Folk-lore from the Dominican republic / by Manuel J. Andrade.

388 Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Society (b) Verde fui en mi nacimiento, y amarillo en mi vejez. Cuando vine a caducar fui mas prieto que la pez. El platano 263 (R) i Que es lo que uno no tiene, y no lo quiere tener, y si lo tiene no lo quiere perder? El pleito 264 (F) (a) Tiene nombre de cristiano y no esta bautizado. El ramon (b) En el monte ha nacido lo que nunca se ha sembrado. Tiene nombre de cristiano, pero no se ha bautizado. El ramon 265 Torito joco se tiro al mar. Ni pulla ni lanza pudieron alcanzar. El rayo 266 (F) Mi padre en Francia y yo aqui, me hizo una sena y yo la vi. El reldmpago 267 E re y no e vaca. E lo y no se ataca. Relo1 268 (a) Negra es mi semejanza, y la carne que tiene ella tengo yo. El retrato (b) Se parece a mi2 y tiene la misma carne que yo. El retrato 1 In Castilian we would say: Es res y no es vaca. Es lodo y no se atasca. Reloj. Even those who, in their natural speech would say lodo, give the less cultured pronunciation of this word when reciting the riddle. 2 The informant was a negro. I suspected that he recited it thus as a note of humor, but he insisted that it was the way he had heard it.

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Folk-lore from the Dominican republic / by Manuel J. Andrade.
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Andrade, Manuel José, 1885-1941.
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New York :: The American Folklore Society, G.E. Stechert and Co. Agents,
1930.
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Folklore -- Dominican Republic.

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