The Folk-Tales of the Magyars

ys, or teases. They appear sometimes as green frogs, sometimes as black cats; and they find a demoniacal delight in "plaguing" people. Sometimes they appear a

ld women are to be found who are suspected

to go out in the field, make the harrow stand upright, stand behind it, and observe through it the herd of cattle as they pass by. You will then notice the head witch bet

g the church, you must go out before them and put down the egg; or stand at the meeting of two cross-roads; or else they will carry you off. Witches, or other evil spirits, have no power at cross-roads. The popular tales describe the witches as mothers of giants, or dragons.[87] The witch is capable of changing forms by

k the milk. The modus procedendi is as follows: take a rag saturated with milk, or a horse-shoe or chain which has been made hot in a clear fire, place it on the threshold and beat it with the head of a hatchet; or make a plough-share red hot, and plunge it several times into cold wat

hey are boiling his 'kapcza'[91] for him." The latter seems to indicate some charm. The sorceress summons toads, holds an unintelligible conversation with them, and hands

n the selected person's ground; the illness will last, and the consequences of the accident be felt, u

they dread the thing so much that very ofte

ress, who adds three beans, three bulbs of garlic, a few pieces of dry coal, and a dead frog to it, and places these several articles in an earthenware pot under the victim's gate or threshold, accompanied by these words:

aper, published

house, and they both retired to the garret, where the sorceress laid out an image in clay, which was intended to represent the unfortunate husband, and surrounded it with burning

entitled A babondák k?nyve, Arad, 1877; a volume which won the prize offered at the time by the Hungarian physicians and others, for the best w

re, and who was said to have been a witch in her lifetime. The corpse was dug up, and replaced in the grave face downwards, in order to stay the plague. When the rinderpest broke out in another village they had recourse to the same remedy. The corpse of the witch was unearthed, and reburied face downwards. As this had no effect, the shift of the corpse was turned inside out an

ouls do not wish to come back, and the bad ones are not

poor wandering student begging for milk in the village. If he be well treated no harm will happen to the village, but if he be sent away

some witch who exchanged her offspring for the baby, while the baby's mother was in bed. Babies born with teeth are especially considered to be children of witches. Such unfortunate creatures are very badly treated by the people, and e

ndersized eggs as are sometimes laid by fowls. A little decrepit, undeveloped chicken is also always looked at with suspicion. The good housewife breaks the first egg laid by a young hen, or a very small egg, to prevent the goblin's being hatched. The crowing hen is executed, the neck being laid on the threshold and cut off with a hatchet

tured, and their hospitality is well known. But such a grave-inhabitant can reckon upon having no mercy. If they stop and rest anywhere somebody is sure to die in the ne

ts: a few examples will be found in "Székely Folk-Medicine," Folk-lore Journal, A

to the patient for internal application. Then take the foeces[98] of a person of the same Christian name; place them in a hard-boiled egg, having first removed the yolk; sew the egg in a small bag, and place it secretly under the altar, and allow three masses to be said over it; then ha

ater in cross form over the peel; scrape out the trough and knead with one finger the scrapings into a flat cake and place it on the aching side. Varga

place is to be rubbed with a piece of ra

, lent

ü,-pum

,-77 sor

ame of the Blessed Vir

xl

cing I ? N ? R ? I, and, if it has no effect, another (shorte

rs; a little garlic and broken

Prayer. When the medicine-man arrives at the words "as in earth," he drops a slice of garlick, this is aft

a mixture of the follo

mall, vermilio

gathered befor

struck by lightning b

e cant

f ash gathered

ed before St.

's beetle" (

00] and eggshell from

alks out barefoot, and the weeds, grasses, flowers, &c

is to be tak

red by the quack out of horseradish;

nails are cured by placin

n whose Christian name is Anthony has to

used for three days, and to be followed up by a hot-air bath. As these useful establ

troke the throat of a lizard,[102

e across the child suffering from cr

es of (and is used for the same purpose as) the hand of glory. All the famo

n a line with and under the main joist of the ceiling. If the dead

titiou

ed or finished on Fr

Friday will

in the morning when the stomach is

journey on Fri

ill on Friday will neve

day means one

d on Friday

ay will give the wea

rooms for the first time on Frid

on a Friday the front teeth w

Friday it will, when grown up, s

nce with a Friday all

on her eggs on a Friday t

er St. Matthias' Day than in you, my dear lit

Day is a ve

efore St. George's D

St. George's Day make

re St. George's Day will make a

before St. George's Day will live as

St. George's Day and wrap up money in

listen to the conversation of the witches and

red before St. George's

as Eve. The maker then takes it to midnight mass, and sits upon it in order to discover who are witches in the parish. All those who turn their backs to the altar whilst he (or she) sits on the stool, are witches. "Lucy's chair" is also said of anything that is being made very slowly. On this day, too, the farmer's wife and servants wrap their heads up in cloaks, and, armed with big brush

seems as if on this day every good angel descended from heaven to scatter blessings, and

er. The well-known "Christmas crumb" forming a

s; and if anyone steps upon a reel of cotton (or gets entangled in it) upo

t under the table to receive the "little Jesus," who is said to get into it. Maize put under this basket is said to fatten f

f garlic with honey on this holy

h superstitions with reg

lf-holyday), or the sheep will be attacked with disease during the year.

r else the so-called "black ears" will grow among the barley.

essed up as a bride, and called "twenty-days' bride" (twenty days after Christmas), and driven through the village. The day ends with a dance, and a collection for the "bride," who is ge

e erected at the house

is in Finland, where, e.g., in ?bo, it is made in the form of a fish, &c., and called "Kuse"

you are to marry, in your dreams. Any one born at midnight will become a great person. Whosoever is whipped on New Year's Day will be whipped every day in the new year! Indeed, anything done on this day will be repeated during the year. It is unlucky to sow on this day, as it prevents the he

r a "sow's luck;" and so one sees in some houses a cook appear, bearing a sucking p

ake a bonfire, and leap through the flame. From their mode of leaping the spectators gather when the girl

ay a

y it

ner sit fi

sit good lo

it handsome yo

sit pretty y

fire is

an unmarried man) is

inguish it

us forsake t

A's sweetheart) store hou

us

don'

the following, and all mo

branch of the

has sent ou

and bending ac

courtyard

lena with the silk

nd Stories, vol. iii. pp.

medicinal herbs for certain cures (see supra). On this day it is also customary t

ion all the bears turn round in

if she manage to procure a shirt of a young man and place it over-night under

gs, toads, &c., can be driven away in the

e buds blessed by the priest and brought fro

ish community of Pozsony (Pressburg) yearly present a fat goose to

in Magyar is called

nn Songs on St. Stephen's Day," 6 S. viii. 487, an

mots viennent de vouser ou vauser, qui eux-mêmes viennent de vocare, nommer, et de nuptiae noces: comme si l'on di

promise, se nommoit valantine: Et si son valantin ne lui faisoit point un present ou ne la regaloit avant le dimanche de la mi-carêm

bordes, bourdich, termes qui signifioient une jo?te une course de lances. Il se nomme encore dans quelques provinces, le jour de grand feux, des valantins, le jour des bulles ou des bures, le dimanche de

; Feu de re

ive of "borde," viz.: "bordelle" "on a ap

ozsvár, wrote his book in 1552 agains

ons at certain times may here be

l at this time, and given it to the evil one; who in r

n on this day; because, if they do,

ng must be done if long flax is desired; and seven meals must be eaten

customary formerly to

ter witches (in the parishes of W?r? and Munsala). If anyone wishes to see the witches, as they ride in mid-air on their broomsticks, h

is this day, so will t

above the worsted. Next morning the stalk that has grown the most during the night foretells the future of the maiden. The red one foretells purity; green, love; yellow, rejection; black

the colour of the future husband's found in each wreath. In order to make sure, each of the young ladies, unknown to the other, cut a lock off her own head and placed it in her friend's wreath, but, unfortunately, one of the ladies also put a

ck, and begin throwing the logs into a heap, each trying his best to throw more than his rival. This done, the logs are counted, and, if found to be an odd number, it is regarded as an omen of misfortune. The girls are dressed in white on this night. In the

ding to some, seed oug

so as not to be recognised. A sledge, too, i

g, "Tomten") relates how no one would go into a smithy that night on this account, and if anyone looked th

year productive. A feast was set out upon the grass, and lots were drawn for the semblance of a human sacrifice; a

nfires at the Feast of St. John; and it is said that the Basques burn vipers in wicker panniers at Midsummer, and that Br

he following infor

] If thirteen sit down

different ingredients often make up the mixture-nine different shoots of nine different trees. If a cow be bewitched,

eventh child seven years old has great magic power. In digging for treasures seven people club together, each member removes seven sp

an important number with witches. It is

ions abou

mals about which there are not superstitions

th-bird settles on the roof, and calls out three

witches. It procures them the req

e to live. It sucks the milk out of the udder of th

hen.-See sup

n being "dies" = "meghal" in Hung. = "stirbt" in German; an animal "perishes" = "megd?glik," = "crepirt.") If you see the first swallow, stroke your face and sing, "I see a swallow; I wash off the freckles"-and the freckles will disappear. The s

s were about to leave, when out of malice the quail flew up and called "Itt szalad, itt szalad" (Here he runs, here he runs); the pursuers thereupon returned, and Christ took refuge in a shrubbery; then the plover flew up and cried "bú vik, bú vik" (he is hiding), a

yar Popular Tales), a paper read before the Kisfalu

omach, and eat its way through. The monster will have a head as a calf; immense immoveable eyes; a sk

ne will happen. It is therefore unlucky to disturb it. The skin of a snake caught before

e inside, the patient has to take internally some powderized stork's stomach. [Cf. "Liber Quartus Practicae Haly," cap. 49, "De eius medela qui leporem marinum a

and "St. George's D

rst, when finished; the person so looked at will go to a ball, or some other amusement. If the cat uses one paw only, a guest wi

ed to nibble the reed, but before it had time to bite it off, Christ rode away. The traces of the teeth are still plainly visible.

-known Magyar folk-son

hes his brood

the clock-beetle forb

eep, it is a sign of conflagration; if it bark in its sleep, robbers are due.

out a head, the Bull with horns pointing down

hid under a trough used for kneading bread, and told her little girl to say that she was not to be found. When the girl said that her mother was not at home, Christ replied: "May she never be able to get

ions abou

e following notes

rows, makes a hole into the ground close to the root, then bends the plant gently down, sticks the top of it into the hole and buries it, taking care not to break the plant. Then he repeats the foll

of vervain under the skin and let the wound heal over; then at the touch of such hand all l

with four leave

ng from the broken stem of this p

lit. the dried oxtail)[119], and the Rue

at if at dusk you switch with them three times in the

f any body be executed innocent, thre

ions abou

y thousands and thousands of snakes

cle glows

nes is healthy the garnet is of a beautiful red

is an unl

ries

straw was very drunk; the straw was badly loaded and fell off in all di

ode a great w

left side first of their trousers, the left sleeve of their c

ney; rub it to your hair, and you ge

left eye, you will be merry; who

t ear, bad news;

's eyes left open, he is looking for somebody to follow him. If y

round, a guest will arrive. If by accident one more plate is l

unteract this, put your hat on the child's head or spit on the baby. If the mischief is already done, drop a piece of live coal into a glass of wa

somebody at night, it is lu

dream of fire, you will be robbed. If in your dream you see yourself as bride or bridegroom, you will die. If you d

where there is a corpse, the baby will be dumb. If

he hail-clouds will roll by. *Make the sign of a cross wi

t thunders without lightning, the devil has got hold of a poor sinne

ked, place the pail over her head; or go to the cemetery, pr

gs. If the witch has taken away the milk of the cow, procure nine ants'-nests,[121] bury this with nine pieces of bread on the road over which the cattl

fiery oven, and the fire will bu

ilk will not come. The first week's milk is to be given to t

stop its growing. Do not say thanks for a medicine, or it will lose its power. Do not wish the fishe

but the person who removes it will catch the disease. When a child loses its first tooth, the mother ought to eat the tooth in a piece of bread, and then she will never suffer from

the mess is ready bathe the affected place therein; then take pot and contents at dawn to the cross-roads, an

pt towards the door but from it, and the sweepin

placed so that the cut part faces the doo

red-hot cinders be thrown into the oven it is as

care must be taken that a little is returned

rs at

ad covered, dishonoureth his head; the Magyars, however, not only often commence their meals with a prayer, but mention the Deity as often as they drink, and wish to those, in whose honour they lift their glasses, good luck and bliss, and pray to God for these, which

the house;" formerly "yli-jumala" meant "the chief-God," "the God of the weather and fertilit

ficed with "Ukko's cup" (Ukon malja). Jacob Grimm

t, at which one of the men would lift up his glass; and if nobody objected to the sale the bargain became confirmed and binding upon all parties concerned. The ceremony of lifting up the cup that should serve as a sign that the bargain was struck was called "Ukkon poharat f?lmutatui," = show up Ukko's glass, and the name of the person who performed

ncient Finns as a superstition, in Hungary, in the Hegyalja, it was, according to deeds bearin

ország Ethnographiája," Bud

" in Hungari

. Britt

n of which has been published by Mr. Butler in his Legends, Folk Songs,

.D. 1000); of Cumani in the time of Salamon (A.D. 1060) and his successors; and of Tartars under Batu Khan (A.D. 1285) in the time of Béla IV. During this last invasion large tracts of land became depopulated, the inhabitants having either perished or fled; so that the king was obliged to invite immigrants from Western Europe, and this was the origin of the Saxon settlements in Transylvania. This will to some extent show the

-known an authority as Professor Vambéry, within the reach of all, and dealing with this subject in a way that it would be folly for

long strip between the Saxon settlement of Besztercze and Brassó (Kronstadt), with two branches to the west known as Marosszék and Udvarhelyszék.

before the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Oct. 4, 1881.

p. 380

nth century, among the people as equivalent to giants, who figured in fairy tales. Simrock and Grimm

vol. i. p

ll Magazine

0. Cf. Diccionario Bibliographico Port

tion of "ex lingua Ungara." So far as one knows

rgundus non Hungarus, Bud? 1830, and other dissertations by

, by Vigfusson and Powell. O

onalium variis conditionibus &c. (

s died in 1544. His chronicle appeared intersperse

art of the defenders of the old tradition like Dr. John Nagy, Farkas Deák, and others; and the above mentioned pamphlet was a reply, wherein the author further defends his assertion, on the testimony of comparative philology and history. One powerful argument in favour of the separate origin is, that for centuries the Székely population has kept distinct not only from the Saxons, but also from the Mag

urtás, Bulgarians, Magyars, Slavs and Russ. Edited by D. A. Chvolson, St. Pe

45. Cf. Defrémery Fragments de Geographes, &c. in Journ. Asiat. ser. iv. tom. xiii. 466. Both q

Vág (in the North

y The Székel

Ib. p

. 12. "Nemo apud illos (Ciculos) ignobilis esse censetur,

Gratia Princeps Transylvani

inistered their own affairs, and wer

the Székely Dialects," was published at

ted infr

e infra,

s citatu

ch as K

falvy Ethnog

so The Nationality and Language of the Jazygo

vered by Cornides in 1770. Klaproth first made it known in his "Mémoirs relatifs à l'Asie,"

s busily engaged on a large work on his favorite subject, which, judging by the extracts he read (June 1st, 1

re to quote one of the C

li, jáde

e h

le, sar

zon sa

türm?

ala

lle dü

n, ich l?se

enz i

ten, Zau

ich de

ch. Ich p

nur e

en preise

evue, viii.-ix.,

haretrarii," and things kept straight until Ranzanus the Papal Nuncio at the Court of Matthias Corvinus appeared on the scene, and, struck by the sound of the name "Jassones" and finding that they lived on the very territory which, according to Ptolemy, was occupied by the Jazyges: Metanastae in his time, at once jumped to the conclusion that they were lineal descendants of the wild horsemen mentioned by the classic author. We know how hard anything false dies, and so we find this statement copied by subsequent writers, an

infra, p

aphy of Hung

Martii, de Matthi? egregie, sapienter, fortiter et jocose dictis ac factis libellus, ed. Cassovi?, 1611. "Unde fit ut carmen lingua Hungarica compositum rusticis e

l these (nations) "differenti inter se utuntur lingua," except that some of the words may appear somewhat similar and identical in sound in consequence of (their) protracted use and (the continuous) contact (of the said nations with each other)." Against this, we may urge, that if the language of the Székelys, for example, differed no more from the Magyar than the German speech from that of the Saxons, they can scarcely b

ngary, Finland, and Flanders, and even amongst the Lapps, are identical w

and other Asiatic countries, ancient and modern. The characteristics of the chief personages in the tales show that t

f the Turkish occupation and their ba

dy bird, fly a

Turks ar

ou into a well fu

u out, and break

t Eger (Erlau) is ca

Pp. 7

P. 5,

ftrage der Kisfaludy-Gesellschaft von Lad Arany und Paul Gyulai besorgten. Ungarische Revue viii. ix. Heft, 1885, p. 64

s as "Handsome Paul,

ully sketched by Czuczor,

een in Gaál's tales, most of which Arany tells us have

Hungarian poet and author, elected Member

oldiers: and are full of unnecessary f

village of Székely parents. Unitarian minister, professo

ume has, I believ

he collector has tried to improve on the original popular form, and e

. pp. 99, 147, 318, 340. Cf, numerous stories of giants and what t

pp. 146

Knight Ros

Knight Ros

will be found; also the giant in Swedish tale who travelled from Dalecarlia to S

ron ?fver Kalmarsund" "Ulfgrytstenarna

pp. 345 an

"Prince Mi

village blacksmith

erd Paul," p. 24

incolnshire t

pron, and carrying them off to her mother, asked what sort of a dung beetle this was she had found scratching the earth, receiving a similar a

ome Paul" and "F

"Prince

treasures will to be found. Also Hofberg, "Den forl?rade skatten," "Guldva

lately. There is a chest of gold buried in Mumby Hill, and an old man went by "his'sen," and

nd every thing he did "a little devil" did, and as the man could no

d. Munsala, 22, c. and d. Hofberg. Svenska S?gn

ul," "Knight Rose," and "Prince Mirk

k-Tales, "The Baba Yaga," p.

he original a hyphen between gold and moun

ientalism which frequently occurs

I will no

are no fish

ere alway

y rose, I cann

w into the Theiss, this into the Danu

Orbán's S

nold Ipolyi, M

K?váry, Histori

h rule over Hungary. Buda was 157

aron Orbán,

ters do, the witches of fairy tales, with the old wom

incolnshire and

, "Purmo" 27, an

ngland under George II. in 1736, in Hungary it was abolished under Coloman the Learned, who reig

ave long erect horns like t

. p. 20

n the Finnish tale

e Folk

Charm

hout seam or hem, wrapped round

zin'. It was all an owd woman who used to sell pins and needles." It appears, this old woman always gave, and insisted upon giving, Maud, some little thing; and at last they perceived the child was "witched"; so the next time the old woman app

manner of "laying ghosts," is no

en are specially liable to be changed by the trolls, but this may be prevented by putting Holy Scripture in

also N?gra ?kerbrukspl?gseder bland svens

ncken. "Mun

icine man, who practised over three countries.

rmacop?ia of the physicians of the middle ages. Cf. Liber Secundus Pr

9

m, I bleeds 'e

will die,

e "Chris

till in extensive use among

of quinsy is torokgy

not seem to kno

shrivelle

ntleman dangl

had ordered a harp from England: it unfortunately arrived at her house on Friday, and was sent away

d take the keys with him, and the fisher-folk assert that if anyone is d

l'avenir bien

ndredi, dimanc

ement de la coméd

st liable to be punished a

a charm against evil. See N

e between New and Old Christmas Day. An old nurse told us she once went home during this time and

orkshire, Y

ne is in store; in these degenerate days "stearine," has been us

gins of English H

langue Romane, par J. B.

r "Beltene," Revue Celtique, iv.

ds, loups. Au siècle dernier même dans plusieurs villes c'était le maire ou les échevins qui faisaient mettre dans un panier une ou deux douzaines de chats pour br?ler dans

cancelled, and the house re-numbered 15A for the very same reason

ancashire Moors there is a tradition that the plovers cont

nakes and frogs after a man," to sa

] Or

use this stuff to produce a beard and moustache, an

dt, Wollkraut, K?nigskerre; F

ed * have been in Lincolnshi

heap of soil t

ift the glass and say "Isten él

s. The passage relating to this matter is in verses, and especially of the Carialians he says the following: "Egres creates them peas, beans, and carrots, cabbage, flax,

?-kylv? k

kon malja

Mythol Vorr xxviii. In Sweden, as toasts, the only word they ment

t may have been Sylvester II. (A.D. 1000) or Pio Nono-upon receiving a small cask of

In the district of Hradist in Moravia, "oldoma? pit"-"áldoma's drink." In modern Magyar the word "áldozni" is used for to sacrifice. Whet

-pohar-felm

rst settled and the "liquor" comes afte

TEN

A

fac

ducti

ents

AND

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es

hen the M

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es

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es

k and B

es

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andsome

es

vels of Truth

es

Hunting P

es

azy Spinn

es

Envious S

es

Knight

es

Prince

es

nt who was forc

es

dren of the T

es

sar and the S

es

Father's

es

The Baa-

es

iry Eliz

es

Three P

es

e Three

es

Csabo

es

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es

Count's D

es

Speaking

es

e Three O

es

e Youngest

es

Invisible She

es

Three Pri

es

inder J

es

e Three B

es

Three Valuab

es

e Little Ma

es

e Beggars'

es

orld's Beaut

es

Girl witho

es

e King and

es

e Three Prin

es

idower and hi

es

he Wis

es

e Two Or

es

e Wonderf

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Devil and th

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ret keeping L

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The Pe

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Fairies

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ex

FOLK-

SIHAN (N

tumble-down side of a tumble-down stove-a poplar-tree, and this poplar-tree had sixty-five branches, and on every

ger, a saw, and an adze, and he set off over seven times seven countries, and never found a mill. So his wish was fulfilled. On he went, roaming about, till at last he found on the bank of the Gagy, below Martonos, a tumble-down mill, which was covered wi

dear little fox," said the miller, "if I could get a wife, who would come here of her own free will, I don't say that I would not-indeed, there is no other way of my getting one; for I can't go among the spinning-girls in these clothes." The fox took leave of the miller, and, in less than a quarter of an hour, he returned with a piece of copper in his mouth. "Here you are, miller," said he; "put this away, you will want it ere long." The miller put it away, and the fox departed; but, before long, he came back with a lump of gold in his mouth. "Put this away, also," said he to the miller, "as you will need it before long." "And now," said the fox, "wouldn't you like to get married?" "Well, my dear little fox," said the miller, "I am quite willing to do so at any moment, as that is my special desire." The fox vanished again, but soon re

which they would fetch the lady. "Very well," said the fox; an

n day and hour you must be ready to start; but, first of all, give me that lump of gold I gave yo

nt this lump of gold to my father the king that he may spend it in preparing for the wedding, and th

daughter to a bad sort of place, for although I am a kin

then, Prince Csihan," said he, "I have arrived saf

re you ready?" asked he. "Oh! yes, I am ready; I

seeing it, my dear little fox." "Well," replied the fox, "in that castle dwells your wife." On they went, when suddenly the fox said, "Take off the clothes yo

ife and my death are in thy hands. I started with Prince Csihan with three loaded wagons and a carriage and six horses, and I've just managed to get the prince naked out of the water." The king raised his hands in despair, exclaiming, "Where hast thou left my dear son-in-law, little fox?" "Most grac

rince Csihan arise, and said, "Come here, Prince Csihan, don't stare at yourself too much when you get dressed in these clothes, else the king might think you were not used to such robes." Prince Csihan got dressed, and drove off to the king. When

" Prince Csihan left the room in great sorrow, and went towards the stables in great trouble to get ready for the journey he could no longer postpone. Here he met the fox lolling about. As the prince came his tears rolled down up

han, you shall have a handsome present." With this the fox left them, and ran straight to the Vasfogu Bába. "Good day, my mother," said he. "Welcome, my son," replied she; "it's a good thing for you that you called me your mother, else I would have crushed your bones smaller than poppy-seed." "Alas! my mother," said the fox, "don't let us waste our time talking such nonsense, the French are coming!" "Oh! my dear son, hide me away somewhere!" cried the old woman. "I know of a bottomless lake," thought the fox; a

t feast to celebrate his coming into his property, so that the people from Bánczida to Zsukhajna were feasted royally, but he gave them no drink. "Now," said the fox to himself, "after all this feasting I will sham illness, and see what treatment I shall receive at his hands in return for all my kindness to him." So Mr. Fox became dreadfully ill, he moaned and groaned so fearfully that the neighbours made complaint to the prince. "Seize him," said the prince, "and pitch him out on the dunghill." So the poor fox was thrown out on the

the castle, and to sit at the royal t

and do yet, if they are not dead.

