storystarters · 2019-04-09 · telugu, india anagaa anagaa in telugu translates to 'having...

Storystarters

Atwitterthreadthatunravelled.

CompiledbyChitraSoundarContributedbytheWorldwww.chitrasoundar.com

AnIntro

Storystartersareculturalandevokeourimaginations.Whatstartedasasimpletweethasturnedintoabeautifulthreadofstories.Readbelowthevariousresponses(withcredits)fromallpartsoftheworld.Readthedisclaimerbeforeyoustart…


Caution!Idecidedtocollateallthethreadsintoaresourceforteachersandstorytellers.Thisisnotdirectlyforchildren,asnoneofthesetextshavebeenvalidatedorthescriptstranslated.Weonlyhavethetweetersconfirmingorigins.Thereisnoclaimofverifiedauthenticity.Itisarrangedbycontinents/regions.Butthelanguagesdotravelandhencewillbespokeninotherplaces.Donotgetintouchtomakecorrections!Thisissimplyajoyofstorytellingthatgottranslatedintoaresource.Thereisnojoyincriticismofthefunwehad.


ASIA


Tamil-India

Like“onceuponatime“inEnglish,inTamilweusedtostartstorieswith“inthatonlyplace...”ஒேரஒ$ஊ&ேலCheckouthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBHuPk94kN8

ChitraSoundar@csoundar


Tamil,India

Tamilalsouses“munnaorukAlattilE”ShrikaanthKMurthy@ShrikaanthK


Rajasthan,India

InKawaadastoryformitgoes–“Andthat’showthestoryunfolds.

FarmerFalgu@farmerfalgu


Telugu,India

anagaaanagaainTelugutranslatesto'havingbeensaidandsaidandsaid',thereduplicationindicatesrepetitiveaction.infastspeechthelastvowelofthefirstwordisshortenedanditbecome'anaganagaa’Murlal@lmhesyk


Hindi,India

EkDin…Oneday…A.M.Dassu@a_reflective


Kannada,India

InKannadaitisಒಂ#$%␣ೂಂದು*$ಲದ,␣-(ondaanondukaaladalli),alonglongtimeago/onceuponatime.Ranjitha@ranjithaeurkarShrikaanthKMurthy@ShrikaanthK


Badaga,India

InBadaga(anlanguagespokeninthe#NilgiridistrictinTamilNadu.Wedon'thaveascript),itstartswith"Onthuooruthoge",whichissimilartotheTamilversion.Sinceourancestorsarethoughttohavemigratedfrom#KarnatakaIguessitmustbethesameinKannada.sandeepramalingam@sanramalin


Malayalam,IndiaInMalayalamwehave"Oridathu,oridathu".Itsconcernedwithspace.ItcannotbeaccuratelytranslatedintoEnglishbutsoundsmorelike"Onceinaspace(place)...".In#malayalam,usually"pandupandu"whichisareferencetotime,or"oridathuoridathu",whichisareferencetospace,inaplace.#storystarters.LalithaJoseph@LalithaJosephKramnath@kalramnath CompiledbyChitraSoundarContributedby

theWorldwww.chitrasoundar.com

Gujrati,India

InGujaratiitisoften'Ekhuto...''Oncetherewas...’DivyaGhelani@DivyaGhelani


Bengali

InBengaliitis'Sheyonekdinagerkotha...'whichmeans'onceuponatimealongwhileago...MuneeraMun@mun_artist


Urduایکدفعہکاذکرہے۔۔۔UrduOnceuponatimeپرانےوقتوںکاذکرہے۔۔۔AlsoUrduIthappenedlongagoكانياماكان...ArabicItwasoritwasn’tكانياماكان،ٰلكنفيقدميالزمان...ArabicItwasoritwasn’t,butlongago..S@sk1897


Sinhala,SriLanka

inSinhala.එකම$එකරටක,meaning'Inthisoneparticularplace(country)...’NizranaF@NizRite


Philippines

InthePhilippinesitis"Noongunangpanahon"...Ihadneverthoughtofitbutroughlytranslateditmeans"Inthefirstoftimes"...CandyGourlay@candygourlay


JapaneseTheJapaneseequivalentis'mukashimukashi'-whichtakesto'inthepast'or,whenrepeatedtakesona'longlongtimeago'Japanese:昔むかーし、ある所に。。。Long,longago,inacertainplace...AlsoinJapaneseit's"昔々、あるところにおじいさんとおばあさんが住んでいました。",meaning"Alongtimeago,andoldmanandanoldladylivedsomewhere/inagivenplace”AveryUdagawa@averyudagawaMioDebnam@doginiSoeinDurst@EasternSmoothMarine@RinouMokao


