West African Folk-Tales
by W. H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair (page 17 of 17)
Accordingly, next day the poor man set off gleefully to his field to see how his fine crops were going on. His anger and dismay may be imagined when he saw his field a complete ruin. All his work and foresight had been absolutely ruined through his wife’s forgetfulness of her promise.
NOTES
[1] The cocoa exported in 1891 realized £4; in 1914 £2,193,749.
[2] Colonial Report, G.C., 1913.
[3] The Story of the Negro, Booker T. Washington, vol. i, p. 57
[4] A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, W. W. Claridge, vol. i, pp. 4–5.
[5] See Malaria and Greek History, by W. H. S. Jones.
[6] E.g. ancient and modern primitive men in all parts of the earth seem to have shown a similar development in flint, bronze, and iron weapons, and in the arts generally. See Cinderella: Three Hundred and Forty-five Variants (Folk Lore Society).
[7] “Animals’ Language,” in Hero-Tales and Legends of the Serbians, by Woislav M. Petrovitch.
[8] From a story told by a native of the Gold Coast.
[9] Tshi-speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa, A. B. Ellis, p. 24.
[10] ‘Tiger’ in West African stories is a leopard.