Abby Sale & all,

My split dog tale that I milked for so many years (and posted here in it's various incarnations) is from Richard Chase. He did it on the LP with Jean Ritchie & P.Clayton that you mentioned. Also, "The Jim Bridger tale" mentioned in this thread earlier was also one that was on that LP as done by R.Chase-- but in 1961 I followed Richard Chase all over the first University Of Chicago Folk Festival just soaking up everything I could. (There were no cassette recorders then--or very few.) Mr. Chase had a long walking stick (really a staff) and "picturesque" clothing---a flowing cape etc. Was always talking about a place called "KINGS X" in Tennessee I think. I don't recall what that place was...

Art Thieme