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garinda · 04-12-2011, 20:13

Sorry for the thread wander.

I did think I saw a red squirrel at Brookside, Oswaldtwistle, in 1968.

But it was probably a grey one, and an over active imagination, brought on by too much Beatrix Potter.

I was just searching, to see if I could find the last reported sighting of Squirrel Nutkin locally, when I came across this.

'Another version, “The Little Red Squirrel”, was told by Taimi Boswell at Oswaldtwistle, 2 January 1915. This has the Cymbeline motif of a wager on a wife's chastity.'
Folk narratives - Katharine Mary Briggs - Google Books

Who was Taimi Boswell?

Another search...

Mossycoat is a fairy tale collected by Katherine M. Briggs and Ruth I. Tongue in Folktales of England.[1]
Also included within A Book of British Fairy Tales by Alan Garner.
Their informant was Taimi Boswell, a gypsy, at Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, January 9, 1915
Mossycoat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you Google search her name, Taimi Boswell, she's called the 'master Romany story teller'. Especially this tale, The Red Squirrel.

Has anyone else ever heard of her, or her tales?

04-12-2011, 20:13	#12
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16468	Re: Red Squirrels Sorry for the thread wander. I did think I saw a red squirrel at Brookside, Oswaldtwistle, in 1968. But it was probably a grey one, and an over active imagination, brought on by too much Beatrix Potter. I was just searching, to see if I could find the last reported sighting of Squirrel Nutkin locally, when I came across this. 'Another version, “The Little Red Squirrel”, was told by Taimi Boswell at Oswaldtwistle, 2 January 1915. This has the Cymbeline motif of a wager on a wife's chastity.' Folk narratives - Katharine Mary Briggs - Google Books Who was Taimi Boswell? Another search... Mossycoat is a fairy tale collected by Katherine M. Briggs and Ruth I. Tongue in Folktales of England.[1] Also included within A Book of British Fairy Tales by Alan Garner. Their informant was Taimi Boswell, a gypsy, at Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, January 9, 1915 Mossycoat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia If you Google search her name, Taimi Boswell, she's called the 'master Romany story teller'. Especially this tale, The Red Squirrel. Has anyone else ever heard of her, or her tales? __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.