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Watch now: Storyteller extraordinaire Big Jim tells a tale about crossing the border
Tucson folklorist "Big Jim" Griffith tells a joke about the border and a moral lesson that can be found in it.
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Cultural anthropologist James S. "Big Jim" Griffith, 86, died Dec. 18. Here are some of his stories. One begins: "According to their owners, these stories should be told only during the cold weather, when the snakes are asleep ..."
In 2015, the late James S. "Big Jim" Griffith shared stories, artifacts, and songs of the So…
Roman Barten-Sherman spent more than a year working with the late Big Jim Griffith during the pandemic, digitizing the Tucson folklorist's collection of field recordings.