THE MU

mers often talked over family matters together at their gates, and at last arranged that their children should marry each other, so that in case the old people died the young people would be able to take possession of the far

take this ring; and, if ever I bear a child to this man, take it too!" In a moment the devil appeared, snatched up the ring, and vanished. The priest, seeing and hearing all that was done, d

ng over your father." "But you never cared much for him," said he; "cheer up, for I shall soon be a priest." "That's the very thing I'm weeping over," said his mother; "for just when you will be doing well the devils will come for you, because when I was married to your father I dashed the wedding-ring on the ground, saying, 'Here, Satan, take this ring; and if ever I bear a child to this man take it too.' One fine day, then, you will be carried off by the devil in the same way as the ring." "Is this indeed true, mother?" said the student. "It is indeed, my son." With that he went off to the priest, and s

ived. "Good evening, mother," said he. "Good luck has brought you here, my son," said she. "What are you doing out here so late?" "I have lost my way," replied the student, "and have come here to ask for a night's lodging." "I can give you lodging, my son, but I have

supper ready?" He then crept in on his knees, for he was so tall that he could not enter otherwise. As they sat at table he suddenly saw the student. "Mother, what sort of a guest is that?" said he. "He's a poor tramp, my s

e student, "what

," said the old woman's son, "because you will repent it if you do eat and you will repent it if you don't." While they were eating th

know where you are going I will not touch you. Find out for m

is you

he, "is Stephe

ched the gates of hell. He then lighted his incense, sprinkled the holy water, and lighted the holy candles. In a very short time the devils began t

or my mother's wedding-ring; and if you don't return it and cancel the agreement, and promise me that I will have no more trouble fro

as many more came. One fellow came limping up, very late. "Why don't you hurry," cried the others; "don't you see that a great calamity has happened? The ring can't be found. Turn out everybody's pockets, and on who ever it is found throw him into the bed of Stephen the Murderer." "Wait a moment," cri

t robbing. After midnight, as usual, he returned, and when he saw the student he

," said the student, "if the devils had not been threatened with your bed." "

ought to do as much for him. So he started after the student, who, when he saw him coming, was very much afraid lest he should be killed. In a strid

"I never killed anybody with a knife," said Stephen, "they have all been killed with

pple-tree," replied Stephen. "Take it and come with me," said the student, "to the top of the rock." On the top of the rock there was a small hill; into this he bade him plant the club. "Now, uncle Stephen, go down under the rock, and there you will find a small s

t home. He was at once made a priest on account of his courage in going to hell; and after h

one of the servants saw a low tree on the top of the rock, covered with beautiful red apples. "Your holiness," said he to the pope, "I have seen most beautiful red apples, and if you will permit me I will go and gather some." "Go," said the pope, "and if they are so very beaut

one shouted to me so loudly that I nearly dropped; I saw no one, but only heard a voic

he red apple-tree. When they arrived, the pope cried out, "Stephen the Murderer, where are you?" A dried-up skull rolled out, and said, "Here I am, your holiness; all the limbs of my body dropped off whilst I was

up, which they did. The pope then said mass, and gave the absolution, and at that moment Stephen the Murderer was delivere

ITH THE GO

b with the golden fleece determined to steal it. About midnight she arose, and lo! the moment she touched the lamb she stuck hard-and-fast to its fleece, so that when the lad got up he found her stuck to the lamb. He could not separate them, and as he could not leave his lamb he took them both. As he passed the third door from the house where he had spent the night he took out his flute and began to play. Then the lamb began to dance, and on the wool the girl. Round the corner a woman was putting bread into the oven; looking up she saw the lamb dancing, and on its wool the girl. Seizing the peel in order to frighten the girl, she rushed out and shouted, "Get away home with you, don't make such a fool of yourself." As the girl continued dancing the woman called out, "What, won't you obey?" and gave her a blow on her back with the peel, which at once stuck to the girl, and the woman to the peel, and the lamb carried them all off. As they went they came to the church. Here the lad began to play again, the lamb began to dance, and on the lamb's fleece the girl, and on the girl's back the peel, and at the end of the peel the woman. Just then the priest was coming out from matins, and seeing what was going on began to scold them, and bid them go home and not to be so foolish. As words were of no avail, he hit the woman a sound whack on her back with his c

priest was made court-chaplain; the woman court bak

nd the whole land was in great joy, and if the strings of

HER

said, "I am thine, and you are mine, love." The moment after she asked, "Joe, did your father leave you anything?" "We had something," replied her husband; "but my father was poor and he sold everything; but," continued he, "do you see that high mountain yonder? it is not sold yet, for it is too steep and no one would have it." Then said his wife, "Let's go for a walk and look over the mountain." So they went all over it, length and breadth, from furrow to furrow. When they came to a furrow in the middle his wife said, "Let us sit down on a ridge, my love, and rest a little." They sat down, and Joe laid his head on his wife's lap and fell asleep. She then slipped off her cloak, made it into a pillow, drew herself away, and laid Joe upon the pillow without waking him. She rose, went away, uncoiled a large whip and cracked it. The crack was heard over seven times seven countries. In a moment as many dragons as existed came forth. "What are your Majesty's commands?" said they. "My commands are these," replied she: "you see this place-build a palace here, finer than any that exists in the world; and whatever is needed in it must be the

one of them, "what Joe has become and how miserable he used to be!" He entered the castle, and went into the lord's room. "Good day, my lord." "God bless you, Joe, what news?" "I have come to ask your lordship to dine with me on Whit Sunday, and we shall be very pleased to see you." "I will come, Joe;"

ut I should like to see her," explained the baron. "She is rather shy when in men's society," said Joe. They enjoyed themselves, lighted their pipes and went for a walk over the palace. Then said the baron to his servant, "Order the carriage at once;" it arrived, and Joe and he said "Fa

umn which stood before one of the windows should be pulled down, the plot planted with vines, the grapes to ripen over night, and the next morning a goblet of wine should be made from their juice and be placed on the master's table; if this was not done Joe was to lose his wife. So one of them went in to the baron and told him of their plan, remarking that Joe could not do that, and so he would lose his wife. A groom was sent on horseback for Joe, who came at once, and asked what his lordship desired. The baron then told him the task he had

gave a crack, which was heard over seven times seven countries, and immediately all the dragons appeared. "What are your Majesty's commands?" She then told them what her husband required, and in the morning

flected by the goblet met his eyes, and had such an effect o

ey communicated their plan; he at once sent for Joe and told him what he required. Joe went away without even saying good-bye, he was so sad. When he got home he told his wife what the baron wanted this time. "Don't trouble yourself, my love," said his wife, "eat and drink and get a good rest, all shall be well." At night she cracked her whip and ordered the dragons to do all that was required, and so at daybreak all was done. The birds made such a noise that the whole of the village was awakened by them. One nightingale

for, and came at once to know what was required of him. "My orders are these," replied the baron, "that you invite God to dinner on Palm Sunday to my house; if you do not your wife is lost." Poor Joe went out without saying good-bye, jumped into his carriage, and returned home dreadfully miserable. When his wife asked him what was the matter he told her of the baron's commands. "Go on," said his wife; "bring me that foal, the yearling, the most wretched one of all, put upon it an old saddle and silver harness on its head, and then get on its back." He did so, said good-bye, and the wretched yearling darted off at once straight

on's and give him the message." So he went, knocked at the door, and entered the room. "Don't come a step further," cried the baron. "I don't intend to," said Joe: "I've come to tell you I have executed your commands, and mind you don't blame me for what will happen. The deity has sent you this message: you are to sow a plot with barley, a

ntain St. Peter was told to look back and say what he saw, and lo! the whole of the baron's property was a sheet of water. "Now," said the deity to St. Peter, "let us go on, for the mountain is high, and difficult to ascend." When they arrived at Joe's he rushed out with outspread arms, fell to the ground, and ki

y have not died since. May t

AND B

him. Bliss thereupon said, "Let us stop, and I will buy them all from the poor fellow, so that he may make a good bargain." So they s

or the man is a poor broom-seller still;" so Luck bought them, but she did not give a penny more than the market price. They came to the town a fourth time and saw the man who had sold brooms leading wheat into town in a wagon with iron hoops on the wheels and drawn by four fine bullocks. When they saw this Luck said to

LAZY

ou order the cat to do all these things, which she knows nothing about?" "Whether she does or whether she doesn't it's all the same to me, wife. I have no one else whom I can ask to do anything; and if she does not do all that I have ordered her to do you will see that I will give her such a thrashing as she will never forget." With this he went out to work, and the wife began to talk to the cat and said, "You had better get your work done, or he will beat you;" but the cat did not work, and the wife went from house to house gossiping. When she came home the cat was asleep on the hearth, and the fire had gone out; so she said, "Make the fire up, c

k instead of the cat, in order to prevent my husband beating her to death on my back." And then her father spoke up and said, "I

So she got another beating on the wife's back, who ran home again to complain; but her fat

ed the food, swept the house, and put everything in order; for she was frightened lest her husband should beat the poor cat again; for the wretched animal in its agony stuck its claws into her back, and, besides, the end of the two-tailed whip reached further than the cat's back, s

and the mistress became such a good house

SOME

t became dark he reached a wood, and in the distance he saw, as it were, a spark glimmering amongst the trees, so he made his way in that direction thinking that he might find some one there, and that he would be able to get a night's lodging. So he walked and walked for a long time, and the nearer he came the larger the light became. By m

o go in search of work. "If I could," replied Paul, "I should like to enter the king's service, for I have heard he pays his servants justly." "Alas! my son," said the giant, "the king lives far away from here. Your provisions would fail twice before you reached there, but we can manage the matter if you will sit on my shoulder and catch h

you can see." "I can see the white shining thing still," said Paul, "but now it looks like a building." "Well, then, shut your eyes again," said the giant, and he walked for another hour, and then again asked Paul to look. Paul now saw a splendid glittering fortress, such a one as he had never seen before, not even in his dreams. "In another quarter-of-an-hour we shall be there," said the giant. Paul shut his eyes again, and in fifteen minutes they were there; and the giant put him down in front of the gate of the king's palace, saying, "Well, now, I will leave you here, for I have a pressing engagement, and must get back, but whatsoever service they offer to you, take it, behave well, and the Lord kee

e soon discovered the state of

I'll soon settle the wretched fell

, what aw

Paul was so frightened when he heard this that he turned white and said, "Oh, my king! no man could do this." "What!" said the king, "you good-for-nothing, you dare to contradict me? go to prison at once!" Paul was at once taken away, and the king repeated his commands, saying that unless they were obeyed Paul should lose his head. Poor Paul was v

you," replied Paul, "by to-morrow morning to have all that large forest cut down, chopped, and stacked in the king's courtyard;" with this he went back to prison and spent a little time with the princess before she went away. The devils entered the wood, and began t

n the direction of the wood; he could not see anything but bare land, and wh

t-cake, else you lose your head." Paul was then sent back to prison, more miserable than ever, for how could he do such an unheard-of thing as that? His sweetheart came in again through the trap-door and found him weeping bitterly. When she heard the cause of his grief she said, "Oh, don't worry yourself, dear; here is a

n all directions like ants, old ones and young ones, males and females, lame and enceinte, such a crowd that he could not see them all without turning his head all round. They pressed him har

back to prison, and stayed w

at you could not tell one word from another. "Now then! Come here! This way, Michael!

he king in the seventh country off could see to count his money by it. Then they brought from hell the biggest cauldron they could find, put it on the fire, put flour into it and boiling water; as the millet-cake was bubbling and boiling they took it out of the pot and put it into Mrs. Pluto's lap, placed a huge spoon into her hands, and she began to stir away, mix it up,

ound, and put it on the fire once more; when it was quite baked she turned it out a large millet

, so that it was no longer millet-cake with cream-cheese, but cream-cheese with millet-cake! There were many who had never eaten anything like it before, and they got so full of it they could just breathe; even the king had a large piece served up for his breakfast on a porcelain plate; he then went to the larder for a large tub, which was full of the best cream-cheese of Csik like unto the finest butter; he took a large piece of this, spread it on his cake, set to and ate it to the very last. He then drank three tumblerfuls of the best old claret, and said, "Well, that really was a breakfast fit for the gods!" And thus it happened that all the millet-cake was used up, and then the king sent for Paul and said to him, "Well, you brat of a devil, did you do all this, or who did it?" "I don't know." "Well, there are in my stables a bay stallion, a bay mare, two grey fillies and a bay filly, you must walk them about, in turn, to-morrow morning, till they are tired out; if you don't I'll have your head impaled." Paul wasn't a bit frightened this time, but began to whistle, and hum tunes to himself in the prison, being in capital spirits.

posts right lustily, till at last the bay foal lay down. With this the mare, who was the queen, said to the bay stallion, "You see it was that bay foal who was the cause of all this. But wait a bit, confound her!" she cried after them as he led her out of the stable; "I also have as many wits as you, and I will teach you both a lesson. Never mind, my sweet daughter, you have treated us all most cruelly with that iron pole, but you shall pay for it shortly." When Paul heard this he was so frightened he could hardly lead the foal. "Don't be afraid," said the foal, "let's get away from here, and the sooner the better, never to return, or woe betide us!" They cantered up to the house, where she sent him in to get money, and jewellery, and the various things they would need, and then galloped off as fast as she could with Paul on her back, over seven times seven countries, till noon; and just as the sun was at noon the foal said to Paul, "Look back; what can you see?" Paul looked back

a shepherd; the eagle arrived and asked the shepherd if he had seen the travellers pass by, and was told that they were seen when the lamb was born. The king returned and told his wife all, who drove him back, crying, "The lamb was your daughter and the shepherd, Paul, you empty-headed fool." Paul and the foal went on a long way, when the foal said, "What can you see?" He saw the eagle again, but now it was enveloped in flames; they turned over and the foal be

lake of milk and you a golden duck on it; take care she doesn't catch you, or we are done for." They turned over and changed; the falcon arrived and swooped down upon the duck like lightning, who had just time to dive and escape. The falcon tried again and again till it got quite tired; for each time the duck dived and so she missed him. In a great rage the falcon turned over and became the queen. She picked up s

Paul got a situation as valet to a nobleman, and the princess became a lady's maid in another part of the city. They lived there for twelve months, and never once remembered anything that had happened in the past. One night Paul dreamt that the bay stallion was in its last agony, and soon afterwards died; the lady's maid, at the same time, dreamt that the bay mare was dying, and died; by this dream they both remembered all that had happened to each other; but even then they did not know that they were in the same town. On the day following this dream Paul was sent by the nobleman's son secretly with a love-letter to the nobleman's youngest daughter where the lady's maid lived. Paul took the letter, and handed it to the lady's maid so that she might place it in her mistress's hands; then he saw who th

y the same road, and ar

state, and the princess, who was tho

Paul for her consort, and got married; if they have not died s

OF TRUTH A

then I'll let you have some food." Poor Truth couldn't help herself; for she was very hungry and didn't know what to do. So she had one of her eyes gouged out, and she got some food. Next time she wanted food she had the other eye gouged out, and then both her arms cut off. After all this Falsehood told her to go away. Truth implored not to be left thus helpless in the wilds, and asked that she might be taken to the gate of the next town and left there to get her living by begging. Falsehood led her, not to where she wanted to go, but near a pair of gallows and left her there. Truth was very much surprised that she heard no one pass, and thought that all the folks in that town must be dead. As she was thus reasoning with herself and trembling with fear she fell asleep. When she awoke she he

secret?" asked the old devil. "It is this," replied he; "I have placed a stone on the spring which is situated at the eastern corner of the town at a depth of three fathoms. By this means the

everal other devils spoke; but poor Truth either did not understand

ls disappeared as the cock cr

d help in giving them her aid in their distress. She soon got there, and found every one in mourning. Off she went straight to the king, and told him all she knew; he was delighted when he was told that the thirst of the people might be quenched. She also told the king how she had been maimed and blinded, and the king believed all she said. They commenced at once with great energy to dig up the stone that blocked the spring. The work was soon done; the stone reached, lifted out, and the spring flowed once more. The king was full of joy and so was the whole town, and there were great festivities and a general holiday was held. The king would not allow Truth to leave, but gave her a

just to see whether there were any listeners to their conversation, as some one must have been eaves-dropping the other night, else it would never have been found out how the springs of the town were plugged up. To this they all agreed, and search was made; and soon they foun

NTING

a piece of pointed rock which projected under the falcon's feet, and the bird flew away; as it flew a piece of rock fell to the ground which he discovered to be real flint. His elder brothers came, and slapped his face for again shooting in so foolish a manner. No sooner had they gone and the day was drawing to an end than he discovered a squirrel just as it was running into its hole in a tree; so he thought its flesh would be good to eat; he shot, but the squirrel escaped into a hollow of the tree, and the arrow struck what appeared to be a large fungus, knocking a piece off, which he found to be a fine piece of tinder. The elder brothers came and gave him a sound thrashing which he took very quietly, and after this they did not separate. As it was getting dark and they were wandering on together a fine roebuck darted across their path; all three shot, and it fell. On they went till they came to a beautiful meadow by the side of a spring, where they found a copper trough all ready for them. They sat down, skinned and washed the roebuck, got all ready for a good supper, but they had no fire. "You slapped my face three times because I was wasting my arrows," said the youngest; "if you will allow me to return those slaps I will make you a good fire." The elder brothers consented, but the younger waived his claim and said to them, "You see, when you don't need a thing you think it valueless; see now, the steel, flint, and tinder you despised will make us the fire you need." With that he made the fire. They spitted a large piece of venison and had an excellent huntsman's supper.

der his feet, and the robbers seized him. Some of the robbers belonged to his father's kingdom, and, as they had a grudge against the father, they decided to kill the prince. One said, "Let's roast him on a spit"; another proposed to dig a hole and bury him; but the chief of the robbers said, "Don't let us kill the lad, let's take him with us as he may be very useful to us. You all know that we are about to kidnap the daughter of the king of the town of the Black Sorrow, and we intend to sack his palace, but we have no means of getting at the iron cock at the top of the spire because when we go near it begins at once to crow, and the watchman sees us; let us take this lad with us, and let him shoot off the iron cock, for we all know what a capital marksman he is; and if he succeeds we will let him go." To this the robbers kindly consented, as they saw they would by this means gain more than if they killed him. So they started off, taking the prince with them, till they came close to the fortress guarding the town of the Black Sorrow. They then sent the prince in advance that he might shoot off the iron cock; this he did. Then said the chief of the robbers, "Let's help him up to the battlements, and then he will pull us up, let us down on the other side, and keep guard for us while we are at work, and he shall have part of the spoil, and then we will let him go." But the do

ers who for such a length of time had been the terror of the town of the Black Sorrow. His valour soon came to the ears of the king, who ordered the Red Knight to appear before him: here he boasted of his valour, and produced his handkerchief and the pieces cut from the robbers. The king believed all that he said, and was so overjoyed at the good news that he

ight, and only saw what was going to happen when all was ready, the altar-table laid, and the priest called, when lo! in walked the Red Knight as her bridegroom, a man whom she had always detested, so that she could not bear even to look at him. She rushed out and ran to her room, where she fell weeping on her pillow. Everyone was there, and all was ready, but she would not come; her father went in search of her, and she told him how she had met the youngest of the Hunting Princes the night before, and requested her father to send a royal messenger into the deserted meadow, where the dragons of the Black Lake went to drink at the copper trough, and to invite to the wedding the

ved in the courtyard the twelve pillows under the Red Knight began to move, as he sat on them at the head of the table. When the youngest prince stepped upon the first step of the stairs, one pillow slip

s; he also told them especially all about the robbers, and how he met the king's daughter, how he had walked through all their bedrooms and changed the candl

t had shown, and it was apparent to e

kery he was sentenced to be tied to a horse's tail and dragged through the stree

w. The youngest prince married the youngest princess, to whom he was engaged before, and he beca

your guest

ING-GIRL WHO B

r after all. The prince took the girl with him and put her into a large shed full of flax, and said "If you spin all you find here during the month you shall be my wife." The girl seeing the great place full of flax nearly had a fit, as there was enough to have employed all the girls in the village for the whole of the winter; nor did she begin to work, but sat down and fretted over it, and thus three weeks of the month passed by. In the meantime she always asked the person who took her her food, "What news there was?" Each one told her something or other. At the end of the third week one night, as she was terribly downcast, suddenly a little man half an ell long, with a beard one and a-half ells long, slipped in and said, "Why are you worrying yourself, you good, pretty spinning-girl?" "That's just what's the matter with me," replied the girl; "I am not a good spinster, and still they will believe that I am a good spinster, and that's the reason why I a

you think you saw it in the dark." She brightened up; for she knew that all the stuff would be spun, and that he would not be able to carry her o

d. Nor did she tell him when he came the next night. On the third night the little man brought the last load; but this time he brought a wheelbarrow with

e man rushed off as if so

court-dames, and gazed with great admiration upon the vast amount of fine yarn they saw. Nor could they praise the girl enough, and all found her worthy to be queen of the land. Next day the wedding was celebrated, and the girl became queen. After the grand wedding-dinner the poor came, and the king distributed alms to the

I was such a good spinster that I had no rival in the whole neighbourhood. I spun till I got so addicted to it that I even used to

such a length of time that with continually biting off the en

much at my spinning that my pos

his wife was of spinning, got so frightened tha

ry town; and the women were so frightened at what had happened to the beggars that

VIOUS

ked the wild strawberries, with the intention of taking some home to her father; she spent her time in great glee, singing and listening to the songs of the birds, when suddenly she discovered that she had strolled into an immense wood. As she was considering what to do, her two sisters appeared by her side, and said spitefully, "Well, you good-for-nothing! you have never done anything but try to make our father love you most and to spoil our chances in every way, prepare yourself for your end, for you have eaten your last piece of bread." Kindness lifted up her hands, and besought them not to harm her, but they cut off her hands, and only spared her life under the condition that she would never go near her home again; they then took her beautiful precious mantle from he

ght her in the garden, and to prevent her doing any more damage I was going to turn her out." "Don't lead her away," said the prince; "and who are you, unfortunate girl?" "You have called me right, my lord," said Kindness, "for I am unfortunate, but I am not bad; I am a beggar, but I am of royal blood. I was taken from my father because he loved me most; crippled because I was a good child. That is my story." To this the prince replied, "However dirtily and ragged you are dressed, still it is clear to me that you are not of low birth: your pretty face and polished speech prove it. Follow me; and whatever you have lost you will find in my house." "Your highness, in this nasty, dirty dre

said they; "we thought that she would have been home before us. As she was running after butterflies she got separated f

to two monsters which looked more like puppies than babes; in the morning they gave meat and drink to the messenger, and pressed him to call and see them on his way back, as they would be delighted to see him. He accepted their kind invitation, and promised that he would come to them, and to no one else, on his return. The messenger arrived at the camp and delivered his letter to the king, who was very downcast as he read it; but still he wrote back and said that his wife was not to be blamed; "if it has happened thus how can I help it? don't show her the slightest discourtesy," wrote he. As the messenger went back he slept again in the house of the two old serpent-sisters; they stole the king's letter and wrote in its place: "I want neither children nor mother; see that by the time I come home those monsters be out of my way, so that not even so much as their name remain." When this letter was read every one was very sorry for the poor queen, and couldn't make out why the king was so angry, but there was nothing for it but for the king's orders to be carried out, and so the two pretty babes were put in a sheet and hung round Kindness's neck, and she was sent away. For days and days poor Kindness walked about suffering hunger and thirst, till at last she came to a pretty wood; passing through this she travelled through a valley covered with trees; passing through this at last she saw the great alpine fir-trees at the end of the vale; there she found a clear sp

ople, and they found her at last with her two pretty babes, living with her old father. On inquiry it was also found out where the messenger with the letters had slept and how the letters were changed. Pr

d it to the very end and I have not missed a word out of it. Those of w

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e mountain, at the top of a tall tree, they would fix a long pole, and on it a white handkerchief. They were to keep well in sight of this white flag, and whenever the handkerchief was seen full of blood the one who saw it was to start in search of his brothers, as one of them was in danger. The name of the youngest was Rose; he started off to the left, the other two went to the right. When Rose came to the seventh snow-capped mount and had got far into it he saw a beautiful castle and went in. As he was tired

ff her skin as far as her waist. Rose was now twice as strong as a single giant. The same evening the seven giants killed him again, he himself having killed the servants and wounded several of the giants. Next morning the giants were obliged to go without their servants. Then the serpent came and restored Rose once more, who was now stronger than all the seven giants put together, and was so beautiful that though you could look at the sun you could not look at him. The girl now cast off the serpent's skin altogether and became a most beautiful creature. They told each other the story of their lives. The girl said that she was of royal blood, and that the giants had killed her father and seized his land, that the castle belonged to her father, and that the giants went out every day to plunder the people. She herself had become a snake by the aid of a good old quack nurse, and had made a vow that she would remain a serpent until she had been avenged on the giants, and she knew now tha

of the white flag, and saw that it was quite bloody. He was exceedingly sorry, and said to his love, "I must go in search of m

wn and warm yourself." "Yes," said the voice, "but I'm afraid of the dogs." "Don't be afraid as they won't hurt an honest person." "I believe you," said the voice in the tree, "but still I want you to throw this hair between them; let them smell it first, then they will know me by it." Rose took the hair and threw it into the fire. Down came an old witch from the tree and warmed herself. Then she spitted a toad and began to roast it. As she did so she said to Rose, "This is mine, that is yours," and threw it at him. As Rose couldn't stand this he jumped up, drew his sword, and smote the witch; but lo! the sword turned into a log of wood, and the witch fl

" They told him that soon after they had separated they received the news that the enemy had withdrawn from their country, and they decided to return, and that the elder should und

ur father's throne. You my other brother come with me, and let us two govern the vast country over w

heir hands the government of the vast country which they had delivered from the sway of the giants. Rose and his love got married with the

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ent he met his two brothers, who inquired how he had fared. "You'd better try yourself and you will soon know," replied he. So the second prince tried, but with no better result than his brother. At last the third brother, whose name was Mirkó, went in, and, like his brother, informed the king of the reason of his coming. The king uttered not a word, but seized the sword with even greater fury, and threw it with such vehemence that it entered up to the hilt in the wall of the room: yet Mirkó did not run away, but only dodged the sword, and then pulled it out of the wall and took it back to his royal father, placing it on the table in front of him. Seeing this the king began to speak and said to Prince Mirkó, "My son, I can see that you know more about honour than your two brothers. So I will answer your question. One of my eyes weeps continually because I fret about you that you are such good-for-nothings and not fit to rule; the other laughs continually because in my younger days I had a good comrade, Knight Mezey, with whom I fought in many battles, and he promised me that if he succeeded in vanquishing his enemy he would come and live with me, and we should spend our old age together. I sit at the east window because I expect him to come in that direction; but Knight Mezey, who lives in the Silk Meadow, has so many enemies rising against him every day as there are blades of grass, and he has to cut them down all by himself every day; and until the enemies be extirpated he cannot come and stay with me." With this, Prince Mirkó left his father's room, went back to his brothers, and told t

rince Mirkó sent for the bricklayer on the spot, and went with him to the cellar indicated, found the recess, took the horn, and carried it off with him. He then stood in the hall of the royal residence and blew it, facing east, west, south, and north. In a short time he heard the tingle of golden bells begin to sound, increasing till the whole town rang with the noise; and lo! through the gates of the royal residence beautiful golden-haired horses came trooping in. Then he saw, even at the distance, the mare with the crooked legs and shaggy coat, and as she came, the last, great Heavens! as she came through the gates she whisked the heel-post with her tail with such force that the whole building shook to its very foundation. The moment the stud had got into the royal courtyard he went to the crooked-legged shaggy-coated mare, caught her, had her taken to the royal stables, and made it known that he intended to try his fortune with her. The mare said "Quite right, my prince; but first you will have to give me plenty of oats, because it would be difficult to go a long journey without food." "What sort of food do you wish? Because whatever my father possesses I will willingly give to you," said the prince. "Very well, my prince," said the mare; "but it is not usual to feed a horse just before you start on a journey, but some time beforehand." "Well, I can't do much at present," said the prince; "but whatever I've got you shall have with pleasure." "Well, then, bring me a bushel of barley at once, and have it emptied into my manger." Mirkó did this; and when she had eaten the barley she made him fetch a bushel of millet; and when she had eaten that she said, "And now bring me half a bushel of burning cinders, and empty them into my manger." When she had eaten these she turned to a beautiful golden-haired animal like to the morning-star. "Now, my prince," said she, "go to the king and ask him to give you the saddle he used when he rode me in his younger days." Prince Mirkó went to the old king and

r master," said the mare, "that's the bridge from which your eldest brother carried off part of the flooring: can't you see the vacant place?" "Yes, I can see it," said the prince, "and where shall we go now?" "Shut your eyes and I will carry you;" with this, she started off like a flash of lightning, and in a few moments a

olden bridge, and at each end, on this side and that, four immense and fierce lions. How are we to get over this?" "Don't take any notice of them," said the mare, "I will settle with them, you shut your eyes." Prince Mirkó shut his eyes, the mare darted off like a swift falcon, an

worry yourself, dear master, as I still have the very shoes on my hoofs which your fat

aid the mare, "we have to get over that, but the passage is so difficult that if my foot slips the least bit either way we shall perish, but rely on me. Shut your eyes and grasp hold of me, and I will do it." With this the mare started and in another moment she again stamped on the ground and said, "Open your eyes! What can you see?" "I can see," said Prince Mirkó, "behind me, in the distance, some faint light and in front of me such a thick darkness that I cannot even see my finger before me." "Well, my dear master, we have to get through this also. Shut your eyes, and g

ot even a fly could settle on him. "Well," thought Prince Mirkó to himself, "this fellow must be a brave knight, but I could kill him while he sleeps; however, it would not be an honourable act to kill a sleeping knight, and I will wait till he wakes." With this he walked out o

ached a glass rock, to which they followed the twelve knights, Prince Mirkó being the nearest to them. On the top of the rock there was a beautiful open space, towards which the knights rode and Prince Mirkó after them on his mare, when all at once they all disappeared, as if the earth had swallowed them; seeing this, Prince Mirkó rode to the spot where they disappeared, where he found a trap-door, and under the door a deep hole and a spiral staircase. The mare without hesitation jumped into the hole, which was the entrance to the infernal regions. Prince Mirkó, looking round in Hades, suddenly discerned a glittering diamond castle, which served the lower regions instead of the sun, and saw that the twelve knights were riding towards it; so he darted after them, and, calling out "Sword, come out of thy scabbard," he slashed off the twelve knights' heads in a moment, and, riding to the castle, he heard such a hubbub and clattering that the whole place resounded with it: he jumped off his horse, and walked into the castle, when lo! there was an old diabolical-looking witch, who was weaving and making the clattering noise, and the whole building was now full of soldiers, whom the devilish witch produced by weaving. When she threw the shuttle to the right, each time two hussars on horseback jumped out from the shuttle, and when she threw it to the left, each time two foot soldiers jumped from it fully equipped. When he saw this, he ordered his sword out of its scabbard, and cut down all the soldiers present. But the old witch wove others again, so Prince Mirkó thought to himself, if this goes on, I shall never get out of this place, so he ordered his sword to cut up into little pieces the old witch, and then he carried out the whole bleeding mass into the courtyard, where he found a heap of wood: he placed the mass on it, put a light t

efore I should like you to come with me to my royal father, who has been expecting you for a very long time." With this they got on their horses, and started off in the direction of the old king's realm, and arrived safely at the very spot on the glass rock where Mirkó had jumped down. Knight Mezey stopped here, and said to Prince Mirkó: "My dear brother, I cannot go further than this, because the diamond nails of my horse's shoes have bee

ince Mirkó, open your eyes. What do you see?" "I see," said the Prince, "a diamond castle, six stories high, that glitters so that one can't look at it, although one could look at the sun." "Well, Doghead lives there," said the mare, "and that is his royal castle." Prince Mirkó rode close under the window and shouted loudly: "Doghead! are you at home? Come out, because I have to reckon with you." Doghead himself was not at home, but his daughter was there-such a beautiful royal princess, whose like one could not find in the whole world. As she sat in the window doing some needlework, and heard the high shrill voice, she looked through the window in a great rage, and gave him such a look with her beautiful flashing black eyes, that Prince Mirkó and his mare at once turned into a stone statue. However, she began to think that perhaps the young gentleman might be some prince who had come to see her; so she repented that she had transformed him into a stone statue so quickly; and ran down to him, took out a golden rod, and began to walk round the stone statue, and tapped its sides with her gold rod, and lo! the stone crust began to crack, and fell off, and all at once Prince Mirkó and his mare stood alive in front of her. Then the princess asked; "Who are you? and what is your business?" And Mirkó told her that he was a prince, and had come to see the Princess of Doghead. The princess slightly scolded him for shouting for her father so roughly through the window, but at the same time fell in love with Prince Mirkó on the spot, and asked him to come into her diamond castle, which was six stories high, and received him well. However, while feasting, Prince Mirkó during the conversation confessed

evour you," shouted Doghead to the horse. "I have ridden you for the last six hundred years, and up to this time you have never stumbled once. What's the reason that you begin to stumble now?" "Alas! my dear master," said his horse, "there must be something serious the matter at home, because some one has thrown back your mace that you threw home, and I stumbled over it." "There's nothing the matter," said Doghead; "I dreamt six hundred years ago that I would have to fight Prince Mirkó, and it is he who is at my castle; but what is he to me? I have more strength in my little finger than he in his whole body." With this he darted off at a great speed and appeared at the castle. Prince Mirkó was awaiting Doghead in the courtyard of the fortress. The latter, seeing Prince Mirkó, galloped straight to him and said, "Well, Mirkó. I know that you are waiting for me. Here I am. How do you wish me to fight you? With swords? or shall we wrestle?" "I don't care how; just as you please," said Mirkó. "Then let us try swords first," said Doghead, and, getting off his horse, they stood up, and both ordered out their swords. "Swords, come out of the scabbards." The two swords flew out of the scabb

n the pretty princess jumped down from her horse, handed the reins to Mirkó, took out a diamond rod, and commenced to walk round the diamond castle, gently beating the sides of it with the diamond rod, and the castle began to shrink and shrunk as small as a sentry box, and then the princess jumped inside of it, and the whole shrivelled up into a golden apple, the diamond rod lying by the side of it. Prince Mirkó picked up the golden apple and the diamond rod, and put them into his pocket, and then got on horseback, and, taking Doghead's horse by the bridle, he rode quietly home. Having arrived at home, Mirkó had the horses put in the stables, and then walked into the royal palace, where he found the old king and Knight Mezey quite content and enjoying themselves. He reported to them that he had conquered even Doghead, and that he had killed him; but the old king and Knight Mezey doubted his words. Therefore Prince Mirkó took them both by their arms, and said to them, "Come along with me, and you can satisfy yourselves, with your own eyes, that I have conquered Doghead, because I have brought away with me, not only his diamond castle, six stories high, but also his beautiful daughter, inside it, as a trophy of my victory." The old king and Knight Mezey were astonished at his words, and, still doubting, followed Mirkó, who took them in

