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Julia S. Pretl - Born and Bred in the Briar Patch
Category: Body Adornment.
Two bead unfinished square stitch was used to form the choker and the main body, with vertical netting connecting the two. Plain fringe as used for the choker and branched fringe on the briar patch. Varnished sculpey was used for the tar baby. Blackened sterling silver and glass beads were used for the clasps.
Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby! Brer Rabbit and the Briar Patch by Uncle Remus
“For a mighty long time” Brer Fox had tried to catch Brer Rabbit and Brer Rabbit had outwitted him. The closest Brer Fox ever came was this:
He built a contraption of molasses and tar that he called a “Tar Baby” and put it where Brer Rabbit was sure to find it. When Brer Rabbit came across the Tar Baby he tried, fruitlessly, to converse with it. In anger, Brer Rabbit punched at the Tar Baby until he became completely stuck.
Brer Fox, overjoyed at finally capturing his nemesis, mused aloud over what to do with him. With every idea (barbecuing, hanging, etc.) Brer Rabbit pleaded, “Do what you want but please don’t throw me into the Briar Patch!” Brer Fox, wanting to hurt the rabbit as badly as possible, flung him into the briar patch. Brer Fox realized his mistake when, instead of crying in agony, Brer Rabbit smiled smugly at the fox and sang that he was “Born and bred in the briar patch!” and Brer Fox knew that he’d been outwitted, once again, by Brer Rabbit.
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