The "Big Bad Wolf" and chickens?

[Victor Steinbok]

Did anyone mention the 1927 NYT? I don't have an account and certainly
will not spend the money on this, but GNA returns a single pre-1933 hit
for "big bad wolf" [copied verbatim]:

> New York Times - Jan 15, 1927
> ... more chance with hm than Little Red Riding Hood had with the big
> bad wolf But he keeps in condition In this connection it should be
> remembered that most ...

BPL has library access to NYT database, but not remotely, and I have no
other reason to go to BPL any time soon. I presume other libraries have
a similar arrangement (an alternative would be to go through Lexis or
Westlaw). I have no other information on this.

     VS-)


On 3/5/2011 12:38 AM, Garson O'Toole wrote:
> Yes, and the 1909 work is fun because in one tale the big, bad wolf
> faces off against three small color-coded cats: black, white, and
> gray.
>
> There is a hen character in a few stories and a chicken character too,
> but I do not believe that either appear in a story with the wolf.
>
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Baker, John<JMB at stradley.com>  wrote:
>> Also in The Progressive Road to Reading, =
>> http://books.google.com/books?id=3Dxr8AAAAAYAAJ&pg=3DPA58&dq=3D%22big+bad=
>> +wolf%22, which has a copyright date of 1909 and a library stamp of =
>> 1924.
>>
>> John Baker

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