Mark Cormier tells a tale and talks about storytelling

• Main Author: Thomas, Gerald
• Other Authors: Cormier, Mark; Barter, Geraldine;
• Format: Audio
• Language: French
• Published: 1975
• Subjects: Conte > Tale; Histoire orale > Oral history; Divertissements > Entertainment; Langue > Language; Paysage culturel > Cultural landscape; Canadiens français > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Port-au-Port; Péninsule de; Canadians; French-speaking > Newfoundland and Labrador > Port au Port Peninsula; Newfoundland; Terre-Neuve
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/gthomas/id/1206

Mark Cormier conte l’histoire, « Jack et la dgêpe [guèpe?] », qu'il a appris de Jack « Pick» [Jack Tourout], en l'écoutant conter des contes quand il était jeune. Il parle des membres de la communauté comme Blanche Ozon, qui contait des contes traditionels quand il était jeune, et des gens qui continuent la tradition de conter. -- Mark Cormier tells a story, "Jack et la dgêpe" [Jack and the wasp], that he learned from Jack "Pick" [Tourout], by listening to him tell tales when he was growing up. He talks about members of the community, such as Blanche Ozon, who told traditional tales when he was growing up, and about people who still continue the tradition