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ot having shown them his true position, and thus having not got a proper bed. They believed, therefore, that he was a prince, and treated him accordingly. Next night they made his bed in the same place, but in right royal style. As the student had not slept the night before, the moment he put his head down he began to sleep like a pumpkin, and never even moved till dawn. He had no trouble with his peas this time, for he had tied them up in the corner of his handkerchief as he picked them up from under the bed. The spy reported to the king next morning that the traveller slept soundly all night. They now firmly believed that the student simply dressed up as such, but in reality was a prince. They tried to persuade him that he was a prince, and addressed him as such. The king's daughter ran after the student to get into his favour, and it didn't take much to make him fall in love with her, and so the two got married. They had lived a whole year together, when they were sent off to travel in order that the student-king might show his wife his realm. The student was very frightened that he might not get out of his trouble so well, and grew more and more alarmed, till at last he accepted his fate. "Let come whatever is to come," thought he, "I will go with them, and then, if nothing else can be done, I can escape, and go back to college," for he had carried his student's gown with him everywhere. They started off and travelled till they came to a large forest. The student slipped aside into a deep ditch, where he undressed, in order to put on his student's clothes and to escape. Now there was a dragon with seven heads lazily lying there, who accosted him thus: "Who are you? What are you looking for here? What do you want?" The student told him his whole history, and also that he was just going to run away. "There is no need to run away," said the dragon, "that would be a pity, continue your journey; when you get out of this wood you will see a copper fortress, which swivels on a goose's leg. G

up my mind to enter, so let me know

ed out, ground, kneaded into dough, and then seven times running they put it in a fiery oven, each time before its mates: "If you can stand all this," concluded the loaf, "then I'll let you in, but on no other condition." The dragon, knowing that h

ell as that student I would becom

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dding-party got very vexed, and, as they were rather flushed with wine, gave him a good drubbing, and told him that the next time he saw such a ceremony he was to put his hat on the end of his stick, lift it high in the air, and shout for joy. He went on further till he came to the outskirts of a forest, where he met some butcher-like looking people who were driving fat pigs, whereupon he seized his hat, put it on the end of his stick, and began to shout: which so frightened the pigs that they rushed off on all sides into the wood; the butchers got hold of him and gave him a sound beating, and told him that the next time he saw such a party he was to say, "May the Lord bless you with two for every one you have." He went on again and saw a man clearing out the weeds from his field, and greeted him, "My brother, may the Lord bless you with two for every one you have." The man, who was very angry about the weeds, caught him and gave him a sound beating, and told him that the next time he saw such things he had better help to pull out one or two. In another place he met two men fighting, so he went up an

worked she hissed at him. Thinking that the bird was saying, that it was going to betray him to his wife, he asked it two or three times, "Will you split?" Going up to the goose, it hissed still more, so he caught hold of it by the neck, and dashed it upon the ground with such force that it died on the spot. He was now more frightened than ever, and in order to amend his error he plucked off the feathers, rolled himself about in the floury mess, then amongst the feathers, and then sat on the nest as if he were sitting. His wife came home, and, as she found the cellar door wide open, she went down stairs, and found her husband sitting in the nest and hissing like a goose; but his wife soon recognised him, and, picking up a log of wood, she attacked him, saying, "Good Heavens, what an animal, let

rmer said, "Promise me then that you will make me a rich man, and then I will let you out." Death promised him this, and they agreed that the man was to be a doctor, and whenever Death

eath standing at her feet. He burnt a stack of hay, and made a bath for her of the ashes, and she recovered so soon as she had bathed in it. The king made him so many presents that he became a very rich man: he removed to the town, brought his wife there, and lived in gre

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girl asked him, "Would you mind telling me, my gallant horseman, what sort of a God's wonder that yonder is?" "Well, my sister," said the soldier, "that is a cray-fish." The servant then took courage, and went near the cray-fish to look at it, and said, "But it crawls!" "But it's a cray-fish," said the soldier again. "But it crawls," said the servant abruptly. "But it's a cray-fish," said the soldier a third time. "Wel

on why you have done all the damage?" said the priest's wife. "Oh, mistress, how could I give in when I saw quite well that it was a-crawling; and still that nasty soldier kept on saying it was a cray-fish?" The wife of the priest was heating the oven, as she was going to bake, and she got into such a rage that she seized her new fur jacket, for which she had given a hundred florins, and pitched it into the oven, saying, "May the flames of the fire burn me like this if you were not both great fools!" "What is all this smell of burning?" asked the priest, coming in. Learning what

h-box and dashed it on the ground in the middle of the yard, so that the box was broken to pieces, and the precious altar-covers and li

whatever's the matter?" Then they told him what had happened, and why, whereupon he picked up all the covers and linen an

ther and set the priest's house on fire, crying, "May the flames of the fir

similarity in the sound of the words in

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ning away; I myself went into the mill to call the miller to assist me in carrying in the wheat. I couldn't find a soul in the mill. I looked around, under the bed, behind the oven, and saw that the green jug was not on it's peg; from this I knew that the mill was away gathering strawberries, so I thought, if this were so, I should have to wait patiently till it returned, but then I remembered that it was not its custom to hurry back, and by the time it got back my hair might be grey, and then it would be difficult for oxen to wait from year to year as I had not brought aught for them to feed on. So I rushed after it at a dog's trot, out on to the mount, and found it sniffing about the shrubs, so I cut a jolly good stick and began to bang it on both sides as hard as my strength allowed me, till I happened to hit it rather hard with the stick, and, having struck it, I could hear it far away as it began to move down in the valley, and it ground away and made such a clatter; it

, so I doubled it up, then it not only reached, but trailed on the ground. I began to glide down it, but a beetle aloft sawed it in two where it was tied to the bough, and down I dropped rope and all; but while I was falling to the ground, in the meantime, the young starlings in my breast got their feathers, took to their wings, and flew away with me. When we were flying over the river Olt, some women who were washing rags on the bank began to shout, "What the fiery thunderbolt is the boy doing that he flies so well? If he drops he will drop straight in the river and drown." I saw they were all staring at me, but from the chirping of the young starlings I couldn't clearly hear what they shouted: so I thought they were shouting that I should untie the waist-band of my shirt. I untied the waist-band of my shirt below the garter that tied my socks: with this

vain to break the ice with my heel, and then with a stone, but did not succeed, as the ice was a span thick; so I took the skull from my head and broke the ice with it easily. I scooped up water with it, and had a hearty drink. I went to the hedge and swung myself over by the hair into the road; then I untied the grey, got on the bay, and galloped off on the chestnut, over stile and ditch, so that my hair flew on the wind. In one place I passed two men. As I overtook them, they called out after me: "Where's your head, my boy?" I immediately felt my back, and lo! my head was not there; so I galloped back at a quick dog-trot to the spring. What did I see? My skull felt lonely without me, and had so much sense that as I forgot it there, it had made a neck, hands, waist, and feet, for itself out of the mud, and I caught it sliding on the ice. Well! I wasn't a bad hand at sliding myself, so I slid after it as fast as I could. But it knew better than I did, and so I couldn't possibly catch it. My good God! What could I do? I was very much frightened that I was really going to be left without a head but I remembered something, and thought to myself: "Never mind, skull, don't strain yourself, you can't outdo me." So I hurriedly made a greyhound out of mud, and set it after my skull. He caught it in a jiffy, and brought it to me. I took it and put it on: I went to the hedge,

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as they went, till they came to the swift stream; the baa-lambs crossed it, and the lad followed them; but the moment he entered the water the swift current swept off his clothes and shrivelled his flesh, so that, when he got to the other side, he was only skin and bones; so soon as he reached the other bank the baa-lambs turned back and began to blow on him, and his body was at once fairer than it ever was before. The baa-lambs started off again till they came to a large meadow where the grass was so high that it was ready for the scythe, and still the cattle grazing on it were so ill-fed that a breath of wind would have blown them away; the baa-lambs went on to another meadow which was quite barren, and the cattle there had nothing to eat, yet they were as fat as butter; thence the baa-lambs went into a huge forest, and there, on every tree, was such a lamentation and crying and weeping as one could not conceive of; the lad looked to see what the meaning of the loud crying could be, and lo, on every bough there was a young sparrow, quite naked! and all were weeping and crying. From here the baa-lambs went sauntering on till they came to a vast garden; in this garden there were two dogs fighting, so that the foam ran from their mouths; still they could not harm each other. The baa-lambs went on further till they came to a great lake, and there the lad saw a woman in the lake, scooping with a spoon something from the water incessantly, and still she was not able to scoop the thing up. From there the baa-lambs went further, and, as they went, he saw a brook of beautiful, running water, clear like crystal, and, as he was very thirsty, he had half a mind to drink of it, but, thinking that the spring-head was very much better, he went there, and saw that the water was bubbling out of the mouth of a rotting dead dog, which so frightened him that he did not taste a drop. From there the baa-lambs went into another garden, which was so wonderfully pretty that human eye had never seen the like before. Flowers of every kind were blooming, but the baa-lambs left them untouched, only eating the green grass, and, as they ate, he sat down under the shade of a beautiful flowering tree in order to partake of some food, when suddenly he saw that a beautiful white pigeon was fluttering about in front of him; he took his small blunderbuss, which he had with him, and shot at the pigeon, knocking off a feather, but the pigeon flew away; he picked up the feather and put it in his bag. From thence the baa-lambs started off home, the lad following them. When they arrived, the old man asked: "Well, my son, and how did the baa-lambs go?" "They went very well," answered the lad, "I had no trouble with them. I had merely to walk after them." As he said this, the old man asked him: "Well, my son, tell me where yo

finger was missing from the old man's hand; with this, the old man placed the feather there, blew upon it, and the finger was once more all right. In the meantime the year came to an end-for if I may mention it here the year consisted of but three days then-so the old man said to the lad: "Well, my son, the year is now ended; hand me over the bag, and then you can go. But first let me ask you would you rather have heaven, or so much gold as you can carry home?" To this the lad replied that he did not wish for gold, but only desired to be abl

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lace-if I may interrupt myself, they were the oxen of a fairy. When the lad arrived at his father's house, his other brothers asked him: "What sort of a place have you found?" "What sort of a place!" replied he, "go yourself, and you will soon find out." The middle son set out, and just as he was going over the snow-clad mountain he met the old man, who engaged him on the spot as his servant, and promised him a bushel of wheat, as he had done before. They went to the old man's home, and he fared just as his elder brother had done. At dawn on the third day, when he had to plough for himself, he got frightened at the sight of the vast number of shrubs, which no human being could have ploughed up in the stated time. So he went home too, and on his way he met his younger brother, who asked him: "What sort of a place have you found, my dear elder brother?" "What sort of a place had I? Get up out of the ashes, and go yourself, and you will soon find out." Now let me tell you that this boy was continually sitting among the ashes. He was a lazy, ne'er-do-weel fellow; but now he got up, and shook the ashes from him and said: "Well, my mother, bake me a cake also: as my brothers have tried their fortune let me try mine." But his brothers said: "Oh! you ash-pan! Supposing you were required to do nothing else but eat, you would not be good enough even for that." But still he insisted, that his mother should bake something for him. So his mother set to work and baked him a cake of some inferior bran, and with this he set out. As he went over the boundless snow-clad mountain, in the midst of it he met the old man and greeted him: "The Lord bless you, my old father!" "The Lord bless you, my son! Where are you going?" "I am going out to service, if I can find an employer." "Well, you are the very man I want; I am in

o? let's go reaping." "Where, my son?" "Well, father, for my last year's service I had a bushel of wheat given to me for sowing, it has got ripe by this time, so let us go and reap it." So all four (his father, h

d there he found the fire which he had seen before, and lo! it was such a heap of burning wood that the flames nearly reached heaven: he approached it and when he drew near the burning heap he saw that a man was lying curled round the fire, his head resting on his feet, and that he was covered with a large cloak: then thought the lad, "Shall I lie down inside or outside of the circle formed by the body of the man?" If he lay outside he would catch cold; if he lay inside he would be scorched, he thought; so he crept into the sleeve of the cloak, and there fell asleep. In the morning when the sun arose, the big man awoke, he yawned wide, and got up from the fire; as he rose the youngster dropt out of his sleeve on to the ground: the giant looked at him (because I forgot to tell you it wasn't a man, it was a giant), and was very much pleased at the sight; he quickly picked him up, took him into his arms, and carried him into his palace, (and even there put him into the best room) and put him to bed, covered him up well, and crept out of the room on tiptoe lest he should wake him. When he heard that the youngster was awake, he called to him through the open door, "Don't be afraid, my dear son, I am a big man it is true, but notwithstanding I will be to thee like thy father, in thy father's place; like thy mother, in thy mother's place." With this he entered the room, and the poor lad stared into the giant's eyes, as if he were looking up to the sky. Suddenly the giant asked him how he got there, and the lad told him the whole tale. "Well, my dear little son, I will give you everything that your

ree beautiful fairy girls. They undressed, laid their dresses on the bank, and went into the lake; in short, the lad fared with the second as with the first-he couldn't resist the temptation of looking back when the beautiful fairy kept imploring him, as the sweet love of her heart, to gaze at her beautiful skin and breasts. He looked back, was slapped in the face as before, and lost the fairy dress. He went home again, very sad, to his giant father, and told him how he had fared; and the giant said in reply: "Never mind, don't bother yourself, my son, three are the divine truths; there is one more left for you; you can try again to-morrow, but only be very careful not to look back this time." Next day he couldn't wait till noon, but went and hid himself under the oak very early, and had to wait a long, long time. At last the white pigeons arrived, turned somersaults as before, and put their dresses on the bank, whilst they themselves went into the lake. Out he rushed from his hiding-place, snatched up the youngest's dress, and ran away with it. But the fairy noticed that her dress was gone, and rushed out of the lake after him like a hurricane, calling out incessantly: "Stop! sweet love of my heart, look how beautifully white my skin is! See how beautifully white are my breasts.

he ordered the carriage and horses to go back, at once, to where they had come from, and in a moment they disappeared, and there was no trace of them left. They then went into the house, but the giant remained outside, and he drew in the dust figures of a priest, and a cantor, and guests, and they appeared at once. All went into the house, and the young folks got wed, and a great wedding feast was celebrated. There was the bridegroom's best man, and the groom's men, and the bride's duenna, and all her bridesmaids, and the wedding fe

she settled upon the top of it, the people looking on in wonder and astonishment; then she called out that she wanted to see her husband as she wished to say a word or two to him, but the sleeping draught had not yet lost its power, and they could not wake him, so they carried him out in a sheet and put him under the tree and the pigeon dropped a tear on his face; in a minute he awoke. "Can you hear me, sweet love of my heart?" asked the pigeon, "if you ever want to meet me seek for me in the town of Johara, in the country of Black Sorrow," with this she spread her wings and flew away. Her husband gazed after her for a while and then became so grieved that his heart nearly broke. What was he to do now? He took leave of all and went and hid himself. When he got outside of the gate he suddenly remembered what the giant had told him about calling to memory one of the horses; he no sooner did so than it appeared all ready saddled; he jumped upon it and thought he would like to be at the giant's gate. In a moment he was there and the giant came out to meet him. "Well, my dear son, didn't I tell you not to give that nut to anyone?" The poor lad replied, in great sorrow, "Well, my dear father, what am I to do now?" "Well, what did Fairy Elizabeth say when she took leave of you?" "She said that if ever I wished to meet her again I was to go to the town of Johara, in the country of Black Sorrow." "Alas, my son!" said the giant, "I have never even heard the name, so how could I direct you there? Be still, and come and live with me, and get on as well as you can." But the poor lad said that he would go, and he must go, in search of his wife as far as his eye could see. "Well, if you wish to go, there are two more children of my parents left, an elder brother and an elder sister. Take this; here's a mace. We three children couldn't divide it amongst us, so it was left with me. They will know by this that I have sent you; go first to my elder brother, he is the king of all creeping things; perhaps he may be able to help you." With this he drew in the dust the figure of a colt three years old, and bade him sit on it, filled his bag with provisions, and recommended him to the Lord. The lad went on and on, over seven times seven countries, and even beyond them; he went on till the colt got so old that it lost all its teeth; at last he arrived at the residence of the king of all creeping things, went in, and greeted him, "May the Lord give you a good day, my dear father!" And the old man replied, "The Lord has brought you, my son. What is your errand?" And he replied, "I want to go to the country of Black Sorrow, into the town of Johara if ever I can find it." "Who are you?" asked the old man. With this he showed him the mace, and the king at once recognised it and said, "Ah, my dear son, I never heard the name of that town. I wish you had come last night, because all my animals were here to greet me. But stay, I will call them together again to-morrow morning, and we shall then see whether they can give us any information." Next morning the old man got up very early, took a whistle and blew it three times, and, in the twinkling of an eye all the creeping things that existed in the world came forward. He asked them, one by one, whether they knew aught of the town of Johara in the country of Black Sorrow. But they all answered that they had never seen it, and never even heard its name. So the poor lad was very sad, and did not know what to do. He went outside to saddle his horse, but the poor brute had died of old age. So the old man at once drew another in the dust, and it was again a colt three years old. He saddled it for him, filled his bag with provisions, and gave him directions where to find his elde

she. "Surely you don't expect me to be your wife; an old bent, shrivelled-up man like you. I will give you meat and drink, and then in heaven's name go back to where you have come from." Hearing this the poor man became very sad and didn't know what to do, and began to cry bitterly; but in the meantime (not letting him know) Fairy Elizabeth had ordered her maids to go out at once and gather all sorts of rejuvenating plants, and to bring some youth-giving water, and to prepare a bath for him as quickly as possible. Then she turned to the old man again, and, in order to chaff him, said, "How can you wish a beautiful young girl like me to marry such an ugly old man as you? Be quick, eat, drink, and go back to where you have come from." In his sorrow the poor man's heart was nearly broken, when all at once Fairy Elizabeth said to him, "Well, dearest love of my youth, so that you may not say that I am ungrateful to y

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birds ever come?" asked the wolf, "you can go no further, because I and my whelps will tear you in pieces." "Don't harm us, wolf!" said the princes, "but rather, let's have your whelps to go as our servants." "I will tear you to pieces," howled the wolf, and attacked them; but the princes overcame the wolf, and took the three whelps with them. They went and went further into the vast forest and met a bear with three cubs, the next day. "What are you doing here, princes, where not even a bird comes?" asked the bear; "you can go no further, because I and my cubs will tear you in pieces." "Don't harm us, bear," said the princes, "but rather let's have your three cubs to come as our servants." "I will tear you in pieces," roared the bear, and attacked them, but the princes overcame the bear, and took the three cubs with them. Again they went into the vast forest, and met a lioness and her three cubs, on the thi

owards the town. As soon as the Red Knight had gone the three dogs woke, and, seeing that their master had been murdered, began to howl in their sorrow. "If we only had a rope, so that we could tie him together. I know of a weed which would bring him to life again," said the wolf. "If we only knew how to tie him together, I would soon get a rope," said the lion. "I would tie him together if I had a rope," said the bear; whereupon the lion ran to the town, the wolf went in search of the weed, and the bear remained behind to guard his master's body. The lion rushed into a ropemaker's and roared, "Give me a rope, or I will tear you in pieces." The ropemaker, in his fright, produced all the rope he had, and the lion rushed off with a coil. In the meantime the wolf also returned with the weed, and the bear tied the prince's body together, and the wolf anointed him. When, all at once, the prince woke, and, rubbing his eyes, stood up. "Well, I have slept a long time," said the prince, and as he saw that the sun was setting he returned to the town with his servants, and, as he again passed in front of the royal palace, he saw the princess once more, who looked at him, smiling this time. The prince again took his night's lodging with the old woman, and, as he got up next morning, the whole town was covered with red cloth. "Why is the whole town covered with red, now?" asked the prince. "Because the Red Knight killed the dragon, and saved the royal princess, and he is to be married to her to-day," replied the old woman. The prince thereupon went into the palace, into which crowds of people were streaming. The king was just leading the Red Knight to his daughter, and said, "Here, my daughter, this is the hero who killed the dragon, and only the hoe and the spade will separate him from you from this day." "My royal father," said the princess, "that isn't the man that killed the dragon, and therefore I cannot be his wife." "He did kill him," shouted the king, "and, in proof of it, he brought the drago

yful commemoration of the event they celebrated such a wedding that the yellow juice flowed f

d, still shivering with cold, "I'm afraid to come down, because your dogs will kill me; but if you will strike them with this rod, which I throw down to you, they will not touch me." And the good prince, never thinking that the old woman was a witch, struck his servants with the rod, who, without him noticing it, turned into stone. Seeing this, the old woman came down from the tree, and, having prepared a branch as a spit, she caught a toad. She drew it on

is elder brother, and went to the palace. The princess, mistaking him for her husband in her joy, threw her arms round his neck. "Charming princess, I am not your husband," said the prince, "but your husband's younger brother." The princess, however, would not believe him, as she could not imagine how one man could so resemble another; therefore she chatted with him the whole day, as if with her husband, and, night having set in, he had to get into the same bed with her. The prince, however, placed his unsheathed sword between himself and his sis

ng the next morning. Having become tired, he made a fire, and began to fry some bacon, when the witch threw him the rod; but the prince luckily discovered in the thicket the six petrified dogs, and instead of touching his own dogs with the rod, he touched those which had been turned into stone, and all six came to life again. The witch was not aware of this and came down from the tree, and the brutes seized her on the spot, and compelled her to bring their masters to life again. Then the two princes

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her ordered him to tell what it was he had dreamt, but he was silent. As fair words were of no avail the old man tried threats, but without success. Then he began to beat the lad. "To flee is shameful, but very useful," they say. The lad followed this good advice, and ran away, his father after him with a stick. As they reached the street the king was just passing down the high road, in a carriage drawn by six horses with golden hair and diamond shoes. The king stopped, and asked the father why he was ill-treating the lad. "Your Majesty, because he won't tell me his dream." "Don't hurt him, my good man," said the monarch; "I'll tell you what, let the lad go with me, and take this purse; I am anxious to know his dream, and will take him with me." The father consented, and the king continued his journey, taking the lad with him. Arriving at home, he commanded the lad to appear before him, and questioned him about his dream, but the lad would not tell him. No imploring, nor threatening, would

d not do this, his country should be filled with as many Tartars as there were blades of grass in the land; that he should be impaled; and his daughter become the Tartar-chief's wife. The king on hearing this news was very much alarmed, held a council of all the wise men in his realm, but all in vain: and the whole court was in sorrow and mourning. The princess, too, was sad, and when she took the food to her sweetheart she did not smile as usual, but her eyes were filled with tears: he seeing this inquired the cause; the p

, which shook it to its very foundation, like an earthquake; and great was the terror of the people, which was still more increased when they found that the Tartar monarch's previous threats were written on the feathers of the arrow, which threats were to be carried out if the king had nobody who could draw out the arrow and shoot it back. The king was more downcast than ever, and never slept a wink: he called together all the heroes of his realm, and every child born under a lucky star, who was born either with a caul or with a tooth, or with a grey lock; he promised to the successful one, half of his realm and his daughter, if he fulfilled the Tartar king's wish. The princess told the lad, in sad distress, the cause of her latest grief, and he asked her to have the secret opening closed, so that their love might not be found out, and that no trace be left; and then she was to say, that she dreamt that the l

seeing that all were attired alike, at once discovered the ruse; but, in order that he might not betray his ignorance, did not dare to inquire who the wise and powerful knight was, but trusted to his mother, who had magic power, to find him out. For this reason the magic mother put them all in the same bedroom for the night, she concealing herself in the room. The guests lay down, when one of them remarked, with great satisfaction, "By Jove! what a good cellar the monarch has!" "His wine is good, indeed," sa

man's milk in it." When they went to sleep, she cut off the end of the moustache from the knight who slept in the bed where the voice came from, and made this sign known to her son; but the knights were more on

e nights." "Very well, my lad, now I wish you to prove your words. Tell me, then, how is it possible there can be human blood in my wine?" "Call your cupbearer, your majesty, and he will explain it to you," said the lad. The official appeared hastily, and told the king how, when filling the tankards with the wine in question, he cut his finger with his knife, and thus the blood got into the wine. "Then how is it that there is woman's milk in my bread?" asked the monarch. "Call the woman who baked the bread, and she will tell," said the lad. The woman was questioned, and narrated that she was nursing a baby, and that milk had collected in her breasts; and as she was kneading the dough, the breast began to run, and some milk dropped into it. The magic mother had previously informed her son, when telling him what happened the three nights, and now confirmed her previous confession th

