[Sca-cooks] Brier Rabbit? Ah JEEZE...Lont, OT, but necessary...

[Phlip]

Jeeze, Stefan, there are few things more Southern US than _Brer_, not Brier_
Rabbit and his doings. You really need to look up Uncle Remus, and read the
stories- they're an equivalent toAesop's Fables.

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> > > Is there a type of rabbit native to the New World?
> >
> > The cotton tail so well known in Southern folk lore ("Brier Rabbit")

> I thought Brier Rabbit was English. Or maybe I'm thinking of a
> different British rabbit tale.

>From Wikipedia:

Brer Rabbit is the hero of the Uncle Remus stories derived from
African-American folktales of the US South.

These can be traced back to trickster figures, particularly the hare, that
figured prominently in the storytelling traditions of West Africa. These
tales continue to part of the traditional folklore of such people in Africa
as the Wollof of Senegal. In his American incarnation, Brer Rabbit
represents the Black slave who uses his wits to overcome circumstances and
even to enact playful revenge on his adversaries, representing the White
slave-owners. Though not always successful, his subversive efforts made him
both a folk hero and friendly comic figure.

These stories were popularized for the mainstream audience in the late 19th
century by Joel Chandler Harris, who wrote up and published many of the
stories which previously were passed down only by oral tradition. Joel
Chandler Harris heard the tales in Georgia. Very similar versions of the
same stories were recorded independently at the same time by folklorist
Alcee Fortier in southern Louisiana, where the Rabbit character was known as
Compair Lapin in Creole French.

The Disney film Song of the South was based on the Brer Rabbit stories.

HOW MISS COW FELL VICTIM TO MR. RABBIT


"Uncle Remus." said the little boy, "what became of the Rabbit after he
fooled the Buzzard, and got out of the hollow tree?"
"Who? Brer Rabbit? Bless yo' soul, honey, Brer Rabbit went skippin' 'long
home, he did, des ez sassy ez a jay-bird at a sparrer's nes'. He went
gallopin' 'long, he did, but he feel mighty tired out en stiff in his jints,
en he wuz mighty nigh dead for sumpin fer ter drink, en bimeby, wen he got
mos' home, he spied ole Miss Cow feedin' roun' in a fiel', he did, en he
termin' fer ter try his han' wid 'er. Brer Rabbit know mighty well dat Miss
Cow won't give 'im no milk, kaze she done 'fuse 'im mo'n once, en w'en his
ole 'oman wuz suck , at dat. But never mind dat. Brer Rabbit sorter dance up
'long side er de fence, he did, em holler out:

"'Howdy, Sis Cow,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee.

"'W'y, howdy, Brer Rabbit,' sez Miss Cow sez she.

"'How you fine yo'sef deze days, Sis Cow?' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee.

"'I'm sorter toler'ble, Brer Rabbit; how you come on?' sez Miss Cow, sez
she.

"'Oh, O'm des toler'ble myse'f, Sis Cow; sorter linger'n' twix' a bauk en a
break-down,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee.

"'How yo' fokes, Brer Rabbit?' sez Miss Cow, sez she.

"'Dey er des middlin', Sis Cow; how Brer Bull gittin' on?' sez Brer Rabbit,
sezee.

"'Sorter so-so," sez Miss Cow, sez she.

"'Dey er some mighty nice 'simmons up dis tree, Sis Cow,' sez Brer Rabbit,
sezee, 'en I'd like mighty well fer ter have some un um,' sezee.

"'How you gwineter git um, Brer Rabbit?' sez she.

"'I 'low'd maybe dat I might ax you fer ter butt 'gin de tree, en shake some
down, Sis Cow,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee.

"C'ose Miss Cow don't wanter diskommerdate Brer Rabbit, en she march up ter
de 'simmon tree, she did, en hit it a rp wid'er hawns--blam! Now, den,"
continued Uncle Remus, tearing off a corner of the plug of tobacco and
cramming it into his mouth--"now, den, dem 'simmons wuz green as grass, en
na'er one never drap. Den Miss Cow butt de tree--blim! Na'er 'simmon drap.
Den Miss Cow sorter back off little, en run agin de tree--blip! No 'simmons
never drap. Den Miss Cow back off little fudder, she did, en hi'st her tail
on 'er back, en come agin de tree kerblam! en she come so fas', en she come
so hard, twel wunner her hawns went spang thoo de tree, en dar she wuz. She
can't go forreds, en she can't go backerds. Dis zackly w'at Brer Rabbit
waitin' fer, en he no sooner seed ole Miss Cow all fas'en'd up dan he jump
up, he did, en cut de pidjin-wing.

