[Lady Jag]

My mom used to tell me and the othere kids a dark and stormy night story in the 50s and 60s and though I've searched a bit for where it came from, the mystery has only deepened.

One bit of clue is this very similar story I found on a Scotland kid's web site >>>

Favourite Children's Poems of W. Neil Fraser
A Dark and Stormy Night
Anonymous

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I pass on this story entirely from memory, as it was a great favourite of my father, and his father, who told it to him. I passed it on to all of my children, and I am sure they have told it to my grandchildren. I suspect there is a source for the story, but have never been able to find one.

A Dark and Stormy Night

It was a dark and stormy night,
And villainous brigands, large and small,
Were gathered ‘round their campfire bright,
When their dark Master arose and said:
Antonio, relate unto us a story.

And Antonio arose and said:
It was a dark and stormy night,
And villainous brigands, large and small,
Were gathered ‘round their campfire bright,
When their dark Master arose and said:
Antonio, relate unto us a story.

And Antonio arose and said:
It was a dark and stormy night,
And villainous brigands, large and small,
Were gathered ‘round their campfire bright,
When their dark Master arose and said:
Antonio, relate unto us a story.

And Antonio arose and said:
It was a dark and stormy night,
And villainous brigands, large and small,
Were gathered ‘round their campfire bright,
When their dark Master arose and said:
Antonio, relate unto us a story.

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Next I'll post the one Mom told.

[Lady Jag]

Mom told us kids this story back in the 50s.

It's called circular prose.

Anyone else have knowledge of this sort of thing?

I'd like to trace its origins >>>


It was a dark and stormy night
And Antonio said to his father,
Father, Tell me a story.

And his father began.

It was a dark and stormy night
And Antonio said to his father,
Father, Tell me a story.

And his father began.

It was a dark and stormy night
And Antonio said to his father,
Father, Tell me a story.

And his father began.

It was a dark and stormy night
And Antonio said to his father,
Father, Tell me a story.

And his father began...