Welcome to The Apple Seed! Some time filled with stories for you and your family. Since 2013 we’ve been bringing you tall tales, personal tales, fairy tales, historical tales and more. All kinds of tales, from all kinds of tellers.

Today we're talking about horses! Horses have been a key player in history, in western migration, in poetry, and in storytelling. Songs, short stories, novels and poems have centered around the ‘Cowboy’ and their horse for a long time. Many folktales and songs have been connected to life through the vision of a horse. There is always something new to be learned- whether it’s through hearing about one’s connection to their horse, some of the tales behind the hope that horses carry on their backs, or just a funny tale involving the majestic beasts. So let us all sit down together and learn something new, feel the wind on our face, and imagine the freedom that horses and the love of land and animals can bring.

On today's episode, enjoy the following:

"“The Squire’s Bride” by Ed Stivender from Classics Revisited (1:52)

“The Iron Horse” by The Three D’s from Heritage: Songs and Stories from the Mormon Epoch (8:25)

“The Blind Harper” by Paddy Tutty from The Roving Jewel (11:58)

“Dream Mine” by Paul Bliss from Pure Bliss (18:00)

“Anthem” by Jerry Brooks from Shoulder to Shoulder (21:35)

“Bill Greenfield and the Mosquitoes” by Joseph Bruchac from Adirondack Tall Tales, Volume One: The Bill Greenfield Stories (28:40)

“Going to Granny’s” by Liz Weir from Boom Chicka Boom (37:42)

“Hooves, Hide and Mane” by Sam Payne and Ryan Shupe from The Saga of the Sanpitch (42:32)

“Grandpa Al and Max” by Glenda Bonin from Family Gazette (45:55)

“Hooves of the Horses” by Cowboy Poetry from A Western Jubilee: Songs and Stories of the American West (52:46)