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t dared to offend him openly, but in secret the pot was boiling for him. One cold autumn the great king arrived at the royal palace from the camp with Csabor Ur, the palace standing on the bank of a large sheet of water, and before they had taken the saddles off the stallions the great king thus addressed Csabor Ur: "My lad, rest yourself during the night, and at dawn, as soon as day breaks, hurry off with your most trusty men into Roumania beyond the snow-covered mountains to old Demeter, because I hear that my Roumanian neighbours are not satisfied with my friendship, and are intriguing with the Turks: find out, my lad, how many weeks the world will last there (what's the news?) and warn the old fox to mind his tail, because I may perhaps send him a rope instead of the archiepiscopal pallium." Csabor Ur received the grand king's order with great joy, and, having taken leave of Dame Margit (Margaret), dashed off on his bay stallion over the sandy plains to the banks of the Olt, and from there he crossed over during a severe frost beyond the snow-covered mountains; he arr

traitors. Whereupon the bishop ordered a stool to be placed on the steps of the altar, sat down, and administered the oath to all present. Only one man, in a brown fur-cloak, did not budge from the side of the stoup. The bishop, therefore, addressed him thus: "Then who are you? Why don't you come to me?" But the dark cloak did not move, and the bishop at once knew who it was and ordered the man to be bound; whereupon the multitude rushed forward to carry out his command. Thereupon the man dropped his brown cloak; and, behold, Csabor Ur stood erect-like a dark pine-with knitted brows and flashing eyes, holding in his right hand a copper mace with a gilt handle, his left resting on a broad two-edged sword. The mul

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sfied as if he had then handed them the key of happiness. The three lads went on and walked into Hungary; and their first desire was to learn Hungarian, in accord with their father's direction. The moment they stepped over the border they met a man, who inquired where they were going? They informed him, "to learn Hungarian." "Don't go any further, my lads," said the man, "the school year consists of three days with me, at the end of which you will have acquired the requisite knowledge." The three lads stayed; and at the end of the three days one of them had happily learned by heart the words "we three"; the other, "for a cheese"; and the third, "that's right." The three Slovák lads were delighted, and wouldn't learn any more; and so they continued on their journey. They walked till they came to a forest, where they found a murdered man by the road-side; they looked at him, an

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rl, beware!" said the bird. But the girl, dazzled by the glitter, and drawn on by her curiosity, again began to mount the stairs, counting them, without heeding the bird's words. "One hundred," again said the girl, as she tarried on the next landing, but still no one was to be seen, but thinking that she might find some one she opened the first door, which revealed a splendour quite beyond all she had ever imagined, a sight such as she had never seen before, but still no one appeared. She went into another room and there amongst other furniture she also found three bedsteads, "this is the three young men's bedroom," she thought, and went on. The next room into which she stepped was full of weapons of every possible description; the girl stared and went on, and then she came to a large hall which was full of all sorts of garments, clerical, military, civilian, and also women's dresses. She went on still further and in the next room she found a female figure, made up of razors, which, with extended arms as it seemed, was placed above a deep hole. The girl was horror-struck at the sight and her fear drove her back; trembling she went back through the rooms again, but when she came into the bedroom she heard male voices. Her courage fled and she could go no further, but hearing some footsteps approach she crept under one of the beds. The men entered, whom she recognised as the three sons of the count, bringing with them a beautiful girl, whom the trembling girl recognised by her voice as a dear friend; they stripped her of all, and as they could not take off a diamond ring from her little finger, one of the men chopped it off and the finger rolled under the bed where the girl lay concealed. One of the men began to look for the ring when another said "You will find it some other time," and so he left off looking for it

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l exertions and inquiries, he could not find the speaking grapes, the smiling apple, and tinkling apricot. He was very sad that he could not get what his youngest daughter wished, for she was his favourite; and he went home. It happened, however, that the royal carriage stuck fast on the way home, although his horses were of the best breed, for they were such high steppers that they kicked the stars. So he at once sent for extra horses to drag out the carriage; but all in vain, the horses couldn't move either way. He gave up all hope, at last, of getting out of the position, wh

he king, seeing that deceit was of no avail, sent down his daughter, as promised, but dressed in ragged, dirty tatters, thinking that she would not please the pig; but the animal grunted in great joy, seized the girl, and placed her in the wheelbarrow. Her father wept that, through a careless promise, he had brought his favourite daughter to such a fate. The pig went on and on with the sobbing girl, till, after a long journey, it stopped before a dirty pig-stye and grunted, "Gru

h great affection. "I am your husband, if you accept me, and whatever you see here belongs to you," said he; and after breakfast led her into a beautiful garden. The girl did not know whether it was a dream she saw or reality, and answered all the questions put to her by the young man with evasive and chaffing replies. At this moment they came to that part of the garden which was laid out as an orchard, and the bunches of grapes began to speak "Our beautiful queen, pluck some of us." The apples smiled at her continuously, and the apricots tinkled a beautiful silvery tune. "

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to her. The old woman provided them with the necessaries for the journey as well as she could, and before taking leave of her guests, gave them an orange each, with instructions to cut them open only in the neighbourhood of water, else they would suffer great, very great damage. The three princes started on their way again, and the eldest not being able to restrain his curiosity as to what sort of fruit it could be, or to conceive what harm could possibly happen if he

at sort of girl there could be inside, he cut his orange; and lo! a girl, very much more beautiful than the first, stepped out of it, and called out for water, in order to save her life. He had previously sent his brother to what he thought was a lake; and, as he could not wait for his return wi

he came to the neighbourhood of some town, where he found a well. He had no doubt that there was a girl in his orange also, so he took courage, and cut it; and, indeed, a girl, who was a hundred times prettier than the first two, came out of it. She called out for water, and the p

hed the pretty girl into the well, taking her place in the tree, when the pretty girl sank. The next moment a beautiful little gold fish appeared swimming in the water; the gipsy woman recognised it as the girl, and, being afraid that it might be dangerous to her, tried to catch it, when suddenly the prince appeared with the costly dresses, so she at once laid her plans to deceive him: the prince immediately noticed the difference between her and the girl he had left; but she succeeded in making him believe that for a time after

ul than before. It happened, however, that one scale of the fish had been cast out in the courtyard with the water, and from it a beautiful tree began to grow; the princess noticed it and found out the reason, how the tree got there, and again fell ill, and said that she could not get better until they burnt the tree, and cooked her someth

keyhole, to see what would happen. As soon as everything became quiet in the house, the woman saw that the lid of the milk jug which was standing in the window, began to move with gentle noise, and in a few moments a beautiful fairy stepped out of it, who first combed her golden tresses, and performed her toilet, and afterwards put the whole house in order. The woman, in order to trap the fairy before she had time to retransform herself, opened the door abruptly. They both seemed astonished, but the kind and encouraging words of the woman s

e sure that she was a cheat: he sent for the girl and recognised her at once as the pretty fairy whom he had left in the tr

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er: "Well, if you won't," said the father, "I will give you your inheritance and you can go and try your fortune, and get married as best you can." The two children went, and came to a strange land, where they were overtaken by darkness in a wood. They chose a bushy tree for their resting place, whose leafy boughs bent down to the ground and afforded shelter. When they woke next morning, the girl told her brother that she had dreamt that there was a town not far off, where a king lived who had been il

vered with sores, and the doctor bathed his hand with the juice of the tree. To his great joy, the king discovered next morning that the place which had been bathed was visibly improving; he therefore, the very same night, sent a huge wooden vessel on a cart to the tree, to bring him sufficient water for a bath. After a few baths the king actually recovered; and the doctor, having received a handsome present, requested a favour of the king, viz., to pay him a visit and to do him the honour of dining with him. The king cordially granted the request, and the prince received him with great splendour in his spac

came, he discovered an old man looking out of the window. He didn't take any notice of the voice, but went on; and, having arrived at an inn, made sundry inquiries, when he was told that adventurous young men in this town might either meet with great fortune or with a great misfortune; because the king had a daugh

n him, and, having come to terms about the spur, the prince inquired of him about the princess, and the old man's tale tallied with that of the innkeeper. After a short reflection, the prince told the old man who he was, and, with a look full of meaning, inquired if the goldsmith could help him in case he tried his luck. "For a good sum with pleasure," replied the goldsmith. "You shall have it," said the prince; "but tell me how, and I w

last a person belonging to the royal court enquired the price; after a few moments he returned and bought the horse for the king, who presented it to his daughter, and thus the prince managed to get into the chamber

he right breast, and three stars on the left. Having found out the three secret marks, the prince was about to retire to his hiding-place when the princess woke. She tried to scream, but at an imploring gesture of the youth she kept silence. The girl could not take her eyes off the handsome prince, who related to her how and for what reason he had dared to come. The girl,

d reported himself to the king, and informed him by message that he was anxious to try his luck for the possession of his daughter. The king was very much pleased with the appearance of the youth, and therefore kindly admonished him not to risk his life, but the prince seemed

ut on the third day, when everyone was convinced that he must die, he disclosed in a loud voice the secret marks of the princess. The king declared them to be right, and the prince was led to his future wife, amidst th

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you sighing, my lad?" inquired he, "and what is your wish?" "Nothing else," replied the lad, respectfully, "but to possess a little bag which never gets full, and a fur cloak which makes me invisible when I put it on." His wish was fulfilled and St. Peter vanished. The lad gave up shepherding now and turned to the capital, where he thought he had a chance of making his fortune. A kin

and stole in amongst them when they went to bed. It was midnight and a ghost walked round the beds and woke the girls. There was now great preparation. They dressed and beautified themselves, and filled a travelling bag with shoes. The youngest knew nothing of all this, but on the present occasion the invisible shepherd woke her-whereupon her sisters got frightene

d something to drink after the girls had left and put a tumbler, together with a twig that he broke off a tree, in his bag; the tree trembled, and the noise was heard all over the forest. The youngest girl noticed it and warned her sisters that some one was after them, but they felt so safe that they o

ry heavens. Here they all stopped. The ghost struck the rock with a golden rod, whereupon it opened, and all entered, the shepherd lad with them. Now they came to a gorgeous room from which several halls opened, which were all furnished in a fairy-like manner. From these twelve fairy youths came forth and greeted them, who were all wonderfully handsome. The number of servants increased from minute to minute who were r

ughters, who denied everything, but the tumblers and the twigs bore witness. What the shepherd told the youngest girl also confirmed, whom the s

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and there were some cakes baking in it; this person (the narrator points to some one present) has eaten some of them. Well then, on the mountains of Komárom, on the

en fell asleep she hurried off to her godmother, who was a magic woman, to ask her advice: her godmother's little pony (tátos) was waiting at the front gate, and taking her on its back ran straight to the magic woman. She knew well what the girl needed and gave her at once a reel of cotton which she could unwind in the wood and so find her way back, but she gave it to her on the con

ived, as on the first occasion; on the third night their stepmother once more undertook to lead them away; the youngest overheard them as before, but this time, she had not courage to go to her godmother, moreover she thought that she could help herself, and for this purpose she took a bag full of peas with her, which she strewed about as they went. Left by their mother, the two again began to cry, whereas the youngest said laughing, that she was able to go home on this occasion also; and having again yielded to her sisters she started on her way back, but to her astonishment could not find a single pea, as the birds had eaten them all. Now there was a general cry, and the three outcasts wandered about the whole day in the wood, and did not find a spring till sunset, to quench their thirst; they also found an acorn under an oak under which they had lain down to rest; they set the acorn, and carried water in their mouths to water it; by next morning it had grown into a tree as tall as a tower, and the youngest climbed up it to see w

at a splendid roast you will make!" They all three were terrified at these words, but the youngest shewed herself amiable, and promised the giantess that they would make all kind of beautiful millinery for her if she did them no harm; the woman with the big teeth listened, and agreed, and hid the girls in a cupboard so that her husban

him to taste it with his tongue to see whether the lard was hot enough, and if the oven had reached its proper heat. The tower of flesh tried it, but the moment he put his head inside the oven, the girl gave him a push and he was a dead man in the fiery oven; seeing this, the giantess got in a rage, and was about to swallow them up, but, before doing so, the youngest induced her to let herself be beautified, to which she consented; a ladder was brought

eemed made to fit her. She put on a silver dress in great haste, and went to the dance. The well-known little pony was outside waiting for her, and galloped away with her like a hurricane. The moment she entered the dancing hall all eyes were fixed on her, and the men and youths of the highest dignity vied with each other as to who should dance with her. Her sisters who, till her arrival, were the heroines of the evening and the belles of the ball, were quite set aside now. After a few hours' enjoyment the young lady suddenly dis

her, therefore, implored him to make him a full confession of his love, and, whoever the person whom he wished might be, he should have her. The prince produced the shoe, and declared that he wanted the young lady to whom the shoe belonged. So it was announced throughout the whole realm, that all the ladies of the country should appear next Sunday to try on the shoe, and whosoever's foot it fitted she should become the prince's wife. On Sunday the ladies swarmed in crowds to the capital. Nor were the two eldest of the three sisters missing, who had had their feet previously scraped with a knife by their youngest sister, so that they might be smaller. The youngest sister also got ready after their departure, and, having wrapped the mate of the lost shoe in a handkerchief, she jum

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p to him, and asked him to let it have some of his cake. "Anything else?" asked the lad angrily, and picked up a stone to drive the frog away. The frog left without a word,

went to the vineyard, and, taking out his cake, began to eat it. The frog again appeared, and asked for a piece of cake, which was given to him at once. Having finished their breakfast, the frog gave the lad a copper, a silver, and a gold rod; and told him, that three horses would appear shortly, of copper, silver, and gold, and they would try to trample down the vineyard; but, if he beat them with the

d, that he saw the whole proceeding much better, and on being asked "Where from?" his answer was, "From the top of the hoarding." His brothers had the hoarding pulled down at once, so that their younger brother might not look on any more. Next Sunday a still higher pole, with a golden apple at the top, was set up; and whosoever wished to marry the king's daughter had to take the apple down. Again, hundreds upon hundreds tried, but all in vain; till, at last, a knight in silver mail, on a silver horse, took it, and disappeared. Cinder Jack again told his

t last, he arrived clad in gold mail on a gold charger; whereupon the bells were at once rung, and hundreds and hundreds of cannons fired. The knight, having handed to the princess the golden rosemary, the apple, and the kerchief, respectfully demanded her hand, and, having obtained it, lifted his visor, and the populace, to their gr

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od brethren, they should all share equally, and that they should begin with the youngest's provisions, and when they were finished should divide those of the second, and lastly those of the eldest. And so it happened; on the first day the youngest's bag was emptied; but the second day, when meal-time came, the two eldest would not give the youngest anything, and when he insisted on receiving his share, they gouged out his eyes and left him to starve. For the present let us leave the two eldest to continue their way, and let'

tion that if anything happened to him he had to blow the whistle, and the mouse, who was the king of mice, would come to his help with all his mates on earth. He continued his way and found a bee quite crushed and cured it too with the mud, and obtained another whistle, which he had to blow in case of danger, and the quee

her was able to build a beautiful bridge of wax from the royal castle to the market place in one night; the king ordered him to do this too, and having blown his second whistle the bees, who appeared to receive his command, did the task for him. Next morning from his window the king very much admired the beautiful arched bridge; his brothers nearly burst in their rage, and spread the report that their brother was able to bring twelve of the strongest wolves into the royal courtyard by the next morning. They firmly believed that on this occasion they were quite sure of their victory, because either the wolves would tear their brother in pieces, or if he could not fulfil the task the king would have him executed; but again they were out of their reckoning: the lad blew his third whistle and the king of wolves arrived to receive his orders. He told him his misfortune, and the wolf ordered not only twel

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first week the second son asked the girl's hand, and threatened to blow out his brains if he could not wed her; the king promised to reply to him in a fortnight. At the end of the second week, the youngest asked for the girl, and his father bade him wait a week for his answer. The day arrived when all three had to receive their reply, and their father addressed them thus: "My sons, you all three love the girl, but you know too well that only one can have her. I will, therefore, give her to the one who will show himself the most worthy of her. You had better go, wherever you please,

ere already on their way back to the oak: the second son only was still enjoying himself in various places, as one second was enough for him to get to the meeting place. The two having arrived at the oak, the middle one appeared after a little while, and they then shewed each other the valuables acquired; next they looked through the telescope, and to their horror they saw that the lady for the possession of whom they had been working hard for a whole year, was lying dead; so they all three slipped hurriedly into the cloak, and as quick as thought arrived at home; the father told them in great grief that the girl could belong to no one as she was dead: they inquired when she died, and receiving an answer that she had been dead not quite twenty-four hours, the youngest rushed up to her, and restored her to life with his magic orange. Now there was a good deal of litigation and quarrelling among the three lads: the eldest claimed the greatest merit for himself, because, he

TLE MAG

ony; the eleven eldest boys continually beat and ill-treated this animal on account of its ugliness, but the youngest always took great care of it, he even saved all the bread crumbs and other little dainties for his little invalid pony, for which his brothers very often chaffed him, and in course of time they treated him with silent contempt, believing him to be a lunatic; he bore their insults patiently, and their badgering without a murmur, in the sa

's again stuck in the mud, and his brothers had to drag it out again, swearing at him all the time. When at last it stuck the third time they would not listen any more to their brother's cries for help. "Let them go," said the little pony, and after a short time inquired if they had gone far? "They have," answered the lad. Again, after a short time, the pony inquired whether he could still see them. "They look like flying crows or black spots in the distance," replied his master. "Can you see them now?" asked the pony in a few minutes. "No," was the reply; thereupon the pony jumped out of the mud and, taking the lad on its back, ru

old woman with an iron nose, who was ploughing her field with twelve mares; she asked of them what they sought, and, having learned the object of their wanderings, she proposed that they should look at her twelve daughters: the lads having consented, the old woman drove her twelve mares home and took the lads into her house

order to save them, on their all falling asleep, the youngest lad got up and laid all his brothers nex

t into a horse, and flew after them; when she had nearly overtaken them, the little pony gave the lad a currycomb, a brush, and a piece of a horse-rug, and bade him throw first the currycomb behind him, and in case it did not answer, to throw the brush, and as a last resource the piece of horse-rug; the lad threw the currycomb, and in one moment it became a dense forest, with as many trees as there were teeth in the comb; by the time that the old woman had broken her way through the wood, the couple had travelled a long distance. When the old woman came very near again, the lad threw the brush behind him, and it at once became a dense forest, having as many trees as there were bristl

oungest married the pretty little girl with the golden hair, and they sti

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bag, and, with sincere compassion, shared his few bits of bread with the poor old beggar. The latter, having eaten his bread, spoke thus to the wood-cutter: "My son, here! for your kindness accept this table-cloth, and whenever hereafter you feel need and are hungry, say to the

rds, at once gave orders to the cloth to spread itself; but all in vain. He repeated at least a hundred times the words "Little cloth, spread thyself," but the cloth never moved; and the simpleton couldn't understand it. Next day he again went to the wood, where he again shared his bread with the old beggar, and received from him a lamb, to which he had only to say, "Give me gold, little lamb," and the gold coins at once began to rain. With this the woodcutter again went to the inn for the night, and showed the present to the innkeeper, as before. Next morning he had another lamb to take home, and was very much surprised that it would not give the gold for which he asked. He went

nquiry where all came from, the poor woodcutter told him his story, what happened in the wood, about the lamb and cloth, but did not mention a word about the club. The king, who was a regular tyrant, at once claimed the cloth and the lamb; and, as the man would not comply, he sent a few lackeys to him, to take them away; but they were soon knocked down by the club. So the king sent a larger force against him; but they also perished to a man. On hearing this the king got into a great r

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rried; so he instructed his aristocratic friends to go all over his vast realm, and to search about till they found the prettiest girl in the land: they had not to trouble whether she was poor or rich; but she must be the prettiest. Each of them was to remain in the town where he found the girl that he deemed was the prettiest and to write and let the king know, so that he might go and have a look at all of them and choose for himself the prettiest amongst all the beauties, the one he liked best. After a year he received letters from every one of his seventy-seven friends, and extraordinarily all the seventy-seven letters arrived from the same town, where, on a low hill above a pretty little valle

gathered the seventy-seven young aristocrats into the palace. On the evening of the wedding she called upon "the world's beautiful lady" and praised the young king to her, his handsomeness and riches, and after she had praised him for an hour or two she sighed heavily: the pretty young lady asked her what troubled her, as she had this very moment spoken of her husband as being a handsome, rich, and worthy man? "Because, my pretty lady, my beautiful queen, if you two live sometime here, you will not long be the prettiest woman in the world; you are very pretty now, and your husband is the handsomest of all men; but should a daughter be born to you, she will be more beautiful than you; she will be more beautiful than the morning star-this is the reason of m

ng you have to ask this mirror whether there is a more beautiful woman than yourself in existence, and if it says that there is not, there really won't be one for a long time, and your mind may be at ease; but should it say that there is one, there will be one, and I will see to that myself." The beautiful lady snatched the mirror from the witch in great joy, and as soon as she reached her dressing-room she placed the little m

s she left her bed she sent for the old witch to ask her advice, who, when she took the babe in her arms, exclaimed that she had never seen such a beautiful creature in all her life. While she gazed at the beautiful child she spat in her eyes and covered her face, telling the beautiful woman to look at the child again in three hours, and when she uncovered it she would be surprised to find what a monster it had become. The beaut

as thirteen: the little girl grew more beautiful every day, so that the woman could not bear her daughter's beauty any longer, and handed her to the old witch to be killed. The witch was only too glad to avail herself of the opportunity, and took her into a vast forest, where she tied the girl's hands together with a wisp of straw, placed a wreath of straw on her head, and a girdle of straw round her waist, so that by lighting them she would burn to death the most beautiful masterpiece of the Lord. But all of a sudden a loud shouting was heard in the forest, and twelve robbers came running as swift as birds towards the place wher

. None of the robbers could utter a word, their hearts were so softened by her sweet words: such words as they had never before heard from human lips, and her innocent look which would have tamed even a wild bull. At last one of the robbers, who was splendidly dressed, said: "You pretty creature of the Lord, you are in the midst of twelve robbers, who are men of good hearts, but bad morals; we saved you from the hands of the ugly old witch whom I knocked down, and killed I believe; we would not kill you, for the whole world; but, on the contrary, would fight the whole world for you! Be the ornament of our house and the feast of our eyes! Whatsoever your eyes or your mouth may desire, be it wherever man exis

arly had a fit, in her rage, for she had not even suspected that her hateful daughter was yet alive: she ran to the old witch like one out of her mind, to tell what the mirror had said. The witch at once disguised herself as a gipsy, and started on her journey, and arrived at the fence of the place where the pretty girl lived; the garden was planted with flowers and large rose bushes; among the flower beds she could see the pretty girl sauntering in a dress fit for a queen. The old witch's heart nearly broke when she saw the young girl, for never, not even in her imagination, had she ever seen any o

oy on hearing that she was once more the most beautiful cr

om her little finger, the young girl sat up and smiled, and informed them that she had slept very well, and had had most beautiful dreams; and also that if they had not taken off that very ring (which the gipsy woman had put on that day) from her little finger she would never have waked again. The robbers smashed the murderous ring to atoms with their hatchet-sticks, and begged their dear queen not to speak to anyone, except themselves, as all others were wicked, and envious of her on account of her beauty, while they adored her. Having partaken of a good supper, the robbers again went out to their plunder singing, and quite at rest in their minds, and for a couple of weeks nothing happened to the young lady; but after a fortnight her mother again felt ennui and questioned her mirror: "Is there any one living being on this earth more beautiful than I?" The mirror replied:

ers carried in all the necessaries for the funeral, while the others undressed and washed the corpse, and as they were drawing out from her shawl the numerous pins, they found one amongst them which sparkled most brilliantly, whereupon two of them snatched it away, each being anxious to replace it in the girl's bosom when redressing her for burial, when suddenly the virgin queen sat up and informed them that her death was caused by a Jewess this time. The robbers buried

ed it and fastened it with all sorts of hair pins; while doing so she hid a hair-pin which she had brought with her among the girl's hair, so that it could not be noticed by anyone; having finished, the new lady's maid asked permission to leave her mistress for a moment, but never returned, and her young lady died, while all wept and sobbed most bitterly. The men and the maids had again to attend with tears to their painful duty of laying her out for her funeral; they took away all her rings, breast-pins, and hair-pins; they even opened every one of the folds of her dress, but still they did not succeed in bringing the young girl to life again. Her mother was really delighted this time, because she kept on questioning the mirror for three or four days, and it always replied to her heart's content. The robbers wailed and cried, and did not even enjoy their food; one of them proposed that they should not bury the girl, but that they should come to pray by the side of their dear dead; others again thought that it would be a pity to confide the p

ead for some time, there is no smell. The girl is prettier in her death than all the girls of Persia alive." It was late at night when the prince got home, carrying the golden coffin under his cloak. He bewailed the dead girl for a long time and then went to supper. The king

ey saw that they were unable to restore life, they wept most bitterly. They rubbed her and held balsam under her nose, but without avail. Then they examined her dress, which was very far superior to their own. They moved her rings and breast-pins, and dressed her up like a pretty doll. The youngest princess brought combs and perfumed hair-oils in order to do the hair of the dear dead. They pulled out the hair-pins and arranged them in nice order, so as to be able to replace them as before. They parted her golden hair, and began to comb it, adorning each lock with a hair-pin. As they were combing the hair at the nape of the neck the comb stuck fast, so they looked at once for the cause of it, when they saw that a golden hair-pin was entangled in the hair, which the eldest princess moved with the greatest care. Whereupon the beautiful girl opened her eyes and her lips formed themselves into a smile; and, as if awakening from a long, long dream, she slightly stretched herself, and stepped from the coffin. The girls were not afraid at all, as she, who was so beautiful in her death, was still more beautiful in life. The youngest girl ran to the old king and told him what they had done, and that they had found out the cause of their brother's grief, and how happy they were now. The old king wept for joy and hastened after his daughter, and on seeing the beautiful child exclaimed: "You shall be my son's wife, the mother of my grandchildren!" And thereupon he embraced and kissed her, and took her into his room with his daughters. He sent for singin

nfessed how they had broken into their brother's room, and how they restored his sweetheart to life again. The old king was intoxicated with joy, and the same day sent for a priest, and a great wedding feast was celebrated. The young folks whom Providence had brought together lived very happily, when one day the young queen, who was as beautiful as a fairy, informed her husband that she was being persecuted, and that while her mother lived she could never have any peace. "Don't fear, angel of my heart," said the young king, "as no human or diabolic power can harm you while you are here. Providence is very kind to us. You seem to be a favourite and will be protected from all evil." The young queen was of a pious turn of mind and believed the true words of her husband, as he had only spoken out her own thoughts. About half a year had passed by