Thai

InThaipeoplecertainlyuseกาลครั้งหนึ่ง(kankhrangnueng)whichtranslatesas'inoneperiodoftime'(i.e.onceuponatime),Gallaklungnungnanmalawe(fromtranslationsofwesternstories)ElliWoollard@Elli_fantHelenMoss@hmadventure


Korean

“Longago,whenallthetigerssmokedlongpipes...”WeneedtovalidatethiswithKoreanlanguagespeakers.Mairirua@bastinmairi


Mongol

IhaveforgottenmostofmyMongol,butonethingIdorememberisthatMongolianstoriesshouldbeginwithЭртурьдынцагт"longago...".MedievalIndonesia@siwaratrikalpa


MandarinChineseInMandarinChineseit’seither“longago”（从前inChinese)oraspecifictimelike“onceinQindynasty”.inMandarinit’s“从前从前”whichtranslatestosomethinglike“long,longago”从前(congqian,pronounced"tzohngtzyan"inMandarinChinese),aphraseItaketomean"fromthebeginning"inliteraltranslation.ColdBrew@cold_home_brewRuoLingLu@ruolingluHuiLi@TheLunaticLi


Cantonese

InCantonesewesay好耐以前,justalongtimeagoAlicechik@alicechik


Indonesia

InIndonesia,"padazamandahulukala",inaneraalongtimeago...padasuatuharizamandahulukalaEveShi@Eve_ShiHarlut@Harlut CompiledbyChitraSoundarContributedby


BahasaMelayu

inBahasaMelayuweuse"padasuatuhari"("oneday"),orforstorieswithancient/medievalsettings,weuse"padazamandahulu"("inapastera").AfiqAsri@heyafiqasri


Malayfolklore

Malayfolklore:"Padasuatumasadahulu"Whichcanbetranslatedto"onceuponatime”Malay:Tersebutlahkisah...-Atalewasrelated...PrancingKittyAttacks!@thatprancingcatLutfi@ltf_ha


AFRICA


Swahili

Inswahiliwestartwith"hapozamanizakale"whichtranslatesto"longtimeago”InSwahiliit'ssthlike,"Hapozamanizakale,paliondokeachanjagaa,kajenganyumbakakaa,mwanangumwanasiki,kijinoKamatikiti.....I'munsureofthetranslationexceptthatitstartswithlonglongtimeagoKenneth@kenntricsJerotichKiprono@JerotichKiprono CompiledbyChitraSoundarContributedby


Hausa

InHausaoralliteraturethestorytellergoes:"Gatanagatanaku..."Andthelistenerschorus:"Tazomujita".InHausait's"gatanan,gatananku".Meaning"hereit's,hereit'sforyou!"AfricaUkoh@PensageHausaLanguageHub@HausaTranslator


AshantiTradition

StoriesaboutAnansiintheAshantistorytellingtraditionalwaysopen,"Wedonotsay,wedonotsaythatwhatweareabouttosayistrue.Letitgo,letitgo."DavidThomasMoore@dtmooreeditor


YorubaIt'sinaformofCall&Responsein#Yoruba.Storytellerspeaks,listeners(typicallychildren)respond:Níọjọ́kan[Ọjọ́kankìítánl'áiyé]Níìgbàkan(*Onceuponatime)[Ìgbàkannlọ,ìgbàkannbọ;aiyédurotítíláé]ThestoryproceedsfromthereonMolaraWood@molarawood


Kabyle

InKabyle,itlookslike“Yellayiwenzich”,meaning“therewasatimelongago,therewasaman...”#storystartersCalvusVirginicus@virginicus


Zulu

InoneoftheofficialSouthAfricanlanguagesIsiZulu,wehavekwasukasukela,whichwouldroughlytranslaterightinthebeginning,sobasicallyonceuponatimeChiharu-J@loli_Studio


EUROPE


Portuguese

“Eraumavez”-Therewasatime...

