Good to see you. This time we are heading into Turkish folklore for a tale that is strange in the best possible way. A goose with more going on than you would expect, a missing eye, a daughter pushed to her limits, and a disembodied arm that somehow pulls it all together. The story is called The Goose, the Eye, the Daughter, and the Arm, and it leans hard into that wonderful folk-logic where everything sounds absurd until, suddenly, it is not. This version is adapted from Told in the Coffee House, collected by Cyrus Adler and Allan Ramsay, and published in London in 1898.
Wherever you are listening from, thank you for spending a little time by this fireside. If this tale made you laugh, wince, or remember the kinds of stories that never quite behaved themselves, there is plenty more waiting. You can find full collections of folktales from Turkey and across the world on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/4kVf92t, and if you want to know more about the project, or just say hello, visit clivegilson.com. Like, subscribe, or share if the mood takes you. It helps keep these old stories moving from one listener to the next.
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