, who wept bitterly, that he would return soon. The young king left orders that as soon as his wife was confined a confidential messenger was to be sent without delay to inform him of the event. Soon after his departure two beautiful boys w

nstructing him that he was not to put up anywhere under any pretence whatever. The o

devils were racking their b

t too. Now there was a sleeping-draft in it, and so the soldier fell fast asleep, and slept like a fur cloak. The old woman then looked in his bag for the letter, and, imitating the old king's hand-writing to great perfection, informed the young prince that a great sorrow had fallen upon his house, inasmuch as his wife had been delivered of two puppies. She sealed the letter and woke the soldier, who began to run again and did not stop until he reached the camp. The young prince was very much upset by his father's letter, but wrote in reply that no matter what sort of children his wife had borne they were not to touch but to treat them as his own children until he returned. He ordered the messenger to hurry back with his reply, and not to stop anywhere; but the old soldier could not forget the good glass of spirits he had, and so went into the tent again and had some more. The witch

mplored him not to kill her, and told him she was willing to go away and never see anyone again. The old soldier let her go, an

who was to return from the camp next day. The old soldier declared on his oath that he had killed her and her babes too, and that he had thrown th

ere is my wife? where are my golden-haired children?" "My son," said the old king, "I have carried out your orders; I sent them to the wood and had them killed, and the corporal belonging to the royal household had their bodies cast into the water." The old soldier listened, through a crack in the door, to the conversation of the two kings, who both wept bitterly. He entered the room without being summoned, and said: "I could not carry out your orders, my lord and king; I had not the heart to destroy the most beautiful creature in the world; so I let her go free in the forest, and she left, weeping. If they have not been devoured by wild beasts, they are alive still." The youn

trembling, that, while her mother and that sh

babes. The young queen had the old witch led into a secret room, where she questioned her as to why she had persecuted her all her life. "Because," said the old witch, "I am the daughter of your grandfather, and the sister of your mother! When I was yet but a suckling babe, your grandmother gave orders that I was to be thrown into the water; a devil coming along the road took me and educated me. I humoured your mother's f

d under her. When her soul (pára-animal soul) left her wicked body, a horse was tied to each of her hands and feet, and her body torn into fou

d her kept in a beautiful room, every day showing her through a glass door her beautiful children. The poor lunatic wept and tortured herself till one day she jumped

and valiant heroes, and when the old king died he was car

ough so many sad trials, are alive

the Hungarian youth is

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ss it that we old people cannot be so handsome as the young ones." The woman made no reply; but as soon as the messenger had left she gave her servant orders to take her daughter into the wood and kill her, and to bring her liver, lungs, and two hands back with him. The manservant took the pretty girl with him, and, having gone a good distance, he stopped, and told the girl of her mother's commands. "But," continued he, "I haven't got the heart to kill you, as you have always been very kind to me; there is a small dog which has followed us, and I will take his liver and lungs back to your mother, but I shall be compelled to cut off your hands, as I can't go back without them." The servant did as he proposed; he took out the small dog's lungs and liver, an

he had never experienced before, and which he was quite unable to shake off. The king, therefore, ordered another man to keep watch under the tree the next night, but he fared in the same way as the first; the king was still more angry. On the third night, the prince himself volunteered to keep watch, and promised to guard the fruit of the favourite tree; he laid down on the lawn under the tree, and did not shut his eyes. About midnight, the girl without hands came forth from a thicket in the garden, and, seeing the prince, said to him, "One of y

ppose his son's desire, and the girl without hands became the prince's wife, and they lived happily together for a time. It happened, however, that war broke out again with the sovereign of the neighbouring country, and the prince was once more obliged to go with his army. While he was away the princess was confined, and bore two children with golden hair. The old king was highly delighted, and at once wrote to his son informing him of the happy event. The letter was again entrusted to the same man, who took the messages during the first war: he on his way remembered the house where he was so well received on a previous occasion, and arranged that he should spend the night there. This time he found the o

as the wicked mother was anxious to know what the prince's answer would be to the forged letter. The messenger reached the prince, handed him the letter, which gave him inexpressible grief; but as he was very fond of his wife he only replied, that, whatever the state of affairs might be, no harm was to happen to his wife until his return. The messenger took the letter back

The old king pitied his pretty and good natured daughter deeply, but what could he do? They saddled a quiet horse, put the two gol

s death was expected daily. After a long illness, however, his health began to improve, but only very slowly, and years elapsed before his illness and his great grief had so far been conquered that he had strength or inclination to go out. At last he tried hunting, and spent whole days in the forest. One day as he was thus engaged he followed a stag, and got deeper and deeper into the thick part of the wood; in the meantime the sun had set and darkness set in. The prince, having gone too far, could not find his way back. But as good luck would have it he saw a small cottage, and started in its direction to find a night

nger doubted that the woman was his wife, no matter how she had recovered her hands. So the next day he again went out hunting, and, according to arrangement, stayed late in the wood and had to return to the cottage again. The prince, having gone to bed, feigned sleep, and dropped his arm over the bed; his wife, seeing this, again said, "Put it back, my son, put it back, it's your royal father's arm." Afterwards he dropped his other arm, and then his two legs purposely; and the woman in each case bade her son put them back, in the same words. At last he let his head hang over the bedside, and his wife said to her son, "Lift it back, my son, lift it back; it's your royal father's head." But the little fellow, getting tired of all this, replied, "I shan't do it; you better d

arrying messenger it became known that the cause of all the mischief was no one else than the princess's envious mother. But the prince forgave her all at the urgent request of his wife; and the young co

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e quarry he aimed at never escaped, for the king never missed what he aimed at; his only peculiarity was that he did not care to go out shooting with his own people only, but he would have liked the whole world to witness his skill in killing game, and t

the vast forest, as the heat was too great for them to hunt in the open country. Each king accompanied by his own men went in his own direction, and game was killed with lightning speed; but the king who owned the forest went by himself in order to show his friends how much game he could kill single handed. But by some strange chance-who can tell how?-no game crossed the king's track. He went hither and thither but found nothing; looking round he discovered that he had got into a part of the wood where not even his grandfather had ever been; he went forward but still was lost; sideways, but still did not know the way; to the right, and found that he was in the same predicament as the man in Telek, namely, that unless he was taken home he would never find it. He called upon

om the pots and pans, and drank no wine but the dregs that were left in the bottles. At midnight an old woman appeared before the company of jolly kings and shouted as loud as she could in delight because a beautiful little daughter had been born to the king. The devil jumped up and capered about in his joy; standing on his toes and clap

much as all the rest put together: yet he was very sad; he made presents to all h

words and at last discovered that he had been deceived; in a rage he flew back to the royal fortress, and dashed the poor child with such force against the gate-post that her smallest bone was smashed into a thousand atoms. He roared at the king in such a voice that all the window fittings dropped out and the plaster fell off the walls in great lumps. "Give me your own daughter," he screamed, "for whatever you promise to the devil you must give to him or else he will carry off what you have not promised." The king again tried to collect his wits and had the shepherd's daughter who tended the sheep with the golden fleece, and who was ten years old, dressed in the royal fashion and handed her to the devil amidst great lamentation. He even placed a

of millet seed with three bushels of ashes, saying, "Now, you little wretch, if you don't clean this millet in two hours, I will kill you with the most horrible tortures." With this he left her, and slammed the door that it shock the whole house. Little innocent Maria wept bitterly, for she knew she could not possibly finish the work in the stated time. While she wept in her loneliness, the devil's son very quietly entered the room. He was a fine handsome lad, and they called him Johnnie. Johnnie's heart was full of pity at seeing the little girl's sorrow, and cheered her up, telling her that if she ceased crying he would do the work

e girl screamed, and at the sound of her voice all the serpents stretched themselves on the ground, and wriggled about before the little girl like young eels, for they were charmed, never having heard so sweet a voice before. The devil was very much enraged that all the animals and the devils themselves, with the exception of himself, were so fond of this pretty

ned to the advice of the devils, and Johnnie buried his whistle in a place where his father would not be able to find it, and send the devils after them. They hurried off towards Maria's father's land; when, all of a sudden, Maria felt her left cheek burning very much, and complained of it to Johnnie, who, looking back, found that his mother was galloping after them on the stick of a whitewashing brush. Johnnie at once saw their position, and told Maria to turn herself into a millet field, and he would be the man whose duty it was to scare away the birds. Maria did

began to burn again, more painfully this time than before; and not without reason, for when Johnnie looked back this time, he saw his father, who had saddled the south wind, tearing after th

imp; they would limp to this very day, if they had not perished since! Jumping on the wind with his lame leg, the devil rode back home. The young couple by this time had nearly reached the land where Maria's father reigned; when, all of a sudden, both the girl's cheeks began to burn as they had never burnt before. Johnnie looked back and saw that both his father and his mother were riding after them on two dragons, who flew faster than even the whirlwind. Maria at once became a silver lake and Johnnie a silver duck. As soon as the two devils arrived they at once scented out that the lake was the girl and the duck the boy; because wherever there are two devils together nothing can be concealed. The woman began to scoop up the water of the lake, and the male devil to throw stones at the duck; but each scoop of water taken out of the lake only caused the water to rise higher and higher; and every stone missed the duck, as he dived to the bottom of the lake and so dodged them. The devil became quite exhausted with throwing stones, and beckoned to his wife to wade with him into the lake, and so catch

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, and the youngest Ambrose. There were no other lads left in the land, for the dragons fed on lads' flesh only. One day Andrew and Emerich went to their father and begged him to allow them to go and fight the dragons, as they were sure they could conquer them, and that the dragons would not want any more human flesh after they had been there. But the father would not even listen to his sons' request. As for Ambrose, he did not even dare so much as to submit such a request to his father. Andrew and Emerich, at length, by di

ch consisted of a black egg with five corners, which she placed under Ambrose's left armpit. Ambrose carried his egg about with him under his left armpit for seven win

now, and tell him that the king of herbs sends word to him through the Tátos-horse with three heads, that his toothache will not cease until he gives you permission to go and fight the dragons; and you can also tell him that if you go, there will be no more dragons left on this earth; but if you do not go his two elder boys will perish in the stomachs of the dragons. Tell him, also, that I have assured you that you will be able to make the dragons vomit out, at once, all the lads whomsoever they have swallowed; and that his land will become so powerful when the lads, who have grown strong i

the horse to its little master, who in his delight didn't know what to do with himself, "and I should have heard you even if you had been a hundred miles away. Don't fear anything, my little master; our ride, i

to a horse with golden hair, and glistened like a mirror. When the little boy caught sight of his ugly face amidst the hair of his shining horse, he became very sad. "Plug up my other nostril, too!" said the horse with the golden hair. At first the little master would not do it, until the horse neighed very loudly and bade him do it at once, as it was very unwise to delay obeying the commands of a Tátos. So what could the poor lad do but plug u

the dragons they made friends with him. They could not, however, recognise him for all the world. Night set in, and Andrew and Emerich had eaten and drunk too much, and became decidedly drunk, and so slept very deeply. Ambrose ate little, drank nothing, and slept lightly. At dawn the Tátos-horse pulled his master's hair, in order to wake him; because it knew that the dragon had least strength at dawn, and that the sun increased his strength. Ambrose at once jumped on horseback and arrived at the c

jumped up, dressed neatly, and left the princes asleep. The Tátos scented the dragon quite ten miles off, and growled like a dog, and the dragon in his rage began to throw his sparks at them when four German miles off; they rushed upon each other and met with a tremendous clash on the bridge; it was a very difficult task for Ambrose to conquer this huge monster, but at last, through the skilful man?uvring of his horse, he deprived the dragon of all his eight heads: the eight horses belonging to the dragon he tied to a post near the head of the eldest prince, Andrew. Andrew and Emerich did not awake till noon, and were astonished at the sight of the splendid horses, questioning each other as to who could have brought the

least it would be very difficult to conquer the monster. Soon the monster with nine heads arrived, thumped once on the golden bridge, so that it trembled under the thump; Ambrose dashed at the dragon and fought with it, but they could not conquer each other, although they fought fie

hand, the steel hoop left the rut and struck the flint hoop so as to draw sparks, then all the dragon's heads should fall off. But they were both wise and stuck to their own ruts, rolling down in a straight course till they reached the foot of the mountain without touching each other, and lay down when they got to the bottom. As they could not manage in this way, the dragon proposed: "I will become a red flame and you will becom

t, and as it ran over hill and dale it ran into a small hut where the three wives of the three dragons were seated. The wife of the dragon with seven heads took it into her lap and stroked it for a long time, and thus addressed it: "I don't know whether Ambrose has killed my husband; if he has, there will be a plague in the world, because I will turn into a great pear tree, and the odour of its fruit will be smelt seven miles off, and will be sweet to the taste but deadly poison. The tree which thus grows from me will not dry up till Ambrose plunge his sword into its root, then both it and myself will die." Then the wife of the dragon with eight heads also took the little rabbit in her lap, and spoke thus: "If Ambrose has killed my husband there will be

they saw a fine pear tree, whereupon Ambrose jumped from his horse, and plunged his sword into the roots of the tree, and drew blood, and a moaning voice was heard. They travelled on for a few miles, when Emerich all of a sudden became very thirsty: he discovered a spring, and jumped off his horse in order to drink, but Ambrose was first to arrive at the water; when, plunging his sword into it, it became blood,

olour of his moustache and hair, dress, and general appearance. But the smith was not such a fool as to betray the lad who had engaged to work at his anvil for him for two years for nothing. So the old witch with the iron nose got to know nothing and left the place growling. One day Ambrose was perspiring heavily by the side of the anvil, so at eventide he went for a short walk in the road in order to get a mouthful of fresh air. When he had nearly reached the edge of the wood, which was only at a dog's trot from the smithy, he met a very old woman with wizened face, whose carriage was drawn by two small cats: the old woman began to ogle little Ambrose,

to visit Ambrose in his prison rather often, sometimes even when the old witch did not dream of it-to tell the truth, she fell head over ears in love with the lad, nor did Ambrose dislike the pretty girl; on the contrary, he promised to marry her if she were able to effect his escape from his deep prison. The girl did not require any further coaxing, but commenced plotting at once. At last she hit upon a scheme, and thus spoke to her darling Ambrose: "You cannot get out of this place, unless you marry the old woman with the iron nose. She having once become your wife will reveal to you all her secrets; she will also tell you how she manages to keep alive so long, and by what ways and means she may be got rid of." Ambrose followed her instructions and was mar

led the wild boar, took out the hare, from the hare the pigeon, from the pigeon the box, and from the box the two beetles: he killed the black one at once, but kept the shining one alive. The old witch's power left her immediately. When she returned home her bed had to be made for her. Ambrose sat by her bedside and looked very sad, and asked her with tears if she, who was the other half of his soul, died what would become of him, who was a man from earth and a good soul, who had no business there. "In case I die, my dear husband," said the

e upper world, in whose land the mouth of hell was situated. Ambrose placed the golden apple in the prettiest part of the country and tapped its side with the rod and it became a beautiful castle of gold, in which he married his sweetheart and lived with her happily. Some time after he returned to his father's land, w

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widow had two who were not very pretty, and were rather advanced in years. The widower married the widow and they combined the two households and lived together. The husband was as fond of his wife's daughters as of his own

heads the various Turkish shawls, and tried the effect of paints on their faces; they skipped about and sang in their joy; they cheerfully embraced their mother and highly praised their father's choice. At last, having got tired of looking at the things, everyone put away her share into her closet. The pretty little girl placed the three walnuts in her bosom and felt very sad. The two elder girls could hardly wait for Sunday. They dressed up most showily; they painted their faces, and as soon as the bells began to ring ran to church and stuck themselves in the front pew. Before leaving home, however, they gave the pretty little girl some very dirty wheat and ordered her to clean it-about half a bushel full-by the time they came back from church. The little girl began to sort the wheat weeping, and her tears mingled with the wheat; but her complaining was heard in Heaven and the Lo

nt, and he lost her. She undressed in a great hurry, and by the time that her two sisters got home in company with their young men she had her copper dress put away in the walnut and locked it in a cupboard and donned her ordinary every-day dress, which was very clean, and was found in the act of fanning the fire under a pot full of cabbage, and making herself busy about the kitchen in general. "Poor orphan, you have not seen any thing," exclaimed the two eldest sisters, who were in high spirits. "The king's son was at church, he sat just opposite, for a while he kept his eyes fixed on us as if enchanted. You did not see that, did you? At

cond walnut, and the silver dress, shining like moonbeams, unfolded itself. She went to church and sat in the same seat where she sat in the morning. The prince took out his eyeglass and eyed the pretty girl in the silver dress. He nearly devoured her with his eyes. The girl did not stay long in her place, and at a moment when nobody was looking she stole out of the church and ran home. The king's flunkey again was unable to find out her abode. When the two sisters came home the little girl was filling the cleaned wheat into bags ready to be carried up into the loft. "Don't carry it up yet-wait a moment," said the two sisters to her. "You have never seen and w

little girl was again left at home; they gave her three times as much dirty wheat to pick as on the first occasion, and threatened her that if by the time they came home she did not get it picked her father would give her a sound thrashing. The pigeons again came to assist the pretty child, there were three times as many as at first, and her wheat was again picked in a minute. The little girl opened the third nut, and, dressed in the golden dress, went to church, and sat down in her usual place. The congregation was more astounded than ever; the women and girls jumped up from their seats. They did not listen to the sermon, but kept staring at the fairy little girl, and whispered to each other. The prince was determined that the girl must become his wife, whatever happened; but

en. There she was kept for several weeks on rather scanty food. The prince had not come to church for several Sundays; but, after the lapse of three months, three weeks, and three days, at three in the afternoon, three quarters, and three minutes, he came on foot into the village, where he had seen the pretty girl. He had only his servant with him. They examined every gate-post, and at last

gate the servant took the golden rose from the crack in the gate-post and threw it to the winds. The golden rose thereupon quietly floated in the air above the heads of the prince and his servant. The fortune-seekers followed the rose, mumbling prayers, till at the end of the village it dropped on the ground in front of the gate of the last cot. "Let's go in here, my lord and prince, as our prayer has brought us here." "If the Lord call us, let us enter, my faithful servant," replied the prince. A cock crowed just as they stepped across the threshold, and a very poor old woman greeted the guests. "Have you a daughter, my old mother?" inquired the prince graciously. "No, my lord; I never had one," said the old woman sadly. "If not, don't you keep an

id of them, and told them of her descent, narrated them her past vicissitudes, her present good fortune, and also confided to them that she was preparing a joke for her royal bridegroom, and showed her walnuts and her glittering dresses in them. The prettiest of the gipsy women climbed on the tree and commenced to flatter her. She asked her to be allowed to see her walnuts, and in one moment, when the girl was off her guard, pushed her from the tree down into the lake. To the great amazement of the gipsies the girl transformed herself into a gold duck, and flew to the centre of the lake, and, alighting on the water, began to swim. Thereupon the gipsy women began to throw stones at her, which, however, she evaded by diving under water. The women at last got tired of throwing stones, and left the gold duck in the lake, and the gipsy woman among the branches of the weeping willow. The prince arrived at sunset at the tree where he had left his pretty fiancée. When lo! he discovered the woman in the golden dress. He admired her golden raiment, and begged her to tell him where she had got her golden dress. The gipsy told him what the girl had related to her, and as

being glad to see anyone. The golden duck had flown after the coach when the queen was driven home, and, having regained her girl-form, entered service not far from the royal mansion and worked diligently. She too went to the first feather-picking meeting, and, not saying a word to anyone, sat at the end of the table and made herself busy. "Well, my dear queen and wife," said the prince, "tell the good work-people here the pretty story which happened to you when your envious sisters would not let you go to church. Tell them also who helped you to clean the wheat." The gipsy did not know anything about these events; but still commenced to chatter away whatever came into her head first. She told them, among other things, that she had crept through the keyhole in the gate, and collected all the gi

and married him to the widow at whose cot he had found his wife. The poor little orphan girl's and her father's wedding were celebrated together. There was plenty to eat and drink, so that even the orphan children had rice to eat. Behind the door there stood a sack in which the Danube and the Theiss were kept. I to

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only thing they had to complain of was their poverty, as neither of them owned a farthing; it happened, therefore, sometimes, that they quarrelled a

t is." "As I was coming from the squire's maize-field, I saw in the dark, in the distance, a black spot on the road. I couldn't make out what it was, so I went nearer, and lo! do you know what it was?-A beautiful little golden carriage, with a pretty little woman inside, and four fine black dogs harnessed to it." "You're joking," interrupted the wife. "I'm not, indeed, it's perfectly true. You know how muddy the roads about here are; it happened that the dogs stuck fast with the carriage and they couldn't move from the spot; the little woman didn't care to get out into the mud, as she was afraid of soiling her golden dress. At first, when I found out what it was, I had a good mind to run away, as I to

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t with a hot cinder, but was so awkward about it that he upset the frying-pan with the sausage in it. "Good heavens! the sausage; what on earth are you doing! I wish that sausage would grow on to your nose," exclaimed the frightened woman, and tried to snatch the same out of the fire, but it was too late, as it was already dangling from her husband's nose down to his toes. "My Lord Creator help me!" shouted the woman. "You see, you fool, what you've done, there! now the second wish is gone," said her husband, "what can we do with this thing?" "Can't we get it off?" said the woman. "Take off the devil! Don't you see that it has quite grown to my nose; you can't take it off." "Then we must cut it off," said she, "as w

no heifers, nor horses, nor sucking pig, they agreed to live thenceforth in harmony together; and they quarrelled no more after this. They got on

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do." Jack sighed, and they went on their way. They found some bears' tracks in which some stale rain-water was putrifying. "My dear sister, I'm thirsty, allow me to drink of this rain-water." "If you drink, my dear brother, you will become a bear." The little fellow began to cry, but obeyed, and they went on. In the road they found some footprints of a wolf. Jack again implored his sister, with tears, and repeated his former request. "Don't drink, my dear Jack, or else you will become a wolf." Jack, although his tongue was parched with burning thirst, obeyed, and they continued their walk quite exhausted. They found the footmarks of a roebuck in the road. Water clear as crystal shone in them, that invited him to drink. Jack's feet gave way under him when he reached the water, and, in spite of all warning, he drank of it with avidity. His sister, seeing her

p whole forests. She vowed death upon the poor orphan's head; and, in order to cheer up her ugly daughter's long forlorn hope, she prophecied the queen's death, and thus spoke: "Dear child, beloved Lucinda, would you like to be a queen? if so, go secretly into the king's palace, and when the king is out hunting, steal near the queen in her sleep, and cut off a large lock of her hair, and bring it to me. Mind where you step, and keep an eye on every movement of hers." Lucinda dressed herself in a cloak with grey and red stripes, and at dead of night she reached the king's palace, and without arousing suspicion stole into the queen's bedroom. She spread her cloak on the floor, so that she might not awake the sleeping queen with its rustling as she moved about, and at her mother's sign she approached the queen's

sband to have the deer killed, and in order to carry this out, she planned the following scheme. Lucinda shammed deadly illness, her mother having previously changed her red complexion to yellow; her husband sat every day and night by her bedside, while the little deer still spent all his time by the well. They could not find any medicine which could give the patient relief, when Lucinda, as planned beforehand, expressed a desire to have the deer's heart and liver cooked for her. Her husband was horrified on hearing this unexpected wish, and began to sus

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of bed, and how they threw her into the well. As soon as the pretty animal finished its tale, the huge whale was dragged out from the bottom of the well; they slit o

rybody. The queen anointed her little brother with some ointment she had found in the whale's stomach, and he regained his old form. And

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want?" replied the girl, "I won't give away my rings to such an ugly creature as you," and she returned as she came with the empty pitchers. So the father sent the second girl, and she fared as the first; the frog would not let her have any water, as she refused to throw down her gold ring. Her father gave his two elder daughters a good scolding, and then thus addressed the youngest: "You go, Betsie, my de

: "Father-in-law! father-in-law! I want something to drink." "Give him some slops in a broken pot," said the father. "Father-in-law! father-in-law! I won't have this; I want some wine in a nice tumbler." "Give him some wine then," angrily called out the father. He guzzled up his wine and began again: "Father-in-law! Father-in-law! I would like to go to sleep." "Throw him some rags in a corner," was the reply. "Father-in-law! father-in-law! I won't have that; I want a silk bed," croaked the frog. This was also given to him; but no sooner has he gone to bed than again he began to croak, "Father-in-law!

anxiety about her. In the morning, when the father and the two elder girls got up, they opened their eyes and mouths wide in astonishment, because the frog had disappeared, and by the side of Betsie they found a handsome Magyar lad, with auburn locks, in a b

handsome lad. Betsie was very happy after, so happy that if anyone doubt it he can satisfy himself with

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's change our clothes; I will stand here on guard for you if you promise me that in a year hence, on this very day, at this very hour, to the very minute, you will be back here. In the meantime, go home to your native place, and don this red cap, as you can freely walk about and no one will see you as long as you have it on your head." The soldier went home to his native land, over seven times seven countries, and no one saw him as he reached his village. He walked into the garden and opened the door leading into his father's house and stood there listening. His friends were

you henceforth, as I've cast a spell and whenever they flog you the captain will feel the pain." The devil then changed his uniform, took back the red cap, and disappeared. The poor soldier-he couldn't help it, as he was tired of soldiering-again committed something wrong, the punishment for which was one hundred strokes. All the preparations to carry out the sentence had alread

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d to use all possible means to teach him to fear. For this reason she sent him to the clergyman of the village as "mendicant," and requested the minister to use all his knowledge in trying to teach her son to fear. The clergyman left nothing untried to make the boy frightened; he told him all sorts

