Tarrypin is a large bipedal turtle residing in MidPass. In the folktales, Old Man Tarrypin lived in a pond near the house of Brer Rabbit who made friends with him. They liked playing tricks on …

Brother Fox decided to drown Old Man Tarrypin instead. He tucked the turtle under his arm and carried him down to the springhouse by the pond. “Please, oh please don’t drown me,” Old …

Here you will meet Old Man Tarrypin, the turtle inhabitant of Brer Rabbit's world. The word "terrapin" is, like opossum, another Native American word, also Algonquian (Abenaki turepe, …

NEW! Download these 35 stories as an eBook. (.txt, 300Kb)

Immediately Old Man Tarrypin splashed down and down into the water and thumped onto the mud on the bottom, kerplicky-splat. That's when Brer Fox remembered that Old Man Tarrypin …

2015年11月17日 · Brer Fox Catches Old Man Tarrypin A Georgia Folktale retold by S.E. SchlosserWell now, Brer Rabbit had made friends with Old Man Tarrypin, a big turtle that lived …

“Ole man Tarrypin ’wuz at home I tell you, honey. Kerblinkity-blunk!” 35 Complete Stories | Songs, Sayings and Proverbs | Research & More | Bookstore | Gift Shop

Brother Fox Catches Old Man Tarrypin Well now, Brother Rabbit had made friends with Old Man Tarrypin, a big turtle that lived in the pond near his house. Brother Rabbit and Old Man …

Fox Tackles Old Man Tarrypin. Text Source: Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris. Online at Project Gutenberg. I have removed the frame material and …

“One day,” said Uncle Remus, sharpening his knife on the palm of his hand—“one day Brer Fox strike up wid Brer Tarrypin right in de middle er de big road.