The oldest collection of folklore stories or myths now in existence is of East Indian origin and is preserved in the Sanskrit.

Ted W. Trueblood (A); 15Dec76; R649743. R649744. Standard dictionary of folklore mythology and legend.

The story sounds like it came from the Arkansas folklore collection or from someone who contributed it to that collection.

The curious cold white light of morning that shines over all the tales, the folklore simplicity with which 'a man or a woman' are spoken of without further identification, the loveone might almost say the lustfor the qualities of brute materials, the hardness of wood, and the softness of mud, the ingrained belief in a certain ancient kindliness sitting beside the very cradle of the race of manthese influences are truly moral.