Jack went to ring the bells and discovered the dummy in the cassock. "Who are you?" he called out, but received no reply. "Very well," said the boy, "if you won't answer I will tell you this, that if you don't clear off from that door I'll kick you in the stomach that you will turn twelve somersaults." As there was no reply, Jack in his rage took hold of the dummy's collar and th

ndow of the tower, and it whizzed through the air. The clergyman had had two unsuccessful experiments but he had great confidence in the third. He made three dummies this time, two were placed as before and the third he stood on the bell so that it might prevent it ringing. Jack Dreadnought dealt with the two first dummies as on the previous night, but as he was about to ring, to his astonishment, he discovered the dummy on the bell; he was not frightened, but when he saw that it would not come down, after a polite request, took it angrily by one leg and pitched it thr

the devil won't leave me alone even here: get down from there, will you, or do you expect me to take you down?" No reply came, and Jack, with a clever jump, caught hold of one of his legs, and brought it down, but the head was torn off and fell down. Only then he discovered that it was a hanged man, but he did not think much of it, and stayed there all night. He travelled the whole of the next day; in the evening he reached an inn and asked for a room, and re

l concert; but, all of a sudden a big skull rolled in through the door and stopped by the side of the dish. Jack stared at it, and, instead of the skull, he saw an old monk standing before him with long heavy chains. "Good evening, brother friar!" shouted Jack, "pray have supper with me." "I'm going from here," said the friar, "and I want you to come too; I will show you something." "With pleasure," replied Jack, "will you lead the way, you devil, or you reverend gentleman?" Thereupon Jack followed the friar with the lighted candle. When they arrived at the

last a big skull dropped right into the middle of the dish and broke it. Jack got into a rage, and threw the skull violently behind the door; and, on looking back, he found, instead of the limbs, an immense ghost standing behind the door, whom Jack at once taxed with the damage done to the dish, demanding payment. The ghost replied, "Very well; I will pay for it, if you come with me." Jack consented, and they went off together; as before, he always insisted on the ghost going first. They came to a long winding staircase, and down into a huge cellar. Jack opened his eyes and mouth wide when he found in the cellar three vats full of gold, six vats of silver, and

daughter, who was very pretty, and lives with her to this day, if he has not die

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ept pace with the growth of the scabbard on the little boy's side. When the boy was a year old he discovered the sword in the garden, and every evening at sunset he tried the sword in the scabbard. One evening after sunset the little boy lay down and fell fast asleep. Next morning he awaited dawn squatting by the side of the growing sword, which he passed seven times into the scabbard. He

on and wept bitterly. As he was thus weeping in his mother's garden, the king of the country passed outside the fencing; the king heard the sound of crying and stopped his carriage, and thus spoke to his footman: "My dear servant, go to see who is crying in that garden, and ask the cause of it?" The footman obeyed, and on his return gave the following reply to his royal master: "Your majesty, a child is kneeling among the flowers, and cries because his mother has cruelly beaten him." "Bring him here, my dear servant, tell him his king wants him, w

nd, and placed it in the scabbard, where it rattled unceasingly. They had driven a good distance, and the boy had had his cry, when the king said, "Why did you cry so bitterly in the little garden, my dear son?" "Because" replied the little boy "my mother continually scolded me, and also thrashed me cruelly." "And why did your mother thrash you cruelly and scold you?" asked the king. "Because I wouldn't tell her my dream." "And why would you not tell your dream to your poor mother?" "Because I wil

r a royal palace." The sword at the little boy's side clanked loudly; the servants obeyed their royal master's orders, and took the boy to the place where they lived. The pretty child cried upon being taken away from the gorgeous palace, and the servants' children consoled him, offered him fruits and toys, and thus brought back his spirits in a few hours; the children got used to each other, and the little boy lived with them until he became seventeen years of age. The elder daughters of the king married kings of countries beyond the seas, and the youngest one has also grown old enough to be married. One day she ran from the lofty palace into the servants' house, where she saw th

agyars jumped out and asked for the handsome lad's reprieve, who was blindfolded. The angry king informed him that he had great reason to have the scoundrel hanged, because he thrashed his daughter for no other cause than her asking him to reveal his secret. The secret was a dream which he could only tell when it was realised. "My royal colleague, hand the culprit over to me," said the king of the Magyars, "I'm sure he will tell me his secret. I have a pretty daughter who is like the Morning Star, and she will get it out of him." The sword again clanked at the side of the handsome lad. The king handed the prisoner to the Magyar king, who bade him sit in his carriage, and asked

the gallows, he's mine, and I am his, and we shall die together." The last words were addressed by the king's daughter to the handsome lad, who smothered the pretty princess with kisses. "You will soon be angry with him, my dear daughter," said the sorrowful king, "if you ask his secret; he's a coarse fellow,

gle word. The princess thereupon addressed him in such a beautiful voice as his ear had never heard before, "Tell me, my handsome lad, why have I come to see you, if you guess it I will be yours?" "My dove, my angel!" said the lad with glowing cheeks, "I won't tell you my secret, and if you wish to get back safely to your royal father's palace you had better not ask any more questions about the matter." But the girl would not listen to the lad's warning but pressed f

a small tower was built; the masons had already left off work, and were going to inform the king that the structure was finished. They met the king's daughter, who asked one of the masons to stay, the one who appeared to be the eldest, and asked him whether he could make so small a hole in

ddle, and which at the top, he would declare war against him. The king was very much alarmed, and became sad. His daughter noticed her father's sorrow, and inquired, "Why are you so downcast, my royal father?" "How can I be otherwise, my dear daughter," said the good king; "look here, the Turkish Sultan has sent me three canes, and writes, that if I cannot tell him which is the cane's root-end, middle-part, and top-end, he will send his army against my country." "The God of the Magyar's will help you, my dear father," said the girl; and hurried to the tower, and informed her sweetheart through the secret hole of the Turkish Sultan's message, and of her father's sorrow. "Go home, my love, my sweetheart; go to bed and sleep, and when you wake tell your royal father that you have dream

said the captive lad; "go to bed and sleep. In your dream scream out, and when your father asks you what is the matter, tell him that you dreamt that the Sultan had sent some Turks in order to carry your father off to captivity, as he was not able to guess when the foals were born; but just as they were pinioning him, you dreamt that the lad who had slapped your face got out somehow from his prison, and told you which of the foals was foaled in the morning, which at noon, and which in the evening." The king's daughter ran home and did exactly as the immured lad had told her. Next morning the tower was pulled down and the handsome lad conducted before the king. "The Lord has preserved you in your long captivity, my son, and I also feel inclined to grant you pardon. But before doing this you will have to help me in

become king of Hungary; so long as you do not kill him you will covet Hungary in vain." Another letter came to the king of Hungary, in which it was written that if the lad who was kept by the king, and who was the brat of a poor woman, be not sent to Turkey, war shall be declared against the king. The king shewed the letter to the good lad in great sorrow, who, after h

le to pass through the eye of a needle, the old witch glided through the keyhole into the bedroom where the youths soundly slept. All three were lying in the same bed, the handsome lad on the outside. The witch produced a pair of small scissors, and clipped out a piece of his shirt-collar, and then crept out of the room. But the handsome lad, when dressing in the morning, noticed in the looking-glass the damaged shirt-collar and marked his two mates' collars the same way. The Sultan asked the three lads to breakfast. The old witch stood in the window, and was very much surprised that the shirt-collars of all three were marked in the same way. After breakfast, they bowed and retired, and were allowed to return home. The king's daughter was very anxious until her sweetheart returned, but when she saw him one evening in her father's palace in good health and safe she was greatly delighted, and begged her father's permission to marry him. The king, however, made no reply, and the girl was very vexed with her father. One evening when she was again pleading on his behalf she suddenly fainted away; her eye fell on a letter sent by the Turkish Su

ach, as she thought that they had come to destroy the town; and was still more frightened when she discovered that, while other courtyards were free from soldiers, her own was full of them, so full that one could not even drop a needle among them. She trembled, when a handsome fellow got off his horse, and approached her, but was very much surprised when the same handsome fellow took hold of her hand and kissed it, saying: "Well, my dear mother, I will now tell you what I have dreamt. I dreamt that I should become king of Hungary, my dream has become true, and I may tell you now what it was, because it is

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One day Paul betook himself into the world in order to see countries, to get to know something of life, and try his luck. He went on and on, and on the very first day he met a man who was combing huge trees like one does flax. "Good day, my relative," said Paul; "upon my word, you are very strong! my Koma!" "I am Tree-Comber," said the man, "and am very anxious to wrestle with Shepherd Paul." "I'm the man you name; come along and let us wrestle," exclaimed Paul. And thereupon he

neader, and should like to fight Shepherd Paul," answered this man. Paul wrestled with him and defeated him, and they all four became allies, and continued their journey. About noon they settled down in a forest, and Paul thus addressed his mates: "We three are going to look for some game, and you, Koma Tree-Comber, will stop here in the meantime and prepare a good supper for us." The three went hunting, and Tree-Comber in the meantime commenced to boil and roast, until he had nearly got the meal ready, when a little dwarf with a pointed beard came to the place, and said,

hat I have done with him." When they finished, Paul took his mates to the place where he had fastened the dwarf, but he was gone, and so was the tree, as he had pulled it up by its roots and run away. The four fellows thereupon decided to give chase to him, and they followed the track made by the tree, and thus arrived at a deep hole, and as the track of the tree stopped here they came to the conclusion that the dwarf must have for a certainty got down into the deep hole. They held a short consultation and came to the resolution that they would lower Paul in a basket, and that they would remain above until Paul should pull the rope, and thus give them a signal to haul him up with all haste. So they lowered Paul, and deep below in the earth among beautiful valleys he found a splendid castle, into which he at once entered. In the castle he found a beautiful girl who at once warned him to run away as fast as possible if he valued his life, because the castle belonged to a dragon with six heads, who had kidnapped her from earth, taken her to this underground place, and made her his wife; but Paul decided to await the dragon's return, as he was desirous of liberating the pretty girl. The monster w

h twelve heads. This girl gave Paul a silk shirt in order to make him more fit for the struggle with her husband. The shirt made Paul twice as strong. He had dinner with the twelve-headed dragon, and after a long struggle succeeded in defeating him, and took away all his twelve heads; he then transformed the castle with a golden rod int

ur claws." "I'm glad I've met you," replied the dragon, "it's you who killed my two brothers, and you'll have to pay for that with your life, for it is only your blood that can repay me for the loss." Thereupon the monster went into the next room, to put on the fortifying shirt, and to drink the strengthening wine; but there was no shirt, and no wine in the cask, because the pretty girl had allowed what Paul could not drink to run out. The dragon became very

to the nest of the huge griffin, in which he found several small griffins, and as the old bird was away, and it was hailing fire, he covered the nest with his cloak, and thus saved the little griffins. The old bird, in order to reward him, took him upon its back to carry him up to the surface. It took with it some provisions for the way, which consisted of a roast bullock hanging on one side, and a cask of wine on the other, and gave Paul directions that whenever it turned its head to the bullock he was to cut off a piece, and put it in its mouth, and whenever it turned its head to the cask, to pour a pint of wine down its throat. The griffin started off with Paul on its back, and flew three days and three nights,

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on at once. The father was at luncheon. The eldest son knocked; and, after greeting his father, kissed his hand, and asked him why the one eye always wept and the other always smiled? The father looked very angrily at his son, and beckoned him to go. The boy became very frightened at seeing his father grow angry so suddenly, and ran away. Just as he ran through the door he heard a noise at his heels, and found that his father had thrown his knife and fork after him. The terrified lad brought the disappointing news to his brothers. "Then I'll ask him, if no one else will," said the middle son, who,

r lovingly stroked the little fellow's hair and bade him sit on a low chair, and told him the secret, saying: "One eye always laughs because you three boys are very handsome children; and when I die you will make three brave kings for any three countries. My other eye always weeps because once upon a time I had a beautiful pelican, whose song was so charming, that whosoever heard it was at once transformed into a youth seventeen years of age. That bird was stolen from me by two men dressed in black. That is the reason why one e

ut a great deal of treasure in their sabretaches, and set forth: so that the youngest son was l

y expect a good one in return. You have helped me, and I will help you, with my advice at least, and that is all a poor beggar can offer. Five miles from this bridge where we stand lives an old witch who has two horses. If you serve her for a year (her year has three days) she will give you as much money as you ask for; but if you do not serve your whole year she will chop off your head. The man has not yet been found who can serve her a whole year, for her horses are her two daughters, and so soon as the groom falls asleep, they either disappear into the clouds or the sea; or slip under ground, and do not reappear until the groom's head is impaled. But I trust that you will be able to take care of them. Take this whistle; it has three holes. If you op

will help me." "Come in to supper, for you will have to take the horses out into the Silken Meadow for the night." The prince went in, and after supper the witch poured a sleeping draught into the new groom's drinking-cup. Supper over the prince went into the stables and stroked the horses. He then prepared two halters from a piece of rope that the beggar had given him, threw them over their heads, and jumped on the back of the finer horse. The horse, which had become quite tame with the unusual halter, walked along peaceably with the prince on its back, to the great surprise of the witch. "Well, that fellow must know a thing or two!" sighed the old witch as she looked after him, and slammed the door behind her. As soon as the prince arrived in the Silken Meadow with the horses a heavy sleep seized him, and he slept soundly all night. The sun was high in the heavens when he woke, rubbing his sleepy eyes, and began to call for his horses, which would not come. He was in great despair until, fum

ish to rip open the pike's belly. The little lad struck the gold fishes on the head with his halter, and they became horses once more. Late in the afternoon the little groom arrived in the courtyard with the horses. "Go inside, my son, and have something to eat, you have nothing more to do until the evening," said the witch, who then thrashed her horses with a huge poker, and, having given them some burning cinders to eat, hobbled back into the house and began to count her gold coins. The prince had to spend another night with the horses; and in the evening the old witch went to the horses, and, having scolded them well, declared that if they would not hide themselves properly this time she would punish them horribly. She gave her little groom drink until he was half drunk, and also three pill

er, take as much as you like. The second key opens a wardrobe, from which you may choose either royal dresses, or if you like magic garments, which will change into anything you like. The third key opens the stables, where you will find h

ostly garments, and gold; I have

life, because whosoever has served a

e lies buried seven fathoms deep a wretched foal, and on the top of your hen-coop there'

vil, my dear son, take care t

en days and seven nights, and on the dawn which followed the eighth night the ground began to move under his spade and the Tátos foal showed its hoofs. The prince dug it out, scraped the dirt from it, and, having fetched the saddle from the hen-coop, pu

Sea leave your horse there, for you will have to walk three hundred miles further. On your way go into every house and make inquiries. A man who knows how to use his tongue can get far, and one question is worth more than a hundred bad guesses. On the shore of the Operencian Sea

retched foal had become such a beautiful horse with golden ha

ke thus: "I shall now be able to see, my little master, whether we can start at once;" and thereupon darted into the clouds; from the

this finger-post, and in one year's time meet here again. Should blood ooze out of the post it will be a sign that the brother who is absent is in misery or captivity; but if milk flow out of it, then he is well." This proposal was accepted. The two eldest took the roads on the right and the youngest the one on the left. But the two eldest were wicked. They did not look for the pelican but got into bad habits and spent their time in making love to young ladies. They did not trouble themselves very much about their father's rejuven

with it he notched the stems of the trees so that he might not miss his road upon his return. Be

my dear o

t are you doing here, whither not even a bird e

nd the pelican, my

ver forest, and ask my grandmother. If she does not know anything about it, nobody does. On your way b

turned back. The wandering prince, after a journey which lasted for weeks, got through the silver forest a

ing, my gr

hat are you doing here, whither not even a bi

se song makes old people young again. Th

f she knows nothing about your bird, then nobody does. On your way back with the bird call upon me, my

ack. After a journey of days and weeks the prince discovered on the borders of the copper-forest a little cottage, in which the old woman sa

d within a gun-shot you will see an old tumble-down church; the pelican is kept in there. By the side of the church there is a beautiful mansion, in it live the two old Jesuits who brought the bird

en stole into the church. He had to wait for seven days, and still he did not succeed in hearing the pelican sing, as on ea

age and throw sugar into it. The prince hid himself under a chair, and when every one had retired to rest after evening prayers he let the bird out of its cage, hid it under his cloak, and went back to the first old woman and made h

e returned to the post where he had left his brothers. Lo! blood was flowing on that side on which his brothers had gone. His sensitive heart was quite overcome with sorrow, because his brothers were either in danger or misery. So he went on the same road on which the poor fellows had departed. He had not gone more tha

two elder brothers attacked him from behind, cut off his hands and feet, took his little bird from him, and hurried home in order to lengthen their father's life by means of the song of the dear bird that had been brought b

tune. Next morning just as he was going to look after his hogs the little prince called him back with fearful screams, and to his surprise he saw something that looked like a human skull wriggle out of the ground. He quickly knocked off the top of the skull with his hatchet, and the remainder slipped back into the g

I do not wish my brothers to see me, lest they kill me. Let us then go into the town, and, as you are very old, I will induce the pelican to sing and make you young." So they set off together and the swine-herd sent word into the crowded meeting that he had confidence in the Lord, and thought he would be able to make the bird sing. The people crowded round the swine-herd, who had a handsome, well-built boy hidden under his cloak. They conducted him into the church, where he at once took off his great cloak, and no sooner did the pelican see its liberator than it at once began to sing most beautifully, and all the old men who were there assembled in gr

ITH THE GO

all his sons should get married, and they all were willing to comply with their father's wish, with the exception of the eldest son, who could not on any account be coaxed into matrimon

is twelve sons. He wandered hither and thither over several countries until the iron soles of his boo

est lad-always bestowed the greatest care upon the mare. One day, as the whole stud were grazing in the fields, the mare neighed and said to the lad, "I say, Jack, I hear that you are thinking of getting married; your eleven brothers have already gone to the fair to purchase riding-horses for the wedding; they are buyin

fe too; I should be much obliged if you would pay me my wages." "You are perfectly right, my dear son, Jack," replied the king, "it is high time that you too get married; and, as you have so faithfully served me, I will give orders for your wedding to be celebrated with the greatest pomp. Let me know your wishes! would you like to have so much silver as you can carry,

hattels and sat in the coach, but the king would not allow the foal to run along with the coach, and said: "Not that way, if I know it; put the ugly creature up on the box! I should feel ashamed if anybody saw the ugly brute running alongside my coach." So the foal was tied up to the box, and they set off till they reached the outskirts of the town. By this time the foal, which was in a most uncomfortable position, presented a most pitiful sight; for by rubbing against the box the whole of one of its

the foal again spoke, asking: "Is

is, my de

ort distance of the inn, the foal alighted on the ground with Jack, and addressed him in these words: "Well, my dear master, get off here and turn me out on to that heap of rubbish and weeds yonder, then walk into the inn and have plenty to eat and drink; your eleven younger brothers will also arrive here shortly." So Jack entered the inn, ordered a bottle of wine, made a hearty meal, and enjoyed himself heartily. He took out a bucketful of wine to his foal and gave it to drink; time passed on ... when, at last his brothers arrived. They were still at some distance when the youngest caught sight

ad not left home when the clock struck twelve." "Certainly it is a mystery how you hav

o soon as it became dark, the lads

put your horse over night?"

nto the same sta

ch to the bellies of our horses, the sta

ack. In the meantime his brothers had returned to the tap-room and wer

circumstances but kill him? It will never do to take him with us

ur brothers will come to kill you, but don't do anything in the matter, leave it to me;

t the feet of his foal, and as the wine had made him a bit drowsy he soon fell asleep. Ere l

ut to attack the poor little foal, when it kicked out with s

Jack thereupon woke, and his little foa

hem all agai

ed, so he hurriedly picked up a bucket, ran to the well, fetched some water and poured it over the eleven. They managed, with some difficulty, to get on to the

t to get in was not such an easy task, for the place was fenced round with strong iron rails, the gate was also very strong and made of iron, and the latch was so heavy that it took more than

e latch, hammering at it and kicking, when at last, just when the people were lighting the candles at dusk, the brothers discovered Jack approaching high up in the air on his foal. As soon as he reached the gate he wheeled round, the foal gave a tremendous kick at the latch, whereupon t

maid, and so on, every lad with the girl of his own age. They sat down to supper, each girl by the side of her beau; they ate and drank, enjoyed themselves, and the kissing had no end. At last they exchanged handkerchiefs. As it was getting late, and the young folks became

ou wretched crew, we shall see which

oal; he took a bucketful of wine with him and gave hi

to bed, come out again and lead us horses out from these stables, and tie twelve horses belonging to the old witch in our places. With regard to yourselves, place your hats on to the girls'

ch commenced to whet a huge knife, which sent forth a shower of vivid sparks: she then approached the beds, groped about, and as soon as she discovered a hat, snap! off went a head, and so she went on until she

ound, whereupon Jack went out, an

ses! and let them get away from this place without a moment's delay. Don't let dawn o

k himself laid down and had a sound sleep. As soon as the first streaks of dawn appeared, the foal again stamped; Jack went out, sat upon it, and as they flew through the gate the foa

my twelve daughters, and destroyed my twelve horses. I am no

l be here; if no

e picked it up, but it would equally be unlucky to leave it; so you had better take it with you." Jack picked up the golden hair, and re-mounted his foal, and continued his journey. After a while the foal again spoke, saying: "My dear master! now I have stept on a half horse-shoe of pure gold, it is here under my hoof. It would be unluc

st, what is the n

, who drove his state-coach, is lying on his death-bed;

other grooms (there were some fifty or sixty of them) raised a great cry, and all asked for candles from the woman who served out the stores. But Jack did not want any, so he did not ask for any, and still his horses were in better condition, and were better groomed than the rest. All the other grooms used a whole candle a head every night. This set the storekeep

a whole candle every night, whereas my state-coachman has never aske

to ask for any; we could do withou

t, explain

he light of a golden hair, and every other morni

ched Jack, and satisfied himself with his own eyes that his men had spoken the tru

rking this morning by the l

esty; where on earth could

morning. If the girl to whom that golden hair belonged is not

a child. "What is the matter?" inquired his foal

t sent for me and told me that if I can't produce the

ylight, she is always kept in a special room which she has never yet left, and in which six candles are kept burning day and night-that is the girl to whom that golden hair once belonged. But never mind, eat and dri

htest noise. And lo! inside he beheld the girl with the golden tresses, such a wonderfully pretty creature the like of which he had not set his eyes upon before during all his eventful life. He stole up to her bedside on tiptoe, grasped the girl round the waist, and in another second was again out of the house, carrying her off wi

ters have perished by your hand, and now you carry off my thirteenth! You

do; if I don

aught sight of her than he rushed forward and embraced her, saying: "Oh, my darling, my pretty love, you are mine and I am yours!" But the gi

me one brings hither all my goods and chattels, my spi

t once sen

tels, spinning-wheel, distaff, and the very dust in her r

eached the stables his foal again asked him: "What's th

me and threatened to hang me if the golden-haired girl's goods and chat

a table-cloth somewhere, and when you enter her room spread out

place very nearly blinded him; the very dust on the floor was pure gold. He swept everything he could find into the table-cloth, swung the bundle on his back, and ran out; having got outside, th

y thirteen daughters, you now come and steal the chattels of the

do; if I don

the luggage and ha

ur wish is now fulfilled, and nothing

go for my stud with golden hair, which is to be found beyond

again sen

has a golden-haired stud beyond the Red Sea; if you d

itterly, and as he sobbed and moaned the little foal asked: "What are you crying about now?" Jack told th

o up stairs to the king and beg of him twelve buffalo-hides, twelve balls of twine, a grub

let him have these things, to which the king replied: "Go and take anything that you

he ate and drank, gave his foal a bucketful of wine, an

can you see the pear-tree on that hill yonder? Let's go up on the hill, take your hoe and dig a hole big enough to hold me; and as soon as you have dug the hole sew the twelve buffalo-hides together and wrap them round me, as

over its head and jump on its back." Jack did as he was told; when, no sooner was he on its back, than the stallion gave a tremendous neigh that rent all the mountains asunder. At its call a vast number of golden-haired horses appeared; so many, that Jack was not able to count them. The whole herd immediately took to their heels, and galloped off with the speed of lightning. The king had not

g sent

t at once milk the mares, I'

hey are, I find it difficult to save

aste any words;

would not touch any food or drink. His foal again addr

dered me to milk the mares no matter what ha

tub up in the loft, and milk the mare

time as quietly as the most patient milch-cows. The king then said to the girl w

he lad who milked the mare

g sent

milked the mares, you had

hat? The milk is boiling hot, and t

o bathe in the milk or

e gallows. His foal again spoke, and said: "Don't cry, dear master, but tell me wh

llow you to lead me to the tub, and be present when you take your bath. I w

least grant me the favour of allowing my foal to be present wh

there be a hundre

is he said to the lad: "Well, Jack, you see you would not have the bath at first. I'm going to have one myself." The king jumped in, but in the meantime the foal had sent all the heat into the milk back again, and the tyrant was scalded to death. The heat was so intense that nothing was left of his body except a few bits of bone, as big as my little finger, which were every now and then brought up by

tries. I, too, was present at the banquet, and kept on shouting: "Chef! Cook! let me have a bone," t

VER'S

handsomest lad in the village where she lived. They were as happy together as a pair of turtle-doves in the wood. They fixed the day of the

the king, like bees. John, our hero, too, took leave of his pretty fiancée; he led out his grey charger, mounted, and said to his young bride: "I shall be back in three years, my dove; wait until then, and don't be afraid; I promise to bring you back my love and remain faithful to you, even were I

nd the bridegroom had not yet returned. The girl could not wait any longer, but went to see her godmother, and asked for her advice, who (I must tell you, between ourselves) was a witch. The old hag received her well, and gave her the following direction: "As it will be full moon to-morrow night, go into the cemetery, my dear girl, and ask the gravedigger to give you a human skull. If he should refuse, tell him tha

to you, dear

hat are you doing here at

ou to ask you to

and, if I can, I will c

give me a h

t what do you inte

, myself; my godmothe

od; here is

d went off with a loud report like a musket. The next moment the girl saw the skull balanced on the rim of the pot. "He has started," it said, in a vicious tone. The girl waited a little longer, when two more loud reports came from the pot, and the skull said, "He has got halfway." Another few moments elapsed, when the pot gave three very loud reports, and the skull was heard to say, "He has ar

e, and they embraced and kissed

y where you live v

t in spite of the distance it wil

rush past, all clad in spotless white, like to the finest wheat flour. As soon as they vanishe

ly shines the

ully march p

d, my love, my

while I can see y

beautiful military order, like soldiers. So soon as the hundred vanishe

ly shines the

ully march p

d, my love, my

hile I can see you

g numbers, so that she could not count them; some rode past so c

ly shines the

ully march p

d, my love, my

while I see you,

ld do anything for me. As a reward, you shall have everythi

he lid off. "Go in, my darling," said the lad. "You had better go first, my love Jack," replied the girl, "you know the way." Thereupon the lad descended into the grave and laid down in the coffin; but the lass, instead of following him, ran away as fast as her feet would carry her, and took refuge in a mansion that was

d of the corridor he knocked and exclaimed: "Dead man, open the door to a fellow dead man." The corpse inside began to tremble at the sound of these words. Again said Jack, "Dead man, open the doo

bride

hiding in the corner

ched the girl, but just as they were about to lay hands upon her the cock in t

ng rooms. Judging by his appearance one would have believed it was the king himsel

ndred and sixty-five times with the greatest pomp, but he has returned each time. As you have relieved me of him, my swee

h gentleman, and they got married and celebra

he tale goes. Thi

KE

lar-tree, on the top of which there was a very old, tattered petticoat. In the tucks of this old

a huge tree-stump, and, in fact, had already driven his axe into it, when an immense, dread-inspiring serpent, as big as a grown-up lad, crept out of the stump. The poor man began to ponder whether to leave it or to take it home with him; it might bring him luck or turn out a disastrous venture. At last he made up his mind tha

on't be afraid of it; on the contrary, th

elve children were soon seated and busily engaged with their spoons, when suddenly the serpent

l of soup and placed it under the bench. The snake crept to the plate and in another minute had dru

g-since there was any bread in the larder. I was wealthy t

, and fetch me a

going, when there is no

go and

l sides. Moreover, bacon and hams were hanging from the roof, casks filled with honey, milk, &c., standing on the floor; the bins were full of flour; in a word, there were to be

n to me, mother dear. Go up to the king and

You must know that the king is a great man, and h

go and

the door, and, entering, greeted the king, and said: "

you, my good woman. What have yo

till I will tell you.... My son has sent me to request you

your son will fill with gold a sack of the size of a full-grow

ased at hearing this; returned

her. Let's have a wagon, and the k

ut a heap of gold and diamonds loose in the wagon besides. The king was not a little astonished, and exclaimed, "Well! up

rept into the carriage. The bride-poor thing, what could she do?-put her arm round the snake and covered him with her shawl, as she did not wish to let the whole town know her misfortune. Then they drove to church. The priest threw up his arms in amazement when he saw the bridegroom approach the altar. From church they drove to the castle. There kings, princes, dukes, barons, and deputy-lieutenants of the counties were assembled at the festival and enjoying themselves; they were all dancing their legs off in true Magyar style, and very nearly kicked out the sides of the dan

in great sorrow until the day when the curse expired, and the snake-who was a bewitched prince-became a very handsome

and fetch some clothes and other things; in the meantime, stay

e he said to his parent, "My dear father, let me have back my former horse, my saddle, sword, gun, and all

, my son, and all your other

onies to see who the great swell was whom they saw coming. He did not pass under the crossbeam of the gate, but flew over it like a bird. He tied his charger to a tree in the yard, and then entered the castle and walked among the dancers. The dance was immediately stopped, everybody gazed upon him and admired him, and

than she already was, and dressed her up in rich garments of pure silver and gold. The assembled guests were very so

who were nearly overpowered by the shine and glitter on looking into the poultry-house. They at once unlocked the door, and led the bride and bridegroom into their royal father

urse and was compelled to wear a serpent's skin. When I entered, not long ago, your castle in my former plight, I was the laughing-s

obody, no man living

e dance, and celebrated such a fine wedding

IRIES'

on the tree; it broke one of its legs; a

continually scolded and abused them, and one day, in a fit of passion, the words slipped from his lips: "What is the good of all these wenches? I wish the devil would come and fetch them all three!" Th

they had something to eat and drink, and gave their horses hay and corn. They tippled for some time, until the two elder princes got jolly, and commenced to dance in true style. The youngest one every now

t his way and found himself in a vast forest. In wandering hither and thither, he came to a small hut in which an old hermit dwelt.

