{"collection":"African","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/afr/jas/jas061n.htm","path":"afr/jas/jas061n.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/afr/jas/jas061n.htm","text":"See number 149, where the bird in the tree starves and Hopping {p. 262} Dick on the ground picks up worms and wins the match. In this story, though incomplete, it is intimated that the bird in the tree wins,\nCompare Dayrell, 153-155; Harris, Nights, 370-373; Fortier, 34-37; Parsons, Andros Island, 97 99.\nIn Dayrell, the birds propose to starve seven days to see which will be king. One leaves a hole out of which he creeps unobserved to feed.\nIn Harris, as in this Jamaica version, the winning bird takes up his station in the tree; the \"fool bud\" stays down by the creek.\nIn Parsons, one bird chooses a fruit tree, the other a \"dry\" tree. The song sung by the winning bird runs,--\n\"This day Monday mornin'\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tama\u00a0tama tam!\"\nand so on for the remaining days of the week.\nIn Fortier, the lady-love brings food to her favorite bird. The cooing song in the Jamaica versions suggests this connection.","title":"Note 61. The Fasting Trial.","type":"page"}