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Thread #112364   Message #2376366
Posted By: Joybell
28-Jun-08 - 07:18 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: One Boot and one shoe. Old references?
Subject: Folklore: One Boot and one shoe. Old references?
I'm interested in old examples of the wearing of specifically
"one boot and one shoe". Writen refereces regarding the interpretation would also be welcome.
Does anyone have access to the Stith-Thompson index? Is it there?

I don't need any more examples from the 19th century character "Billy Barlow". (That's where I started).

I'm wondering about a connection with Fools or tricksters. Maybe wandering types.
Is there a character in folklore?
Mummers plays?
Wanderers like Woden?
More examples from the art world?
Clown-types?

Here's what I have so far (apart from my starting character):
Some pictures of "The Fool" Tarot card.
Two paintings by Hieronymus Bosch -- "The Temptation of Saint Anthony" and "The Vagabond".

No reason for this really. Just the trail I'm on at the moment.
Cheers, Joy