HannahJW@hannahteach


GreekInGreek:"Μίαφοράκιένανκαιρό"literallymeans"onceandatatime"verysimilartotheEnglishone.Similarlyit'srarelyusedoutsideoffairytales.IbelieveinGreekit's"miaforakienankairo"whichmeanssomethinglike"onetimeandoneplace"butisalsosometimestranslatedas"onceuponatime".Loba@forevernope4J@JLGLawStudent


Dutch

Therewas,once…Dutch:"Erwaseens"-Oncetherewas...Or"Heellanggeleden,ineenlandverhiervandaan"-Averylongtimeago,inalandfarfromhere...NikiHaringsma@nikisketchesSunaDasi@Suna_Dasi


Bulgarian

Bulgarianstoriesusuallystartwith"ималоедновреме"(imaloednovreme)whichliterallytranslatesto"thereoncewas..."andbasicallymeans"onceuponatime,therewas...”Dykestra’sAlgorithm@orgouineateur


French&ItalianInFrenchit’s«ilétaitunefois»andinItalian«c’eraunavolta»whichI‘vealwaysthoughtofas‘thereoncewasatime...’butit’sthesameas‘onceuponatime’really.CateHamilton@lomo_linguist'Ilyétaitunefois'inFrench.Therewasatime,orOnceuponatime.Space_bat_angel_dragon@breakfast_ladyTinaReynolds@tinamreynolds


Basque

ThereareafewformsinBasque.Hereare2."Munduananitzdirenbezalabazen...""Astherearemanyothersintheworld,therewas...".Andmyfavourite"Landareaketaanimaliakmintzozirengaraian,baziren..""Atthetimewhenplantsandanimalscouldspeak,therewas...”Iurgi@iurgiurrutia


Danish

InDanishit’s:“Dervarengang...”whichdirectlytranslatedis:“Therewasonce...”butisoftenjusttranslatedas“Onceuponatime.”Danish:atonetime...Detvarengang...HSNorup@HSNorupSidselPedersen@macthekat82


Maltese,Malta

Maltesefolktalesoftenstartedwith‘Thismighthavehappenedanditmighthavenot...’SaviourPirotta@spirotta


FinnishInFinnish,afairytalestartswith:“Olipakerran...”(Therewas,once...)InFinnishwestartwith"Olipakerran"whichliterallytranslatesto"Therewasonce".However,thestandardwayofsayingitisshorter-"olikerran".The-paendingisthegenremarkerandaddsasortof"thereoncehappenedtobe"element,tomyearsatleast.AnnlinaJokinen@AustinAniVeeraMäkelä@wilthepony


Iceland

MedievalIcelandicsagastendtostart"Maðrhét...","[Therewas]amancalled...”LukeNokkur@Luke_J_Murphy


German

TheGermanonescanvarybuttheyalsooftenstartwith"Eswareinmal"(oncetherewas...).Germanissimilar,"Eswareinmal..."JulieSullivan@WebwightRodgerKibble@rodgerkibble


SwedishSwedishuses"detvarengång"-whichtranslatestosomethinglike"itoncewas"or"thereoncewas".Ex:"thereoncewas[aperson]"Sometimesit'sexpandedto"detvarengångförlängesedan"-whichmeans"it/thereoncewas,alongtimeago",or"once,alongtimeago".Inswedish:"Detvarengång..."="Once,therewas..."Thelongerversionis"Detvarengång,förlängesedan,..."="Therewasonce,longago,...""Engång"alsomeans"atime"or"anevent".ThephrasehasarhythmicfeelinSwedish.Wecanalsosimplysay"Engång,(förlängesedan)..."="Once,(longago)..."AnnaLandin@AnnaLandinSonjaBergstrom@sonjaarts


Hungarian

"Holvolt,holnemvolt,voltegyszeregy..."–Hungarian,theroughtranslationwouldbesomethinglike"Nowtherewas,nowtherewasn't,therewasoncea...",andlookingattheothercommentsitnowfeelsreallysimilartotheFarsiنبودیکیبودیکیRalesk@ralesk82


RussianInRussian:«Жили-были...»,means“Lived-existed<leadcharacters>...”“жили-были”(lived-existed/therewere),therearealsophrases“давным-давно”(long-longago),nextoneisinteresting“затридевятьземель“literaltranslationwouldbe“beyondthree-ninelands”,thethree-nineword(тридевять)isimpossibletotranslateliterally,butthewholeexpressionmeans‘faraway’or'todistandlands',theetymologyofтридевять(three-nine)isthemathematicaloperation–expotentiation,sothree-nine(тридевять)means‘3exponent9’,whichisabignumbersoitexpressesthebigdistance.Itisalsousedinanotherstorystarter“втридевятомцарстве,втридесятомгосударствежилибыли…”(infaraway(three-nine)kingdom,infaraway(three-ten)countrytherewere….”,those“faraway”wordscouldalsobereplacedwiththeword“some”–”Внекоторомцарстве,внекоторомгосударствежил-был…”(insomekingdom,insomecountrytherewas….).t.@T21V2R1gypsyprincess@mecchisketchy


