Pins and Needles Day

 

Girl with Needle-work|
Pietro Rotari (Italian, 1707-1762

"Which path are you taking?” said the bzou. "The one of needles or the one of pins?" 
From The Grandmother, a French folktale

 November 1^st is Pins and Needles Day, so I offer you some stories to stitch together and make them your own!

Birth of Iao Needle – Hawaii
https://www.hawaii-aloha.com/blog/iao-valley-state-monument-and-the-legend-of-the-iao-needle/

The Darning Needle – Hans Christian Andersen
http://hca.gilead.org.il/darning.html

The Golden Spinning Wheel – The Story of King Dobromil and the Good Dobrunka – Czechoslovakia
https://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Czechoslovak_folktale_12.html#gsc.tab=0

The Spindle, the Shuttle and the Needle - Grimm
https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/the_spindle_the_shuttle_and_the_needle

Judgments of Karakash - Palestine
https://sacred-texts.com/book/folk-lore-of-the-holy-land/vii-judgements-of-karakash

Last Darning Needle - United States https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2009/05/the_last_darning_needle.html

Not a Pin to Choose Between Them - Norway 
https://sacred-texts.com/book/popular-tales-from-the-norse/not-a-pin-to-choose-between-them 

The Sprightly Tailor – Celtic
https://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Celtic_folktale_8.html#gsc.tab=0

The Tailor in Heaven - German|
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0800.html

The Tailor’s Wish – Russia
https://cougarden.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/the-tailors-wish.pdf

The Tsarevna Frog - Russia
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ftr/chap01.htm

The Valiant Little Tailor -German
http://zeluna.net/grimms-fairytales-thevaliantlittletaylor.html

The Wasp, the Winged Needle and the Spider - Brittany
https://sacred-texts.com/book/folk-tales-of-brittany/the-wasp-the-winged-needle-and-the-spider

Why the Bear is Stumpy-Tailed - Norway
https://sacred-texts.com/book/popular-tales-from-the-norse/why-the-bear-is-stumpy-tailed

 

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