Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

1927: The Cold May Night

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1875-1999: Tall Tales > 1927: The Cold May Night

Description

A very cold night comes in May. Hearing of a much colder night long ago, a man sets out to find about it. In his travels he comes to (a) an otter lying in a deep hole on top of a rock: he has been so long lying there that the rock has been worn…

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Cold May Night	1927	Irish			Internet Archive
Cold May Night	1927	Ireland			Internet Archive

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