Norwegian

«Onceuponatime»translatedtoNorwegianis«Detvarengang»InNorwegianyoustartwith"detvarengang"meaning"therewasatimewhen...".Butsomeoldstoriescanstartwith"Ietstedøstenforsologvestenformåne"whichmeans"InaplaceeastofthesunandwestofthemoonCamillaReberg@crfotografiIngerEllingsen@ingoflamingo CompiledbyChitraSoundarContributedby


Serbian

Inthissense(andthissenseonly),SerbianstorytellingisnotmuchdifferentfromEnglish,theusualopener'Beše(orBijaše)jednom...'canbetranslatedaseither'Therewasonce'or'Onceuponatime’SerbianFairyTales@SerbianFairy


Welsh,Wales

InWelshwehave"Unwaith"(once/onetime/onceuponatime)orwecanuse"unwaith,unwaith"whichlendsmoreofafairytaleair,orthesimple"amsermaithynôl"(alongtimeago)NormanCharles@CyntefinFfi@supritiffion


IrishInIrishwesaidFadó,fadó...long,longagoInIrish,wordsaresometimesemphasisedthroughrepetition,sotheusualIrishequivalentis"Fadófadó"(literally'longagolongago').Orbhífearannfadóisfadóabhí."Therewasamanlongagoamdlongagoitwas".MaryRoche,@marygtrocheJackFennell@jfennellAuthorTrevorHerbert@riadach


Irishfolklore

CollectorsofIrishfolkloreinthe19thcenturyoftenfoundstoriesstartedwith'Beforeyouwereborn,andafterthesunfirstshone...’

PamelaHart@pamelahartbooks


ScottishGaelic

ManyScottishGaelictalesbegin“lathadenalàithean”-dayofthedays.JamesBeaton@jjb362


Scots

InScotstheystartwith“Gaentheaulddays...”MegHill 󠁧󠁢󠁳@Meishas_mammy


IrishGaelic

AsGaeilgeinIrelandFadoFadonuairabhiomarog-Agesandagesagowhenwewereallyoungpamelamcqueen@pamelamcq


Breton

UrwecheoapeurwechneoaketTherewasonceoroncetherewasn'tBrezhonadur@brezhonadur


Czech

InCzech,weusuallystartafairytalewiththefollowing:‘Bylonebylo.Zadevaterohoramiadevaterořekami…Byljednoujedenkrál...’whichquiteliterallymeans‘Therewassomethingandtherewasn’t.Beyondninemountainsandninerivers...therelivedaking...’KatieCox@coxy_katie


Croatian

Croatian:1)Bilojednom.../Oncetherewas...;2)Nekoćdavno.../Longtimeago...;3)Izasedammoraisedamgora.../Beyondsevenseasandsevenmountains...UrosZivanovic@UrosZx


SpanishInSpanish'éraseunavez'o'habíaunavez',similarto'thereoncewas’InSpanishwesayEraséunavezwhichisbasicallyyour“onceuponatime”Inspanishit's"Éraseunavez"whichliterallymeans"Therewasatime...".GabrielleMunoz@_gabmunozGonzo@MuscleYodaOnani.@shiroiAnoKumo


Polish'Dawno,dawnotemu'inPolish,meaning'Long,longago'.InPolishit's"Beyondsevenmountains,beyondsevenforests"or"Alongtimeago,beyondsevenmountains...”InPolish,fairy-talesoftenstartwiththephrase“zagórami,zalasami”(literally:beyondmountains,beyondforests)whichistheequivalentof“inalandfaraway”.JoannaHardej@HardejJoannaAnnaSzydlik@CmaKsiazkowaAnnaMariaTuckett@A_CherryWriter


