A collection that greatly enriches our understanding of who told (and tells) m rchen (Italian folktales) to whom, why and how they are told, and, perhaps most important, under what conditions. In 1941, while studying folklore at Wayne University with Professor Emelyn Gardner, Bruna Todesco collected from her mother, Clementina, the twenty-two m rchen and legends presented in this book. Bruna, her mother, and her father, John, immigrated...