you, my son! whe

the fairies' well for some youth-gi

a difficult journey. But I will tell you something. I have a piebald horse, that will carry you without mi

h pleasure, old father. Yo

on the piebald, and be o

gh up in the air, like birds, because the piebald was a magic horse that at all times grazed on t

s at this moment out rabbiting, but he will be back soon if I go to fetch him. He will ask you to bring him, also, some youth-giving water. I'll tell you what to do. He has a plaid which has the pow

ging upon them; he lifted off the corpse, and ran away with it. Having arrived at home, he called from the yard through the window: "Take this, wife! half of him roasted, the other half boiled, for my meal. Be sure to have him ready by th

hat a pity that I did not notice you sooner? You are just to

in-law. I don't care

wine, wife! perhaps he

and placed it on the table,

ng for in this strange part of

airies' well for som

and still I could not accomplish that journey. I can get to within about fourteen miles o

ll the same, if He

silver as you can carry, if you will b

than for the plaid hanging on that peg. If you

plaid on any account; but the prince begg

s such a plaid, that if you p

he devil asked him, "Have you an

e, but I have

piebald horse at once appeared, and the prince mounted. The devil no sooner caught sight of the piebald than he exclaimed, addressing the prince, "Oh, you rascally fellow! Th

ell then, dear master, we will now go and look up your second sister. True, your brother-in-law is out rabbiting, but he will soon be back if I go for him. He, too, will offer you all sorts of things

verything happened as at the previous house. The devil had his meal

you doing in thi

airies' well for som

your stamp put together, and still I can't go there. The heat there is so great that it would shrive

to go, by the

asure that you can fill several wagons with it, if you

rother-in-law, but that r

e would it

t know; let

pressing the devil gav

that it will squeeze your finger and wake y

ched the courtyard, and was ready to st

in-law, have you any

t it is all gone,"

lver money into the prince's bag. The prince then shook the bridle and the p

with the persecutor of our kinsfolk? Stop! Give me back that ring

your youngest sister. Her husband, too, is out at present rabbiting, but I shall fetch him in, in no time. He, also, will beseech you to get him some youth-giving water, but don't you yiel

ird devil. Everything happened as on the two previous occasions, and the devil asked his wife to send him

ving water. My father has grown very old and requi

account of the great heat. To which the prince said, th

ch gold and silver as your heart can wish or your mouth

ch as I need. But if you will give me that sword on the wall, I

sword be to you? You can

r. Let me

ut, at last, he gave in. The Green Prince went into t

ve you any money le

; but it's

scal, then you associate with our arch-persecutor. Let me have back my sword and the gourd, I don't want any of your water." But the prince did not listen to him; in fact he had no time to heed the devil's words even if he had any

e have reached our destination. Put on the plaid that the first devil gave you and walk into the fairy queen's palace. The queen has just sat down to supper. Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself. Don't be afra

the fairy he drank two. The supper over they enjoyed themselves. Suddenly the fairy queen felt a sensation as if she were touched by a man, although she could n

e was still fast asleep, but luckily the ring squeezed his finger and

e water at once. This is how you must proceed. Stick the gourd on the point of your sword and then dip it under. But,

n the point of the sword and dipped it into the well, bef

ince put on the plaid, and brought her away unnoticed. Then he rescued the second princess; and at last the eldest, by the aid of his plaid. And the

youth-giving water?" exclaimed the hermit, as

father; I have

the magic water drop on to the old man's hand; and oh, wonder! immediately a change ca

lways be deeply grateful to you until the end of my days. I won't take back the piebald from you, as I have another one ex

magic water drop on to his father's hand, and the old king immediately became a youth of sixteen. And he

pletely forgotten that the prince was ever born. What was he to do? Nobody knew him at his father's palace, or would recognise him as his father's son; so he

the person for whom they searched could only be a prince. The Green King then suddenly remembered that he had once another son but did not know his whereabouts. Something or other, however, recalled to his mind the swineherd, so he at once took pen and paper and wrote a note to the swineherd. The purport of the writing was that

ey have sent you on a fool's errand.

and pulled up in front of the king's palace. There was such a sight to be seen. A great number of wonderfully pretty fairies had congregated, and were fanning the fire under a huge cauldron of boiling lead, which emitted such a heat that

you the father of the chil

a

his seething mass

rnt, shrivelling up to

do," said

ess, too, was one mass of sparkling gold. As

you the father of the chil

a

his seething mass

ared no better tha

horse. His clothes were one mass of dirt a

of the child of th

a

eething mass of boilin

eached a good height, it came down with the swineherd on its back in one bold swoop, and jumped into the cauldron full of boiling lead without a single h

airies and a sumptuous we

he end of

ROW'S

n, his only property; his wife remained at home to do the cooking. The girl, being the older of the two children, was often sent out on short errands; upon the present occasion,

rl returned her dear little brother was half stewed. When the mess was quite done, the woman poured it into a smaller pot, placed the small p

eat is this? It

ll a small lamb last night, and no doubt

tiful piece of new white linen and took them into the nearest forest, where she hid them in a hollow tree. Nobody can foretell what will happen, and so it came to pass that the bones did not remain very long in the hollo

her kil

ther a

gathered

them in clean

them in a

hold, I'm a

e was singing this song, a m

I live in a big village, and have travelled a good deal i

gain commenc

her kil

ther a

gathered

them in clean

them in a

hold, I'm a

ith a crutch-stick hobbled by. "Well, my boy," he said, "sing me that song again. I live in a big vill

her kil

ther a

gathered

them in clean

them in a

hold I'm a

h-stick. The next one to pass was a miller. He also asked the boy to repeat the pretty t

y's head and he flew to his father's house,

her kil

ther a

gathered

them in clean

them in a

hold I'm a

drive away the bird, but instead of flying away the young crow continued to sing the same song, and threw down the cloak to his sister. Th

and the bird threw down to him the crutch-stick. The old man was highly delighted with t

ick he has given to me! It will be

n and said, "I must go out too; if presents w

gave her a present for which she had not bargained. He

s our tale.

S CURI

death. However the wife would not give in and leave him in peace, but continued to torment her husband with so many questions that he at last determined to die rather than to bear his wife's ill-temper any longer. With this view he had his coffin made and brought to his house; he laid down in the coffin quite prepared for death and ready to divulge the secret. His faithful dog sat mournfully by his side watching, while the cock belonging to the house merrily hopped about in the roo

nd they lived happily

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THE FOL

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those curiosities of popular nomenclature so often found in Hungary, and may be a fanciful name for "sacristan," or sexton. One of the many names of this official is "harangozó," i. e. the bellringer; hence the individual who holds the corresponding office among the Jews is in small villages sometimes called "the Jewish bellringer," a clear case of lucus a non lucendo. A friend of the editors (

e coming." This must be unique. The usual exclamations are, "The Turks are coming," or "The Tartars are coming." The nurse will frighten a naughty child with Turks

d, and the lad was left alone in his sorrow; after many days he suddenly remembered what his father had said, and set off to the forest, where he found the traps. In the first and second there was nothing, but in the third was a brown fox, which he brought home alive, thinking to himself, "There's not much to be got out of this beast; I shall soon die of hunger." When he got home, he put the fox on a bench and sat down, when, lo! the fox said, "Look here, Jussi Juholainen, wouldn't you like to get married?" The lad replied, "Why should I marry, poor fox? I couldn't live with a poor woman, and a rich one wouldn't have me." "Marry one of the royal family,

at his son-in-law's wealth, and stayed many days. When he prepared to return home, the fox proposed that Jussi Juholainen and his man should now visit the king, much to the king's chagrin, who tried to make excuses; but as this failed, calves and dog-like creatures, and so forth, were made to jump about the wayside, and in the courtyard, so as to be something

grouse it had found. He drew his bow and was about to shoot when the bird begged him not to do so, and promised to reward him. The lad kept the bird for three years, and at t

e "Cinder Jack" (in this collection), p. 149, a wolf brings fort

iss?, 1881), a fox assists the fugitives to defeat the devil, who pursues them. This tale is very much like the la

slegutten," from Hammerfest. Lappiske Eventyr og Folke

lten, Friis, 63; and a fox in "Bondes?nnen, Konge

variant from Lyngen, in whi

Darai"; Dasent's Tales from the Norse: "L

Brahman." "The Tiger

ntures of little Peachling"; and a Bohemian story of the Dog

Century, January, 1883. A most in

and Vasilissa the Wise." A story which in th

chatantra, i.

saal aller V?lk

es des Fées: "

nska Folksagor, i. Stockholm, 1844

l Mythology, vol. i.

vol. i. "the Golden Bird," p. 227;

he Folk-Lore Record,

bian Folk-Lo

s: "Golden Hair," p.

Tales: "The Demon an

nd Nights and One Night, "Abou

MURDERER.

got the best of the bargain; see A Magyar Fauszt, by Maurus Jókai. The Hungarian professor

ntschatantra, where it is related how a poor Brahmin, in reward for his

e mistress of the house were heard, for she was in travail. The young man again begged his companion to use his power. "Well! I will help her," said the old seer; "but would it be kind, for the boy, when born, will murder his father?" He gave his assistance, and in a moment the child was born. The master of the house, however, had overheard the conversation, and told it to his wife, who was horrified at the news. Upon talking it over, they decided to let the lamb a

e thieves had been stealing them; and the mistress gave him a bow and arrows, with strict orders to shoot any one who came. This just suited the lad, who went and hid himself behind a large stone in the middle of the field. Before long a man came over the fence and filled his arms with turnips. The lad drew his bow and shot, and the man fell. The lad returned home, and told what he had done; and the mistress said that she was glad that the thief had perished. They then waited for the master's return, but as he did not come, they went to look for him, and found that the lad had killed him. The lad stayed with the woman, and after a time married her, and all went well till one day they went to the bath[6

ked the monk, and returned and told his mother all. So they went to a rock, and the man began to dig with a chisel; and the woman sat beside him with the sheep in her arms. He worked for a long time, but with no success. Now the rock was close to the road, and good and bad passed by. One day a gentleman drove past gaily, the horse-bells tinkling as he went; he asked the man what he was doing, and was told all. "Who and what are you?" said the man. "O! I am a very clever man," replied the other. "I can make wrong right, and right wrong. I am going to the assizes, where I will help you if you pay me." This enraged the man, because he had to work so hard, whilst the other lived by tr

which, however, spite of all, is fulfilled. Cf. Magyarische Sagen von Mailáth. "Die Brüder." Also "Die Thaten des Bogda Gesser Chans," eine ostasiatische Heldensage aus dem mongolischen übersetzt von J. J. Schmidt, Petersburg 1839. And Folk-lifvet i Skytts h?rad i Sk?ne wid b?rjan af det

the name of Madey. He had murdered his father, and only spared his mother to prepare his food. Here, as in the Magyar story, the lad is spared on condition that he finds out what sort of bed is prepared for the robber in hell. The lad enters hell by means of holy water and incense, and the lame demon Twardowski[7] is threatened with Madey's bed if he does not give up the bond, which he is loth to do. This at once produces the desired effect, and Madey was so horrified at the lad's account of the bed that he

de into the wild woods. There he roamed in agony and despair. The pope's indulgence was obtained at the holy father's feet, but not peace; so, returning to the home of his old love, he begged the judge to sentence him to the severest punishment. After long deliberation the council determined that he should be loaded with the heaviest irons, and should pass a day and a night on each of the three hundred and sixty-five islands in Bolmen. This was carried out; and in his little boat he dragged himself from isle to isle. At length he reached the last, and crawled into a barn. His sad fate had made a deep impression on the people, and a minstrel wrote a song, which, a witch said, so soon as Ebbe heard, his irons would fall off and he would die. As he lay in the barn, a servant, who went to milk the cows, began to sing, 'Knight Ebbe's Song.' He listened with breathless attention, and then cried out: 'One part is true, one part is false.' The girl fled in terror. Soon

the Western Highlands,

s of the Middle Ages. "The

p. 366. "The Thr

Banks of the Danube, vol

variant, "Fattiggutten, Fande

THE GOLDEN FLE

. "Hans, who made the

. 97 and Notes, p. 410, in which the Jew is c

Fiddler," p. 29, and the "Ratcatcher of Hamelin," p

864, vol. i. p. 222, and vol. ii. p. 240.-Ladislaus Arany. "The Sa

JOE. Kr

same things happen, wealth and destitution; and then the fish is caught a third time. This time the fish is cut into six pieces, two of which are put in the ground, and grow up as golden cities; two are given to the man's horse, which has two golden foals; and two to the man's wife, who bears two golden children. See Grimm's notes, p. 453. Gubernatis, vol. i. p. 249 (as to Phallic Significance), and vol. i

le wonders happen, so does the drummer rest, while the maiden does

e Mastermaid," p. 84, and Denton's Serbian

king (or lord) seeing the hero's wife, or

. p. 2, where the hero, after infinite trouble, secures

er skin throug

through

through

through h

ast one, which took the form "of beds with feather pillows;" and this time his companions, before he could stop them, threw themselves down, and were caught. The king ordered him to explain why his companions were not with him; and as Alder Block did so, he changed into a blue cross, standing in the churchyard. The whole story is a most interesting one, weaving in materials that are ordinarily to be found, not in one, but in many folk tales. The end of all is, the king got the lovely Katherine, and "took her to his castle, where they still live to-day, and perhaps to-morrow also; and there came good sons and beautiful daughters. I wa

y Elizabeth," p. 106). This time it is a frog who takes the man, and he at length comes to a palace; and as he paces the floor at night, he mutters to himself, "Just nothing." "Beg your pardon," says a voice; and he finds that he has an invisible companion, who obeys all his commands, and answers to the name of "Just Nothing." When he returns to the king, he finds they are just celebrating the wedding of the king's son with his own wife, who does not recognise him till he drops a ring into

er, für Jung und Alt. Berlin 1

rom the giants who had stolen her, and who were turned into pillars of stone as soon as they caught sight of the Sun's sister, Dawn. So soon as the ki

st upon the king knowing that he is going home with the Sun King's daughter, whom he has caught by stea

n for faithful service but at the last moment the king demands certain labours before he will allow the marriag

nden," Friis, p. 67. Here the third son feeds axes, augurs, planes, and all sorts of tools,[13] which come and beg for food, and by their me

to bring a chest which had been covered for a long time, and which the old man, Untamoinen, had. When Ilmarinen asked for the beautiful Katherine's wedding chest the old man replied, "If you can stand on my tongue, jump and dance, then I will give it to you." The smith jumped on to his tongue, but the old man's mouth was so wide he swallowed Ilmarinen. The smith did not mind that; he mad

Land of Hofer, "St. Peter's Three Loaves," p. 265; Grimm, vol. ii., "The Rich Man and the Poo

BLISS. Kr

e Fortune and Don Money," p. 190, a

d Fortune," p. 24

CAT. Kr

not call for an

PAUL. K

." Women are also addressed as "mother," "daughter," "elder sister," or "younger sister." Cf. the "little father," in modern Russian; also Reynard the Fox in

ets a cannibal, whom he calls "uncle," and is called "child of

ive Culture, v

tory of Mankind.

n in Cansai, the modern Hangchenfu, were commonly addressed as "Atha," i. e. "

e Introduction to

en, landed, and found to their horror a giant laid round it with his feet under his head (cf. Giant in "Fairy Elizabeth," p. 99 of this vol.) The giant awakes and asks where they are from, and hearing

some uninhabited island in the North Sea, and that they most anxiously inquired of any travellers they came across how things were going on in their native land. They are sa

y-built church at ?rebro. The giantess threw the stone thirteen miles too far. The giant threw and missed, and the bells sounded with wondrous clearness. The giant then seized two enormous rocks, and set

said to have delivered Rome from the Norse men, by showing their

Folkets Sagoh?fder, v. p. 31, where the giant Rise is said to have built Riseberg M

, in which Glutton eats 366 fat oxen in six hours, and Drunkard emptie

n tale, drinks enormous draughts.

t in this tale, asks the hero what he sees, and t

innish and Lapp tales. Generally, the hero is one who by wearing a cap on the pretext of having a s

o is told to fell all the trees near a bay, and is assisted by his bride. The wh

rothers," p. 153; "The King and the Devil," p. 192; "The Widower

akòlona, in Folk-Lore

Gesellschaft zu Dorpat. Zweiter Band, drit

."-Kletke, M?rchensaal aller V?lker, "Die gl?serne

chen, by Woycicki, translat

Steffens. Svenska Fol

af C. F. Ridderstad, Link?pi

lkeventyr: "Prind

phrosiné); for until 1848 Latin was the official language, and many of the scientific works were written in it, and so

veral instances in this collection. Generally the pursuer is stopped by something

, the pursued change into all manner of wonderful things. Cf. Grimm, vol.

and the girl a hermit; and lastly, when the mother comes, who, as usual, is the keenest witted, the lad becomes a river, and the girl an eel. The mother, as she cannot catch the eel, pronou

elena spits on the floor, the door-latch, and the hinge of the door, and each expectoration speaks, and so deludes the king's messengers, and allows the fugitives more time (Cf. Ralston's Russian Tales, p. 142; Grimm, i.: "Sweetheart Roland," p. 225, where one change of Roland is to a fiddler, who makes the witch dance till dead.) The king following in the form

a. T. i. 142, and variants there given, in whic

ansported to the jungle. The little doves lived in the house that stood in the middle of the tank. The other houses stood round the tank." Stokes' Indian Tales, "Phúlmati Rání," p. 5, and "The Bél Princess," p. 148, where we read, "Then the girl took a knife in her own hand, and cut out her two e

e rice and fire, and no sooner did the rajah receive them than he forgot his wife, child, and all that had ever happened to h

ring restores him to youth and beauty. When Ogier drew near to the castle of Avalon he was met by singing fays, and a glorious crown placed on his head, whereupon he instantly f

e dog jumps up and kisses the hero, and at once he forgets the

xpected," contains a simila

TRUTH AND FALSE

other version communicated by Kriza in the Szépirodalmi Figyel?. The tale is also

s Sisters," p. 50, "The Three Brothers," p.

ales, "Blessing or

s the crippled and aged. Spanish peasants believe in a mysterious herb, pito-real, invisible t

ined precious gifts, which he saw the Dakinis (female genii) use; the rich brother when he heard of it went to see what he could get, and was

the tree tell secrets. In "The Wanderings of Vicram Maharajah," p.

rners," p. 41. Folk-Lore Record, vol. iii.; and

ja Rauta;" under section 10 of S. ja T. ii. pp. 134-146, entitle

by Mailáth, i. "D

Prag. 1819. "St. Walburgisnach

, von Haupt und Schmaler, Grimma

s, "Truth's Tr

p. 83. Where the heroes are king's sons, and the just o

he recovers his sight, he sets off, and arrives at the very town where the shoemaker has gone, who persuades the king to set the tailor terrible tasks to perform, which he does, by the aid of grateful animals, wh

rvian, the Vilas, beings peculiar to Servia, female genii

from the Norse, "Tru

ed C. Molbech, Kj?benhavn, 1843. "G

leswig-Holstein and Lauenburg vom R. Müllenhof

driver hears the devils talking on the top of the cave, where he shelters, and by means of which he obtains riches and hono

G PRINCES.

mpanion" in the rural districts of Hungary, although matche

S. ja T. i. p. 158, is told to shoot at an oak, and if he hits it (which he does) he would

hree Princes" in the present vol. p. 110, and "The Prince who tied t

y to the force of popular opinion; and is surprised to find his daughter quite willing to make the sacrifice for the sake of her neighbours. The tinker confesses and communicates. He then sets off and gathers a herb called dragon's bane-a powerful narcotic-and makes a strong infusion of it. With this he sets out, driving two calves before him, and taking some of his tools, and his fire-pan full of hot embers. The dragon soon scents the cattle, and rushing out devours them. Meanwhile, the tinker views all from a tree. Soon the dragon rolls over and falls asleep. The tinker then pours a goatskin full of his

ditions, p. 40, and Henderson's Folk-Lore of Northern Counties, F.L.S., under "Worms." Nork, Mythologie der Volksage

e dragon, and J?ssl marries the princess; in "Zovanin Senza Paura," p. 348,

"St. George," and Brady's Clav

e as in the Russian story "Marya-Morevna" (Ralston, p. 85); and, in seeking for the sisters, the Magyar incidents come in. The story continues to tell of the youngest son's entering the forbidden chamber, and letting loose a man, True-steel, who was confined th

re girls; Friis, No. 44; and in No. 45 Ashiepattle goes for a golden lasso, and has to go till the sunlight ceases; and then till the moonlight ceases; and then till starlight ceases. When

n the moonshine. When he is on the land, it is light; but when he is in the sea, it is dark. The wicked one has also cursed the dawn, because it began to shine too soon, and he could not sleep; so the snake with three heads has taken the dawn. When he is on the land we have dawn, but when he is at sea we have no dawn." The heroes in turn destroy the snakes; and dawn, th

marik" (Dawn and Twilight). In old times a mother had two daughters named Videvik (twilight) and ?marik (

ge, p?sl

stad sil

ite, che

ack as a du

black as dung beetles, and the charming gold-coloured cheeks, and her heart was glad. The moon, who in accord with the Creator's command and ordinance, was going to light the land, in place of the sun, who had sunk to rest, forgot to attend to his duty, and threw himself, like an arrow, with loving desire into the earth's deep bosom, down to the bottom of the river; and there, mouth to mouth, and lip to lip, he sealed his betrothal to Videvik with a kiss, and cl

irl! the long nigh

he furrows! fetch th

! Ts

laisk tüdruk, ?

e, too püts

! Ts

ess about the light, and lest darkness grows in power, I command you, guardians, go each one to your place. And you, Moon and Videvik, take charge of the light by night. Koit and ?marik I put daylight into your hands. Do your duty honestly. Daughter ?marik in your care I place the setting sun. See that in the evening every spark be put out, so that no accident happen, and that all men be in peace! And you my son Koit take care when you light the new light of the new day that every place has its light." Both the Sun's servants honestly attended to their duty, so that he was never missing, even for a single day, from the heavens. The short summer nights now drew near, when Koit and ?marik stretched hand and mouth to

ylor kindly points out Dr. Donner's observation in his Lieder der Lappen, p. 55: "Dies

to give him the rings they had received from the princesses they are betrothed to, before he will give them some ptarmigan he had shot, and which they are anxious to have, as they had been unsuccessful in their search for game; and this in order to prevent false boasting on the part of the nobles, as we

the hero, who exhibits part of a ring, the other part of which the princess has, and which they broke when the lad entered the princ

" and the "Big Bird Dan," pp. 155, 4

ead, and presents himself as the hero. The beasts return, and find a crow upon Ivan's body, which they spare on condition that it brings the water of life and death. (This incident occurs in the Finnish "Golden Bird" a raven com

ies which tell of sticks placed at the head or feet, and whi

GIRL WHO BECAME

is, the date of which map has been fixed at A.D. 1375, we read, "Here [N.W. of Catayo] grow little men who are but five palms in length; and though they be littl

ings to be done, she shut herself in the room, and, throwing herself on the couch, wept bitterly, saying, "Oh, unhappy me! Is there no one to help me, or

ants who will faithfully assist you in all your doings." Just then he shook his coat, and ten droll little creatures sprang out, and began

ott, Hj

Lille Per

st?ng

nt the ministering spirits disappeared int

her hands for a time, but soon

Everyone is waiting for me," she continued; and, hurrying out, she began her work. From that time she

ache two ells, his beard three ells long. He is seen leaping merrily over a fire, and heard singing the following: "I am

present certain persons, and then melting them, that the persons named may waste away. Magyar peasants say, that hair combings must not be thrown away, lest the birds get them, and build them in their nests; for whilst they are doing so, you will have headache; and again, if a young girl wishes to compel a young man to marry her she must steal something from the young man, and take it to a

for him, which is done as follows. The patient lays his sick hand upon a chopping block, and three pieces of three-jointed straw are so laid, side by side, as to correspond joint for joint. The "doctor" then takes an axe, and chops with all his strength into the block through the first joint. "What are you chopping?" asks the sick one. "I'm chopping the 'knarr' out o

ing of the meat, &c., &c. "A similar train of thought shows itself in the belief that the utterance of the name of a deity gives to man a means of direct communication with the being who ow

e giant promises to build a church for the white Christ if Laure

lt

vite

sitt templ

t jag, om du

amn ja

n ?r murad

j s?ga mitt

ise

hvad vite

u ge mig ?

cklor

? himmelens

nt's name was "Finn" by hearing t

nt is called "Skalle"; see Sj?borg, Collections, Part ii. p. 182. Of Eskilss?ter

ame, "Wind and Weather," see Iduna, vol. iii. p. 60; and about Kallu

e Wild J?ger and the Baroness"; s

aleken, "Winterkolble," p. 2

umpelstiltskin,"

the three aunts of the Norse; see Dasent, p. 222. The ordinary story has no dwarf

hat Anna saw in th

k-Tales. "The Aunts."

ld spin gold from clay and long straw was helped by a dwarf whose na

er wit contrives to evade her spinning; notes, p. 428. The Finnish story

S SISTERS.

in the present volume, p. 144. The tale is frequently

ther was dying he said to his son, "Treat your sister well." All went on comfortably until the brother married a girl who was "the devil's wife's daughter," and before long, owing to her slanders, the sister was turned out. The girl then went to the king's castle

and sent a slave with it. The slave went to spend the night in the girl's home. When he had been there a little time the mistress said, "Would you like to sleep here?" "Yes," answered the messenger, and began to bathe; but the devil's daughter, in the meantime, opened his bag and changed the letter's meaning, and put "a female child is born." The slave knew nothing of it, but set off with the letter to the king's son. When he read it he sent the same slave back with the answer, "I will come when I have time," and the slave returned. On his way he came to the same house, and the mistress in the same way sent him to the bath and opened the bag and changed the letter, "As the child is born, the woman must put off the royal dress and put on her own rags, and she may, with her child, go where she likes." The slave brought the letter to the wife, who did as the

ead. I then went to the king's castle, and became the king's son's wife. When I was pregnant the king's son went to war, and I sent him a letter that I had got a boy; but he was so angry, that he ordered me and my child out; and so I had to leave a good home." "Hold your noise!" shouted the brother's wife again. But the king said, "I am lord here;" and the woman continued and explained all. The brother's wife again shouted, "Hold your noise, you good-for-nothing!" Then the king seized her by the hair, and hanged her

sant woman talking. The eldest said, "I would like to make all sorts of foods and drinks out of one corn;" the middle one, "I would like to make all sorts

eesta ku

mpi p??l

ultaa kal

opeiset

hining in t

the top o

gold to t

lver from

nages to save one son. The people insist upon her being sent away; and so she and her child (which she takes secretly in her bosom) are put in a barrel and thrown into the sea. The barrel grows too small, so the lad kicks the

oon, and Morning Star;" in which the k

one hundred and one children, which the nurse threw out of

Marvels, "The B

nd a star on his chin:" also Phúlmati Ráni who had on her head t

lianische M?rche

olksm?rchen: "Die v

gen: "Die beiden jün

che M?rchen: "Die

buried a golden sprout and a silver one sprung up. A sheep feeds upon these plants, and gives birth to two lambs, having, the one the sun on its head, the other a star on its neck. The wicked sister, who has meanwhile been married to the king, orders them to be torn in pieces, and their intestines to be thrown out into the road. The good lawful queen has them cooked, eats them, and again gives birth to her two sons, who grow up hardy and strong, and who, when interrogated by the king, narrate to him the story of their origin: their mother is recognised, and becomes once mo

42, 250; Grimm, vol. i.: "

"The Maiden with the Rose on

ROSE. K

r-father gave to each of the boys a bright knife, and said, "If ever you separate, stick this knife into a tree at the place where you part, and then when one of you goes back, he will be able to see how his absent brother is faring, for the si

0), Ivan hung up his gloves, and said to his brothers, "

No. 8), the silver left by Prince Iv

run from his little finger into a glass, gave it to his brothers, and said "If the bl

ree Brothers" tells how the brothers stuck their knives into an oak tree, and w

ll they came to where six streams met, and each planted a tree at the head of the stre

M?rchen,) the brothers give their sisters two shirts, and if they beco

e, "When thou shalt take a jug of beer into thy hand and it turns into froth, then delay not;

alagasy Folk-Tales," Folk-

the middle of their forehead; and were much dreaded on account of their being cannibals. A Lapp story tells how once a Lapp girl got lost, and came to a B?dnag-njudne's house. He was not at home, but his wife was. The girl was little, poor, and quite benumbed by the cold, and looked so terrified that the wife thought it would be a sin for B?dnag-njudne to eat her when he came home. So she took her and hid her under her gown. When B?dnag-njudne came home, he at once began to sniff about, and said, "I smell some one." His wife said all sorts of thin

, fi, f

blood of a

ve, or be

s bones to ma

vol. ii

ff to rescue her, but fail, because they do not carry out Merlin's instructions. The third one succeed

, fe, fa

blood of a C

e he living,

s harns frae

Illustrations of No

woman has come, by the smell: In "Inuarutligak," we are told of singular people, whose upper parts are h

up Osiris, who is restored to life by Horus; see Uarda, note to cap. viii. Cf. also S

s are restored to life by the s

nging of charms; Temple's Legends of the Punjab, p. 124. Cf. Grimm, vol.

