Description:
One of Canada's hottest young storytellers, and much in demand at festivals and concerts across the country, Dale specializes in ghost stories, tales of the fairy folk, and traditional folk tales and local legends from his home in Newfoundland, as well as stories from Ireland, the United Kingdom, and beyond.
15 Podcasts:
 1. FoolishJack_64kb.mp3 (played 15 times)
2. LYH8TS_zEB0 (played 11 times)
3. CityOfArt.mp3 (played 14 times)
4. 20070803friDaleJarvis__30664.ram (played 16 times)
5. Little_Man_Under_The_Stove.MP3 (played 13 times)
6. The_Mother_In_Law.mp3 (played 14 times)
7. WSDconcert2007MP3_64kb.mp3 (played 18 times)
8. Kinchler_and_the_Devil.mp3 (played 14 times)
9. goldenhair.MP3 (played 14 times)
10. WhistlingGhost.MP3 (played 14 times)
11. episode_3_the_origin_of_fairies.MP3 (played 7 times)
12. fatal_peat_ember.MP3 (played 11 times)
13. 01_The_House_on_the_Fairy_Path.mp3 (played 11 times)
14. Ladyat16_64kb.mp3 (played 5 times)
15. PaddyMahony.mp3 (played 2 times)
Content:
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The Legend of Paddy Mahony's Gold
The story of Paddy Mahony's gold, a tale of buried treasure and its supernatural guardian, from Horse's Head, Little Colinet Island, St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada.
Horse's Head was inhabited...
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The Lady at Number 16
A ghost story from the city of Valletta, Malta. Told by storyteller Dale Gilbert Jarvis, and recorded live at the "Voices in the Vaults Summer Storytelling Series" on Friday, August 29, in the Newman...
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Foolish Jack
Newfoundland has a great tradition of Jack stories, and I've been telling a lot of Jack tales to my storytelling students in grades 4-6 at Holy Cross Elementary in St. John's. This is a story...
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The Origin of Death - Dale Jarvis
A week ago a friend and valued member of the local arts community passed away, very suddenly. Ever since, I've been thinking a lot about this particular story, so I decided to record it, and put it...
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The City of Art
A man dreams of a city of art, and upon waking, sets off to find the place he has seen in his dreaming. Told by storyteller Dale Gilbert Jarvis, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. January 6, 2008.
I...
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The Body In The Box
This is one of my favourite old ghost stories from St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. The story involves a young bride who goes missing, her heartbroken husband, and a terrible secret that emerges...
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Away: An Evening with the Faerie Folk
The tradition of fairy stories in Newfoundland is most likely as old as European settlement on the island. The hidden people of Norway and Iceland, the gentry of Ireland, the little fellows of West...
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Jack and The Little Man Under the Stove
For the past few months, I've been telling stories and teaching grades 3 to 6 the basics of storytelling at Holy Cross Elementary School here in St. John's, Newfoundland. On May 31st, 2007, we had...
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The Mother-In-Law
A terrible tale from the Brothers Grimm, recorded in a live performance by storyteller Dale Gilbert Jarvis in 2004. A king rides off into battle, leaving his wife and two infant sons with his...
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World Storytelling Day Concert 2007
Started in Sweden in 2003, World Storytelling Day has grown in a few short years to a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling, celebrated every year on the first day of spring. On World...
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The Devil and Mr Kinchler
A story from Fortune Harbour, Newfoundland, about a man named Kinchler who dearly loved playing cards, and who once boasted that he would play a game with the Devil himself. Recorded live July 30...
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Goldenhair
The wicked Count Rinaldo loves a young girl's long golden hair, and wishes to marry her. But Goldenhair loves a peasant lad by the name of Pietro, and refuses to marry the Count. Storyteller Dale...
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The Whistling Ghost
The true story of a whistling ghost from the community of Cartwright, Labrador, Canada, read by author and storyteller Dale Jarvis from his book "Haunted Shores: True Ghost Stories of Newfoundland...
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The Origin of the Fairies
There are many legends and tales about where the fairies come from. This tale, borrowed from the Scandinavian storytelling tradition, gives one explanation. Listen here!
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The Fatal Peat Ember
A traditional fairy story from the Isle of Skye, originally collected by W.Y Evans-Wentz in the early part of the twentieth century, and which was published in his book "The Fairy Faith in Celtic...
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The House on the Fairy Path
A traditional tale from the Southern Shore of Newfoundland, Canada, concerning a young married couple who discover they have built their house on a path used by the good people, and the steps that...
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