Lynda C. (Readnmachine) reviewed Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales on + 1453 more book reviews
Adult material; sexual content.
This is an odd little book, essentially a collection of bawdy stories collected by folklorist Vance Randolph but never included in his scholarly publications because of the subject matter.
It's all dressed up with serious introductions, footnotes, and references, but at its heart (and elsewhere), it's a collection of naughty tales about traveling salesmen, farmers' daughters, dim-witted farm boys, libertine preachers, sexually frustrated widows, brothels, barrooms, bedrooms, and the misadventures that occur therein. Some of the stories may be familiar -- in fact, my dad's favorite blue joke is in there -- and the afterwords following most of the tales trace them back in time, some as far as the middle ages.
Indeed, the ultimate moral may be that there's no such thing as a new dirty joke, so if you're in the mood for a retelling of some blue classics, this is an amusing way to spend an evening.
This is an odd little book, essentially a collection of bawdy stories collected by folklorist Vance Randolph but never included in his scholarly publications because of the subject matter.
It's all dressed up with serious introductions, footnotes, and references, but at its heart (and elsewhere), it's a collection of naughty tales about traveling salesmen, farmers' daughters, dim-witted farm boys, libertine preachers, sexually frustrated widows, brothels, barrooms, bedrooms, and the misadventures that occur therein. Some of the stories may be familiar -- in fact, my dad's favorite blue joke is in there -- and the afterwords following most of the tales trace them back in time, some as far as the middle ages.
Indeed, the ultimate moral may be that there's no such thing as a new dirty joke, so if you're in the mood for a retelling of some blue classics, this is an amusing way to spend an evening.
Stef S. (bookgoddessme) reviewed Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales on + 106 more book reviews
In my humble opinion it was okay. Lots of good details about the origins of each story. Real quick read. You will definitely get a chuckle or two out of it at the very least. Written as a series of quick, funny tales.
Robin G. (catlingmex) -
These stories are crude (some sexually explicit, many with crude language), but they *are* folk tales and are interesting as such. This book is definitely a compendium of folk tales rather than just a collection of titillating stories for adolescents.
