[Ads-l] Baba

[Mark Mandel]

Thank you, Ben!

Mark


On Sun, Nov 4, 2018, 11:01 AM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com wrote:

> Because WB is never not cryptic, he can't just come out and say he's
> referring to the Aarne-Thompson-Uther classification of folk tales (which
> he also brought up in the "curtain-measuring" thread).
>
> http://www.mftd.org/index.php?action=atu&act=select&atu=313H
> http://www.mftd.org/index.php?action=atu&act=select&atu=510A
> http://www.mftd.org/index.php?action=story&act=select&id=3006
>
> On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 3:34 AM Mark Mandel <mark.a.mandel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I meant the gibberish-looking citation, or whatever it is. Baba Yaga,
> > Wicca, Budapest I know, and somewhat strained connections, but not
> > the...street address, PO box number, Dewey Decimal's or LC's cousin, or
> *je
> > ne sais quoi*.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 4, 2018, 1:09 AM W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > WB:  Baba Yaga (*ATU 313H, 510A; Wicca, Budapestian*).
> > > MM:  How's that again??  Question Mark
> > > WB:  Like W.C. Fields, she liked children ... parboiled. (Apropos of
> > > Hallowe'en.)
>

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