CatalanTherearemany,butnowadays,"Famoltsimoltsanys..."or"Hihaviaunavegada..."arethemostnormalandcommoninCatalan.Thefirstwouldbe"Manyandmanyyearsago"andthesecond"Therewasonce...”"Vetaquíqueenaquelltempsquelesbèstiesparlavenilespersonescallaven...",That'dbelike"Seeitherethatinthattimeinwhichbeastsspokeandpeopleweresilent...”"Vetaquíqueenaquelltempsqueelsocellsteniendents...",thattranslatesas"Seeithere,thatonthattimeinwhichbirdshadteeth..."Famoltsimoltsanys,enunpaísmoltllunyà...",That'dbe"Manyandmanyyearsago,inafarawaycountry...”"Unconteusexplicaré,tanbécomjosabré;sil'escolteuelsentireu,quinoelsentirànoelsabrà...","AtaleItellyou,aswellasIwillknow;ifyoulistentoityou'llhearit,theywhowon'thearitwon'tknowit...”vetaquiqueunavegada@minara93@nunubelle76


RomanEventheAncientRomanstory-starter'olim'soundslikeitisfullofmystery!IwasstruckbythewayeveryreadingoftheGospelinthetraditionalRomanliturgyisprefacedwith‘Inillotempore...’(Atthattime...),whichIthinkisdeliberatelyincontrasttothetemporalvaguenessofmanytraditionalstorybeginnings.JoannaHardej@hardejJoannaTiroTypeworksn@TiroTypeworks


Armenian

InArmenianit's:«Կարուչկար,_____մըկար:»Thereoncewasandthereoncewasn't,a_____therewas.”HrantHPapazian@hhpapazian


Latin

VeryoldLatinfairytalesbeginwith‘olim’,anarchaicismof‘ille’,‘that(distantthing)’,ie‘once...’Newerformalconventionforthingslikescripturalormythologicalpassageshavethembegin‘inillotempore’,‘atthat(faraway)time’.

Nearlynoon@nearlynoon


RomanianInRomanianmymotherandgrandmotherwouldstartstorieswith“Afostodatăcaniciodată,”whichroughlytranslatesto“Therewasonceatimelikenoothertime.”Theoldertextsandnovels,primarilyaimedatchildrenwouldalwaysstartwith"Odatăcaniciodată..."inromanian.Looselymeaning"atimenotlikeanythingelse","oncelikeneverbefore"#storystartersInRomanian,it'sroughly'thereoncewas,likethereneverwasbefore'butitusuallygetstranslatedinto'onceuponatime'.#storystartersRomanianfolktalesusuallystartwith"Afostodatacaniciodata"whichmeans(iftranslatedwordforword)"itwasatimelikenoother"orsomethingofthesort.IoanaDragalin@ioanadragalinEuropean_Goldfinch@ArmatheliaErikaKramarik@sketching_eriAnaChilde@anachilde


English-Lancashire

Lancashirefolkoftenstartatopicwith'Isay,Isay'whichcomesfromgettingattentionovermillnoise.KevMcveigh@kevmcveigh


OldEnglish

OldEnglish"Hwaet”Usuallytranslatedas'Lo!'Or'behold!'jamielawes@mrlawes


MIDDLE-EAST


BibleStories

“Anditwasafterthesethings”whichisusedinbiblestories...Gonzo@MuscleYoda


ArabicInarabic:كانياماكان،فيقدميالزمان...《He/She/Itwas(oh)whathe/she/itwas,duringtheancienttime,...》LikeHewas(oh)whathewas,duringtheancienttime,arightfulking...The《oh》isoptionalbasedontheintonationof《يا》,ifweareimpressedornot.Morel@Molarel_


Hebrew

Hebrewis״hayohhaya”,whichisasortofdoublingof“therewas”usedonlyforstories.ClosestinEnglishis“thereoncewas”.inhebrewit's"פעםהיההיו"whichprettymuchtranslatesto"therewasonce"GiliBar-Hillel@gilibuggNoga@yellowblulvendr CompiledbyChitraSoundarContributedby


Farsi

InFarsiwesay"yekibood,yekinabood",meaning"onewas,onewasn't!"نبودیکیبودیکیDelaramGhanimifard@dellyghHomajenabzadeh@Homajenabzadeh


TurkishInTurkishitis'Birvarmışbiryokmuş...'meansthereoncewas,thereoncewasn’t...)InTurkishmygrandpaalwaysstartedwith"Onceuponatime,thegriddlewasinthestraw,wherefleaswerebarbersandcamelsweredealerswhileiwasswingingmymomscribtıngırmıngır"alltheoldstoriesstartswiththisrhyme!InTurkishits"Evvelzamaniçinde,kalbursamaniçinde;pirelerberber,develertellaliken,benanamınbeşiğinitıngırmıngırsallariken.."alsotıngırmıngırisjustasoundreflectionMuneeraMun@mun_artistBeyzağağa@moshikiii CompiledbyChitraSoundarContributedby


