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Discusses the difference between folklore and “folk-law.” Many of the stories take the form of parables and serve as a form of cultural law.
“The Spider” pretends to go and work everyday, until his wife asks where the ground-nut crop is. Then he goes and steals ground-nuts from the Half-Man. The Half-Man makes a rubber girl with big breasts. When the Spider grabs ahold of them, he gets stuck. HE kicks and gets even more stuck. THe Half-Man comes back and beats him up.
Clearly a pre-cursor to several stories.