Dying Hoopmaker, The

DESCRIPTION: "A hooper lay dying 'Neath a sultry summer sky; In the green depths of a black ash swamp He had laid him down to die." A tree has fallen on him; the others cannot move it. He sends a message to his mother and dies
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan)
KEYWORDS: death lumbering mother
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan, pp. 176-179, "The Dying Hoopmaker" (1 text)
Roud #4072
NOTES [7 words]: This is item dC51 in Laws's Appendix II. - RBW
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File: BBun176

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