Margaret Read MacDonald recounts a few of her grandpa’s misadventures from his days of courting Margaret’s grandma. First, a folktale about Grandpa chatting up the frogs as he tries and cross the river between his house and Grandma’s house. Then a story about black snakes and what Indiana boys do to black snakes when they can find and catch one.

Dr. Margaret Read MacDonald is a professional storyteller with a Ph.D. in folklore. Learn more at margaretreadmacdonald.com.

Story by Margaret Read MacDonald. Music & production by Nate Sahr. 

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