"'Come he'p me out, Brer Rabbit,' sez Miss Cow, sez she.

"'I can't clime, Sis Cow,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, 'but I'll run'n tell Brer
Bull,' sezee; en wid dat Brer Rabbit put out fer home, en 'twan't long 'fo
here he come wid his ole 'oman en all his chilluns, en de las' wunner de
fambly wuz totin' a pail. De big uns had big pails, en de little uns had
little pails. En dey all s'roundid ole Miss Cow, dey did, en you hear me,
honey, dey milk't'er dry. De ole uns milk't en the young uns milk't, en den
w'en dey done got nuff, Brer Rabbit, he up'n say, sezee:

"'I wish you mighty well, Sis Cow. I'd 'low'd bein's how dat you'd hatter
sorter camp out all night dat I'd better come en swaje yo' bag,' sezee."

"Do which, Uncle Remus?" asked the little boy.

"Go 'long, honey! Swaje 'er bag. W'en cows don't git milk't, der bag swells,
en youk'n hear um a moanin' en a beller'n des like dey wuz gittin' hurtid.
Dat's wat Brer Rabbit done. He 'sembled his fambly, he did, en he swaje ole
Miss Cow's bag.

"Miss Cow, she stood dar, she did, en she study en study, en strive fer ter
break loose, but de hawn done bin jan in de tree so tight dat twuz way 'fo
day in de mornin' fo' she loose it. Ennyhow hit wuz endurin' er de night, en
atter she git loose she sorter graze 'roun', she did, fer ter jestify 'er
stummuck. She 'low'd, ole Miss Cow did, dat Brer Rabbit be hoppin' 'long dat
way fer ter see how she gitin' on, en she tuck'n lay er trap fer 'im; en des
'bou sunrise wat'd ole Miss Cow do but march up ter de 'simmon tree en stick
her hawn back in de hole? But, bless yo' soul, honey, w'ile she wuz croppin'
de grass, she tuck one moufull too menny, laze w'en she hitch on ter de
'simmon tree afin. Brer rabbit wuz settin' in de fence cornder a watchin'
'un 'er. Den Brer Rabbit he say ter hisse'f:

"'Heyo,' sezee, 'w'at dis yer gwine on now? Hole yo' hosses, Sis Cow, twel
you hear me comin', ' sezee.

"En den he crope off down de fence, Brer Rabbit did, en bimeby here he
come--lippity-clippitym clippity-lippity--des a sailin' down de big road.

"'Mawnin', Sis Cow,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, 'how you come on dis mawnin'?
sezee.

"'Po'ly, Brer Rabbit, po'ly,' sez Miss Cow, sez she. 'I ain't had no res'
all night,' sez she. 'I can't pull loose,' sez she, 'but ef you'll come en
ketch holt er my tail, Brer Rabbit,' sez she, 'I reckin may be I kin fetch
my hawn out,' sez she. Den Brer Rabbit, he come up little closer, but he
ain't gittin' too close

"'I speck I'm nigh nuff, Sis Cow,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee. 'I'm a mighty
puny man, en I might get trompled,' sezee. 'You do do pullin', Sis Cow,'
sezee, 'en I'll do de gruntin',' sezee.

"Den Miss Cow, she pull out 'er hawn, she did, en tuck atter Brer Rabbit, en
down de big road dey had it, Brer Rabbit wid his years laid back, en Miss
Cow wid 'er head down en 'er tail curl. Brer Rabbit kep' on gainin,' en
bimeby he dart in a brier-patch, en by de time Miss Cow come 'long he had
his head stickin; out, en his eyes look big ez Miss Sally's chany sassers.

"'Heyo, Sis Cow! Whar you gwine?' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee.

"'Howdy, Brer Big-Eyes,' sez Miss Cow, sez she. 'Is you seed Brer Rabbit go
by?'

"'He des dis minit pass,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, 'en he look mighty sick,'
sezee.

"En wid dat, Miss Cow tuck down de road like de dogs wuz atter 'er, en Brer
Rabbit, he des lay doen dar in de brier-patch en roll en laff twel his sides
hurtid 'im. He bleedzd ter laff. Fox atter 'im, Buzzard atter 'im, en Cow
atter 'in, en dey ain't kotch 'im yit."

(from http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/remus/miscow.html  )


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