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11) Food folklore
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Presents North American folk stories, customs, and songs that are connected to particular foods.
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Discusses the role of African-American folklore in U.S. history, covering folk stories, songs, jokes, and rhymes, roots and influences from Africa, and the individual efforts of Mississippi John Hurt, W.C. Handy, Zora Neale Hurston, and others to keep the tradition alive.
15) The empty pot
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When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty.