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It's a European tradition to traumatize kids. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 22 points 7 months ago (5 children)

So you're saying that Irish fairytales are funny parodies that are better than the German originals?

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  • [–] 33 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    One Irish one I remember is where a man with a hump on his back meets some of the other folk and they tke his hump and throw it onto the horizon where it becomes a hill. He thanks them and they become annoyed with his gratitude and pick up a bigger hill and give him a bigger hump than ever.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    There's a Japanese one where an old man with a wen dances for some drunk ogres and they take his wen to make him come back the next day (because wens are a sign of luck for them). The next day another old man in the village sees that the first guy has gotten rid of his wen so he makes him explain how, so the second old man goes and tries to entertain the ogres but he sucks at dancing, so the ogres have had enough of him and tell him to get lost and give him the wen back, so that guy ends up with two wens.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobutori_Jiisan

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