Jimmy No-Story
A popular tale in Scotland and Ireland: it shows how important it is to have a story to tell.
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This story is part of my CD, Jack goes Hunting.
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There are many versions of this basic tale: I recently heard one from an Austrian friend where the man finds himself alive in the coffin after assisting at his own burial.
I was given the bare bones of my version, and, like all tales, it has grown from there.
Here is a YouTube clip of one of the most famous traditional Irish storytellers, the seanachaí Eamon Kelly, in 1989 telling another version of Man with No Story.
I was given the bare bones of my version, and, like all tales, it has grown from there.
Here is a YouTube clip of one of the most famous traditional Irish storytellers, the seanachaí Eamon Kelly, in 1989 telling another version of Man with No Story.
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