CARIBBEAN


Creole

IntheCaribbean(ormylittlepartofit,atleast),#storystarterstendtohaveaudienceparticipation.SothenarratorwillsayinCreole"Editkwik?"(Isaycreek)andtheaudiencereplies"kwak"(crack!).Pardina@peggiesus


AMERICAS


Qubec,Canada

InFrenchQuébec,intheJoual&Maguoadialects,oneoftenwarnsofanimpendinganecdotewith“M’at’conterunehistoire,”or“M’at’enconterunebonne.”“Gonnatellyouastory”,&“Igotagoodoneforya”,respectively.Oftensaidwithatiltofthehead&asquint.MiltonW.Oldman@Misanthropod


Aymara,Andes

inAymara(Andeanindigenouslanguage),youoftensay'nayra,nayra'whichmeanslongago,longago.nayrameansthepastbutalsoeyeorsight.Andrea@mellowtrouble


puertorico

inpuertoricosometimeswe’llsay“habíaunavez,ydossontres”whichtranslatesto“onceuponatime,plustwo(times)equalsthree(times)”gabi,andaflower@shortribwrites


Australia,NZ,PacificIslands


Tagalog

Isangaraw,(Tagalog)=Oneday,....Ancientlyric@ancientlyric


Aboriginal

Inalotofaboriginalstories,theystart“intheearlydays,oftheDreamtime”or“longlongagointheDreamtime”.LeisaStewart-Sharpe@Leisa_Stewart


POPULARCULTURE


IcelandicPopularculture

Afriend'sIcelandicdadfromTisdale,Saskatchewan,closetothebaldprairie,alwaysstartedhisbedtimestorieswith,"Inalandfarawaywherethetreesgrowbigandtall…”LorraineGraves@LGSentinel


StarWarsfanssaid…

Alongtimeago,inagalaxy,farfaraway…DawnFinch@dawnafinch


TerryPratchet?

"Asoldasthehills,asoldasthesea.”AlexTrotter@trotter_alex


American?

InAmericait’straditionaltostartafairytalewith“WethePeople”…JonathanWight@schwa


ShirleyJackson

Allcatstoriesstartwiththisstatement:'Mymother,whowasthefirstcat,toldme...'---ShirleyJacksonDaleMedley@DaleMedley3


MarkTwain?

WhenIwasachildIcouldremembereverythingwhetherithappenedornot”#MarkTwain

ElaineHutton@huttonEbutton


Kansas,USA

InKansasit's"Thereusedtobethisfellerwholiveddowntheroadaways"andendswith"buthegotparoledandfarmssorghumnow".TheLastRaven@deathandraven


DutchPopularCulture

Dutchcanjokinglysay:”WhentheFlorints(money)werestillmadeofwood...”Marisk@bymarisk


YorkshireGrandads

OneofmyfavouriteYorkshiresayingsis‘...sinceGod’sdogwereapuppy’normallytalkingaboutaplaceorapersonlike‘YerGrandad’sbeengointheresinceGod’sdogwereapuppy’andisusuallythestartofastorythatmayormaynotbetrue😂

TheStorybookCafé@storybookcafe


CreativeAnachronism

IntheSocietyforCreativeAnachronism,storiesfrequentlyopenwith"Beforerockswerehard"or"Whendirtwasinbeta-testing".@udsd007


Englishpopularculture


Storyteller’sStart

“Whenthestarswereyoung”DomConlon@dom_conlon


Familytellersstart…

Traditioninmyfamily,notsurewhereitcamefrom,istostartastorywith“Along,longtimeago,almostbeforetheworldbegan.....”CarolynDavies@Stitchandsow


UNKNOWNORIGINS


UnknownOrigins

‘Long,longago,beyondsevenmountains,beyondsevenforests...’AgathaZielinska@AlZielinska


Unknown

“Hadishangdiriwayat...”EvaDingustick@TriggerMeEva


UknownOrigin

mymumusedtostartherstories"inatimesolongagoonlythetreesremember”Technoglyf@technoglyf


American?English?Popularculture!

Holdmybeer…BrianVoss@remloveremlife


UnknownOrigin

Manymoonsago…

Jamel.Carly@jamelcarly


UnknownOrigin

Longbeforetherewasmeandyou…AshrafTaraky@taraky_a


Christina@Chrikaru


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