on WTFolklore, we read several, related Rabbit tales from The Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables , collected by Victor Montejo. These stories, when paired together, paint the picture of a tragic downfall for the Trickster Rabbit, who undergoes a mental break not dissimilar to what's happening currently to at least one of the co-hosts. Suggested talking points: Sunk Cost Fal...

This week's episode is like a scattered dream, or perhaps a far-off memory. We try to line the pieces up.   Music in chronological order: Victory Fanfare (Holder & Ephixa Remix) Deep Dive by Yoko Shimomura  Final Fantasy Ending Theme by Nobuo Uematsu   If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter , Facebook , and Youtube . Support us on Patreon to help the sho...

This week on WTFolkore, we read The Rebel Princess , a Ukrainian tale. What begins as your average Boy Meets Girl, Boy and Girl pour over ancient manuscripts, Girl becomes feral tree person story rapidly escalates to a high seas adventure for a bookclub of drunk lady pirates. It's pretty rad. Suggested talking points: Agen-C, Smash Glass in case of Life, True Stank, Very Fancy Babies, Fantasy King...