Magyar name for which signifies "wound-healing leaf;" see article on Székely Folk-Me

o come and celebrate their joint triumph at his court, but that chieftain, suspecting that his benefactor's kindness was of the same nature as the promised boon of Polyphemus to Ulysses, courteously declined, saying, 'It is hard for a man to come

collection, p. 283.-A Snake Friend occurs in the Swahili "Blessing or Property," (Steere, p. 405); in the Finnish "Haastelewat Kuuset," ("The Talking Pines,"); in "Melusina," B. Gould's Curious Myths, p. 471, and in Keightley's

brothers, having first persuaded them to throw one of her hairs on their animals. The third

ustive note in Stokes's Indian Tales, pp. 163, 268; and the Portuguese tale, "Slices of Fish," in Pedr

ng her blood is well known

rs in "Goveiter Pige," from N?sseby. In "Bondes?nnen, Konges?nnen og Solens S?ster," from Tanen, the herd is told to prick his bride (who has gone from

own and thrashed the old woman, who lived there, till the blood came. Whereupon the horses went past without further ado. In Sykes's Local Records of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, under March 26th, 1649,

crowd of people in a neighbouring canal, and that the result of the trial turned out in her favour. The following case is more horrible. It happened about thirteen years after the above date on the Peninsula Hela, near Dantzic. A man living in the Cassubian village Ceynowa was taken ill with dropsy, and a quack pointed out a poor widow fifty-one years old, and mother of five young children, as the witch who had caused the man's illness. In order to force her to undo the charm, the quack beat her and jumped on her in a most brutal manner, and she was led to the bed o

, which says, "In Brittany, if the lycanthropist be scratched above the nose, so that three drops of blood are extracted, the char

and straight down from the top of her nail to her palm, out of which the blood gushed like healing medicine; and the Bél-Princess, where the blood of the little finger again comes in. Also "Golden Hair,

IRKó. Kr

f cries. The crying being on account of a great three-headed snake which arose from the sea, and would devour half

e wretched foal which lies seven fathoms deep in the dung-heap," in "The Pelican," p. 256; the ugly creature in "The Girl with the Golden Hair," p. 264; and the piebald in the "Fairies' Well," p. 289. It feeds on burning cinders, and its breath changes the most wretched things into the most glorious. Some

elen is carried off, and so he recovers her. Argilus hears that the magic horse has a younger brother still more powerful although possessing but four legs. This horse belongs to one Iron nose, a witch, and so Argilus enters her service in order to obtain it. His duties are, first to control the witch's stud of brazen horses; next to look after her twelve black mares, who are her daughters, and then to milk them, and make a bath of their milk. He manages to do all by means of a m

r; "Weisnittle," in Stier's Ungarische Volksm?rchen, p. 61; Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse that used to carry the father of the gods as swift as the wind over land and sea, in Wagner's Asgard and the Gods; and "Bayard, Faithful Bayard!" the good steed in the Caroling

ne; and in like manner he was to choose a miserable box, and a miserable flute, in preference to golden ones, which would be offered to him. There is a somewhat similar Finnish story, "Paholaisen antamat Soittoneuwot" (Musical Instruments Given by the Devil), S. ja T., vol. i. p. 181, where the hero, when in the woods, sees the devil[22] running for his life, with a pack of wolves at his heels. The lad shoots into the pack, killing one wolf, and thus terrifying the rest. The grateful devil promises the lad whatever he wishes. Acting on the advice of a maid in the devil's house, he asks "for the mare which is in the third stall, on the right-hand side of t

im" is the magic foal in the Norse; see Dasent, pp. 313 and 367. See also the "brown foal" in Grim

in Kaiadschitsch, Volksm?rchen der Serben, p. 33; and Denton, p. 43. Enchanted horses play a prominent part in "Simple Johnny," p. 36, and "The Black Charger of Hernando," p. 292, in Patranas or Spanish Stories.-Cf. "The little Mare" from Mentone, F. L. Record, vol. iii. p. 44. The Russians tell of "a sorry co

he air. Similar incidents will be found in Nos. 1, 2, 4, 10, 17 of Dietrich's Runische Volksm?rchen. Several va

Stokes's Fairy Tales, p.

o his chariot and goes to battle. At last the Gray is sore wounded, and he and Cúchulainn bid each other farewell. The Gray leaves his master; but when Cúchulainn, wounded to death, has tied himself to a stone pillar to die standing, then came the Gray of Macha to Cúchulainn to protect him so long as his soul abode in him, and the 'hero's light' out of his forehead remained. Then the Gray of Macha wrought the three red routs all around him. And fifty fell by his teeth and thirty by each of his hooves. This is what he slew of the host. And hence is (the saying) 'Not keener were the victorious courses of the Gray of Macha after Cúchulainn's slaughter.' Then Lug

Book of Leinster," in Revue Celtique, Juin

gor's Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland, p. 131; and Belludo, the goblin

specially Xanthus and Balius who talk, book xix. 440; and, Martial's sple

ntwined in the lore of the people, from the peas

ndrous hor

e Tartar ki

your finger for luck when you see a white horse. The four black horses and chariot still rush through Penzance streets in the night, according to some, and the white horse is carried by the Christmas mummers in various parts of England an

ls how a snake commands the hero to create with his clean breath a copper battlefield that they may fight, and is told by the man to create an iron one w

ected by a bath, as in "Fai

ron John," vo

lass mountain" in Thorpe's Yule-Tide Stories, p.86; and "The crystal mountain" in Vernaleken p. 276.

of orange r

ne babes I b

a glass hi

f orange re

urnal, 1885,

o "The Little Ma

eed they are going at; just as in the Finnish "Golden Bird," the young man on the wolf's back is obliged to rub his eyes with his handkerchief because the pace

(p. 73), their swords in like manner flew out of the scabbards and fought their masters' battles; and in the "Secret-keeping little Boy," p. 233, in this collection, the hero is born with a scabbard at his side, whilst a sword point appeared in the garden and grew as the scabbard grew;

aw it out.[24] Cheru's sword, forged by the dwarfs, "shone every morning on the high place of the sanctuary, sending forth its light afar when dawn arose li

e giants, and did mighty wonders, yea, even after its master's death slaying his enemies, till at last it rested on his grave b

" hardened in dragon's blood: N?gling, Nagelring, and Rosen, too, smote their worms, whilst "Mimung," good trusty Mimung, in the hands of heroes, did mighty wonders, even splitting asunder a floating pack of w

r, the sw

rde bar ne

thee ich

a knight

n a dint of

thou it

use"; Roland his "Durenda

twinkled with

paz-lights, a

lest je

lothed in white samite, mystic and wonderful;" and when the sword was thrown ba

old

e samite, mysti

by the hilt, a

d drew him unde

ook 21, cap. v.; Mythical and Medi?val Swords, by Lady Verney, in Contemporary Review, October

htley's Fairy Mythology, p. 260.-"Shortshanks," in Dasent, p. 153, gets possession of the only eye an old hag had, and so obtained "a sword, such a sword!

stories, such as "St. Patrick's Purgatory"; see Baring Gould's Curious

will lick its master's blood and then Stallo will come to life again, just as the witch in this story is evolved out

Gorgons. Her repentance is like that of the queen in the Rus

here the hero cannot move an immense sword until he wets his head with the blood that is in a tub in the middle of the forbidden room in the devil's h

h, as in "The Blue Belt" and "The Three Princesses of

quer her father, in Brockhaus, M?rchensamm

V??r?py?r?'s castle, in order to let the inmates know he was coming. In the Finnish "Alder Block," S. ja T. ii

ress of the palace; Payne's Arabian Nights, vol. vi., p. 152. See also "Story of Vasilisa" in Naake's Slavonic Tales, p. 57; and "Sir Peppercorn

" see Notes to "The Thre

to an apple also appears in "The Thre

n Gaal, vol. iii., in which the beautiful meadow, the tent, t

WAS FORCIBLY MAD

some apparently useless thing on the road. See Halliwell, Nursery Rh

beri) is a fair specimen. Ardeshir Ibn Babek (Artaxerxes I.), the first Sassanian King of Persia (A.D. 226-242), having long unsuccessfully beseiged El Hedr, a strong city of Mesopotamia, belonging to the petty king Es Satiroun, at last obtained possession of it by the treachery of the owner's daughter, Nezireh, and married the latter, this having been the price stipulated by her for the betrayal of the place to him. It happened afterwards that one night as she was unable to sleep and turned from side to side in the bed, Ardeshir asked her what prevented her from sleeping. She replied, 'I never yet slept in a rougher bed than this; I feel something irk me.' He order

"The Princess and the Pea."-Cf. Finnish

roach of the dragon in the story of "Vasilis

OF TWO RICH M

so the Finnish story, "Lehm?? wuohena my?j?," ("The Man who sold his Cow as a Goat") from Tavastland and Karelia, S. ja T. ii.

Hill Side," p. 172; "Not a Pin to choose between the

ol. ii. p. 73; "Hans i

irch Tree" (Afanassieff V. No. 52), p. 49. Also

ol. i. pp. 44

e 1868, p. 707

vol. iv. p. 223, "The Si

C. Molbech. Kj?benhavn, 1843, p. 317,

Herzogthümer Schleswig Holstein und Laue

utsche M?rchen und Sagen, ii. p

ller V?lker, i. p. 98

ne, ii. 10,

re Record, 1884, p. 40, Variant of "The Three Noodles." See also Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes, "Mr. Vinegar,

note those where people harrow up their feelings abo

are Magyar sim

der through a forest across their shoulders an

e spire and they shot it so awkwardly that it hun

down, they erected an elaborate scaffold and pulled a bull up by a rope tied round his neck. Th

they put a foal in a little grotto, and

ut that they ate the same lentils twi

. When evening came there was but a quarter of the field cut; so he thought he would do them a good turn, and set to work to cut and bind the rest. When he had finished he laid his sickle on the last shock and went to sleep. Next morning, when the H?lm?la people came, they found all cut, and the sickle lying on the shock. They were all astounded, and came to the conclusion that work done in such hurry must have been done by witchcraft, and that the sickle was the wizard who had transformed himself into that shape, and concluded that he ought to be drowned in order to prevent him interfering with honest folks' work for the future. As it was not deemed wise to to

ht, and then, when it was full, tied it carefully up, and brought it in; but alas! the darkness was not enlightened. They were very much cast down at this; and while they pondered over it Matti passed by, and, hearing of their trouble, offered to get them the needed light for one h

tters, and it would come in. One day another brilliant saw some grass in a church steeple, and was just going to hoist his cow up to it, when a friend pointed out to him that it was easier for him to go up and bring it down. When at school at Newcastle-on-Tyne, some twenty years ago, we were very fond of the story of a Dutchman, who, with his comrades, went out walking one night; saw the moon's reflection in the water, and thought it was

h?vner sig paa Stallo," "En Askelad narrer Stallo," and an amusing story of how a dre

rg, Svenska S?gner, p. 195; and a Ru

in "The Husband who had to mind the House," Dasent, p. 310, and in Grimm, vol.

is never empty; and the power to know whether a person will recover, by noticing whether Death stands at the head or foot of the bed. The man lived to be over three hundred years old by tricking Death; and when he died he was not admitted into heaven because he called God a deceiver, and so he still goes wailing in mid-air: and this was the origin of the Snipe. In the other story, "Taiwaasen menij?," (Going to Heaven,) from Kivigari in Tavastland, Death gives the man an ointment, as a christening present, to heal all, providing the man sees him standing at the foot of the patient's bed. Death is

ctor," in Patra?as, p. 125; and in Vernaleken, "

ge stands as godmother; see D

il flies out of Tartarus, to get out of the bad wife's way, and assists her husband to become

THE SERVANT G

e stopped at the shop of an oilman, and offered him the honey for sale, and he bought it. Then he emptied it out of the skin, that he might see it, and in the act a drop fell to the ground; whereupon the flies flocked to it, and a bird swooped down upon the flies. Now, the oilman had a cat, which pounced upon the bird, and the huntsman's dog, seeing the cat, sprang upon it and killed it; whereupon the oilman ran at the dog and killed it; and the hunts

'S WEDDIN

ery Rhymes: "Sir Ga

d," p. 229; "No-beard and the Boy," p. 518; "Th

ng does not believe

ales, "A tale of T

lk-Lore, "Lying fo

Fairy Tales, No

sian Folk-Ta

he men to whom the pot belonged set to work to make his comrade a pair of shoes, and used up seven ox-hides on the job. One of them got a bit of dust in his eye, and the other sought for it with an

oes, huge mushrooms, and so on. A schoolboy's story in Newcastle-on-Tyne relates how one man told his comrade of a remarkable dream

in a ten-acre field, and one grew so big it pushed the other two out. This man had a mate who made such a big kettle, that the man a

lind man going out to shoot, and seeing six c

ia, and flows into the Danube in Wallachia

LAMBS. K

," in Portuguese Folk-Tales. F

the Norse, "The S

ales: "The Three

he King's Son," p. 234; and th

e "Historiae Tripartitae ex Socrate, Sozomeno et Theodorico in unum c

IZABETH.

Land of Marvels, "The

ce lasted for three days in "The Thr

e Wizard," p. 344; Ralston, Russian Folk-Tales, p. 304; Baring-Gould, Curious Myths, "The

he corn, and the two elder sons fail to catch the thieves, G

the bird that steals the jewel in "Kemerezzam and B

the Moon," p. 236; S. ja T., i., "Lippo ja Tapio,

pecker's place. Cf. Gaal, "T?bbsinsckirályfi" ("Prince Non-such"). In

on the widespread superstition against looking

is wife's parents have given him. The moment he turned all those outside of the gate vanished; in "J?tten og Veslegutten," the lad fools the giant, because he da

00; Hofberg, Svenska S?gner, "So?safrun"; Stokes, Indian Fairy Tales, "The Bél Princess,"

set off to mend the road, which was to be done as follows. The cart was to be taken to the far side of the field, and driven slowly along the road that needed mending, but the man was under no circumstances to look back. He did as h

ad forgotten something; when she entered the house one of the servants begged her to sit down before she went out again

berless examples of swan-

er Solkongens Datter," p. 152; and "Goveiter-Pige,

Tuhkamo"; and ii. p.

?gner: "Jungfrun i

ddenly a woman of marvellous beauty came floating in on the light and stood before him. He sprang up and threw his cloak over her and took her to his parents. She became his wife and lived happi

d to drive a nail into the threshold to prevent her goin

he swan-maiden kind

"The Man who mated himsel

. 20; also p. 163, where seals are said to put

wam, "Son of the E

airy Tales, "Phú

es, "Hasseebu Karee

the Land of Hofer, "T

," p. 263; "The Maiden on the Crystal Mountain," p. 274; "

ii. "The Dru

sian Folk-Ta

he South of Ireland, "The

he Far East,

ts, "The Story of Ja

the "King's Daughter of t

k-Lore Society 1882, "The

. 12; 1883, pp. 203, 250,

280, see "Valkyrs"; Asgard and

rious Myths, sub

Béldy and Stephen Kun. It was considered an offence if a young man, not being a relative, paid a visit to a house where marriageable girls[30] were, as he was suspected of courting the young ladies on the sly; if the young man was one whom the parents approved, a day was fixed for him to come and "see" the girls. On the appointed day the young man started on his journey with great pomp, and generally arranged to arrive about supper time (7 to 8 p.m.); if the sight was satisfactory, the girl's hand was at once asked for.[31] During supper the young couple sat opposite to each other, and after supper there was a dance. Some parents left it to their daughters to decide, while others endeavoured "to enlighten them." If the father was dead the widow sought the advice of her eldest son, or of the children's guardian. If the young man was refused[32] he left the place, sometimes carrying the young lady off by force, as John Mikes did Sarah T

bles of the highest rank appeared personally, besides several from the Austrian dominions. The king of Poland sent his sons and several ambassadors, the number of the guests' horses being 4324.[35] The wedding-feast was sometimes utilized for the discussion of politics. All the inhabitants of the village were

ip.[37] On the night previous to the wedding the bridegroom and his guests journeyed to a village near the bride's residence, and slept there. So far the bridegroom had come on horseback; but now he took his seat in a carriage, and in front of him rode two young nobles clad in wild animals' skins,[38] who were called "fore-greeters" (el?lk?sz?nt?k). These were followed by pipers, drummers, and buglers. In the bridegroom's carriage the best man sat by his side, his groomsmen in the opposite seat. The "matron of the bedchamber" (nyoszolyó asszony) followed in another carriage preceded by two young nobles dressed in skins and on horseback. The processi

discoursing sweet music as it proceeded. The chief host assigned the proper places to the guests. The bride was not expected to eat, but to weep. The banquet over, dancing began. The first dance was danced by the best man and matron, who were followed by the bride and bridegroom; the former simply walking through her dances: several other dances followed. The bride appeared in three different dresses on the wedding-day;[42] the bridegroom in three different dresses on the three days of the wedding. When

edding customs in the Notes to the

go far to meet his beloved, as for instance, the Lapps had to do. Two are given in Nos. 366

the wide spr

sweet and

t, beloved one, she h

el over the

my own be

's calm and warm,

-songs, the translation conveys no idea of the sweet and liqui

loughs his land with six oxen yoked to h

d a fowl appears; and in the Lapp story ("Ulta-Pigen." Friis, No. 7) the lad marks out on

tors or burial-feasts are still very c

nsists upon going home to tell of his good luck, and when there wishes for his bride and her attendants to appear, to prove that his story is true. They come, but vanish almost at once, and then comes the numerous troubles before t

"The Drumm

f Janshah," vol. v. p. 109, and "Ha

of Europe under their leader Attila."[48] According to Lehrberg,[49] it comprised the greater parts of the governments of Perm and Tobolsk of our days. It was said in Herberstein's time-his journeys were made in 1517 and 1526-that "the Juhari ... use the same dialect as the Hungarians, but whether this be true, I

by the aid of birds and beasts, and it is the third and most skilful magician alone who summons a bird, which is th

Whiteland," and an old

terious place is, but the wind does. See also "the Drummer

nd "B?ive-kingdom," and in an Irish tale, "G

s occurs in the Lapp stories, "Bondes?nnen," "B?ive Konge

amo," i. p. 35, and "Ei

5. "The Three White Doves," p. 264. "The

Record, 18

., 1882, p. 108, "The Prince

l. ii. pp

de of summoning in common, s

0; in Vernaleken, there is "a limper," p. 265, and a "lame hare," p. 275, the reluctance of

" in present collection, p. 295. In Hungary snow-water

. p. 43, where Ashiepattle washes in a

s Head," an Italian story, quoted in the Dublin Magazine, 1868, p. 706, the hero at once becomes young and handsome by the virtues of the jewel, and in a Finnish story, "The Enchanted Ship," the same end is attained

shire, St. Keyne's in Cornwall, St. Bede's at Jarrow, &c. See Chambers' Book of Days, sub voce "Wells"; Henderson's "Wel

RINCES. Erd

he Two Brothers," p. 244, and notes, p. 418; in "Ivan Kupiska

elt"; and Denton, Serbian Fo

rvant;" and the three brutes in the story are supposed to follow their masters like dogs. For animals and birds that help, cf. Ralston, "The Water King," p. 120. Old Deccan Days, "Punchkin," p. 14.

he fortune or misfortune of the owner occurs al

ol. i. note, p. 421. Dasent, "Shortshanks," p. 1

rious Myths, "St. George," and The Seven Champions of Christendom. Cf. Grimm. Stories from

g weed;" see note to

s heads is cut off, rubs itself against a certai

his story has already been noticed in the notes to

neet Koirat siw" (The Dogs who grew from the Ears of a Bull), p. 138; in another Finnish story, "The Golden Bird," the hero is restored to life by

k?inen does in Kalevala, Song 15, 559. Cf. "Golden H

mes of villages, the former in the c

Tales, Folk-Lore Society, 1882, "The Tower of Ill-Luck," p. 49. Basile, Pentamerone, No. 7, w

and purposes himself (see notes to "The Lazy Spinning Girl"[53]); so it appears here the witch's power would be conveyed by one of her hairs, just as the witch in th

Cf. also Dasent, "The Big Bird Dan," p. 450; Payne's Arabian Nights, "The Story of Pr

DREAMS. Er

ng Little Boy," p. 23

the resemblance of this tale to the story of Joseph, in the Old Testament, who is released from prison and exalted for the successful solution of d

ssion "ober der Enns," in the German name of the Duchy of Upper Austria. The etymology is given for what it is worth. As to the cosmology of the story-tel

-book, "A legrégibb és legnagyobb Egyiptomi Almosk?nyv," a work something in the

King's Son." Horace, c. iii. xxvii. 41; S. i. x. 33. Homer says that dreams of falseh

y of Mankind, pp. 5-10; and

King of Burgundy," Claud Paradin, Symbola Heroica. Also Chambers's Book of Days, vol. i. pp. 276, 394, 617; vol. ii. p. 188. The writer re

e Legends of the Wigwam, p. 99. In some stories one of the chief characters pretends to dream that s

a morning dream is sure to come true, but if it

at Arges in Roumania. The story is nearly the same as in the song of "Clement the Mason." Manuli, the master builder, has a dream, wherein he is recommended to immure the first woman that appears on the scene; the victim is Manuli's wife. During the discussion that fol

"Maid Malee

rgo Vestalis damnati inc

gate of his palace, when complete, in "Ali Nour

p. 282; January 1883, "A

t in "Secret-keeping

anis." Cf. The Travels of Friar Odoric, in Cathay and the way Thither (Hakluyt Soc. 1866). The learned editor remarks (p. 128, note): "I am not sure that a faithful version should not render 'Magnus Canis' as the 'Great Dog,

rteenth century, and their frightful slaughter and terrible devastati

hus, Odoric of Pordenone says: "[L'Isola che si chiama] Nichovera ... nella quale tutti gli nomini [h]anno il capo a modo

ls of Friar Jordanus, Odoric of Pordenone, Ibn Batuta. Cf. also the lovely wife of

"Born wi

by its condition what the state of its owner's (the one who was born with it) health is, even if he (or she) is in a distant land.

23. Aubrey, Remaines

of North-East of

. "I must have been bo

Folk-Lor

peasants to be the children of witches; see Va

ock, and the writer has often seen the girl; it was regarded as somewhat uncanny. Francisque Michel mentions in his Histoire des Races Maudites, that in the Valley of Argelès

curs also at p. 241, in "The Secret-Keeping Little Boy." To be able to select the right perso

"Golden Hai

w Hans finds hi

ies, p. 284; and the Polish story,

"Kulta-ori

ecord, 1880, "M

uspects there is something wrong with the soup, which is in reality made of her

Barrel"), S. ja T. i., p. 105, there are nine cakes made of a woman's milk

does all he can to prevent the lovers being happy, or it is some one at home who causes infinite trouble. For examples of the tasks that the lover or husband

s?nnen. Konges?nnen og Solens S?ster," p. 140; "Solkongen

"The Ship that sails over Land and Sea"), p. 22; "Kaikkia, matkalla karwitaan"

entameron

achische M?r

he Water Ki

t. "How Shanggasba bur

etting to Johara in Notes

R. Erdél

y refers to King Matthias and his b

st, showing how the kindness or tyranny of some lord or lady clings to the p

the writer has heard amongst the peasants of the Eastern counties) and "Elestorps skog," p. 71, where the whole forest seems on the move as in Macbeth, act v. scene v. See also "An ancient Arabian parallel," by Dr. Redhouse, in t

rty, he went to see his aunt Maria Eufrosyna and was saluted with a sound box on the ear, and upon asking why she did it was told he got it for taking all her property from her. They entered the house where a herring tail and an oat cake was set be

p. 112, is an example of how

how a Finn advised the people to bury a live cock, but as the plague rag

tle the king ordered him to show his sword, and lo! it was dripping with blood. "Well done," said the king, "I will gild the point for you," and so he ennobled the

ollowing from old men

Riby there was a fearful fight, the blood ran as deep as the horses' bellies, and to this day there is an o

there and the soldiers knocked the church

ade by Cromwell's soldiers, who are said to have sat

us is the tale told by an old groom

put up in memory of that. The true story is that there was a rivalry between the Ross family and the Tyrwhits, and to such a pitch had it grown among their dependants that the two parties meeting on a hunting excursion got to blows and many were killed. James I. being in Lincolnshire shortly after, and hearin

n Paris, said to have been made by murdered priests in the revolution; those at Cottele, on the banks of t

THREE SLOVAK LAD

Three Apprentices," pp.

be current among the sch

DAUGHTER. Er

andmother telling him this story wh

e Robber Bridegro

f Days, vol. i.

Story of Mr. Fox"; and Benedict, in "Muc

rives his betrothed away; and the "Iron Virgin," of Munich, who was said to clasp

y of Blue Beard. Cf. Notes a

GRAPES. Erd

an who was ploughing near a lake, went down to the strand to drink. When he had done drinking he tried to raise his head but could not, as a sea-troll had got hold of his beard,[63] and although the man repeated all manner of magic sentences he could not get away. The man at last had to promise his daughter, and so was set free: the story then turns on the forbidden chamber. In another, "Awaimetoim Wakka" (The Keyless Chest), S. ja T. i. p. 151, a man was lost and wanted to get home, when a being appeared and promised to take him if he would give him what he had at home, which turns out to be a beauti

g that will not allow the girl to draw water from the well until

he Fan Prince," where the girl wants "Sabr," p. 195; and "The Rájá's Son," where the young man hears some parrots talk about the Princess Labá

e pig, in the same way as he, the king

the Beast."[65] Cf. "Prince Wolf," Folk-Lore Record, 1880, p. 227. "Prince Jalma," ib. 1885, p. 293. On the subject of "Husks," or glorious beings occurring under lowly forms, see in this collectio

the Brahmin," p. 167, and "Muchie Lal," P. 221.[66] Dasent: Hacan Grizzlebeard. Also, "The twelve wild ducks" in the same collection, where the brothers appear under the form of ducks. Cf. the Finnish "Welji?ns?-etsij?t ja Joutsenina lent?j?t" (one who seeks brothers flying as swans): "Saaressa el?j?t" (living on an island). "Tynnyriss

RANGES. Erd

Lailí will be inside quite naked. See also ib. pp. 251, 284, and Grimm ii. p. 496. Pentamerone, "The Thre

shy Bride," p. 376. Grimm, ii. "The Goose-girl;" "The White Bride and the Black one," and "The Maid Maleen," pp. 508, 525. Friis, Lappiske Eventyr, "Haccis-?dne," see "N. and Q." 7th Series, ii. p. 104. Pentamerone, "The Three Citrons." Geldart, Folk-Lore of Modern Greece, "The Knife of Slaughter," p. 63. Folk-Lore Record, 1884, p. 242, ib. 1885, p. 292.

ie Woodencloak," p. 413. Payne, vol. i. "The first old man's story," p. 21. Stokes, "The Pomegranate King,"

ident. Cf. Grimm, vol. i. p

AND THE YOUNGEST PRIN

lection; and Rink, Eskimo Tales, "Kagsagsuk," p. 101. Stokes, Indian Tales

i. p. 22, and "Ihmeellinen Sauwa" (the wonderful stick), ib. vol. i. p. 158. In Vicram Maharajah, Old Deccan Days, p. 101, the parents of Anar Ranee caused her garden to be hedged round with seven hedges

also Gubernatis, vol. i. p. 336. Geldart, Folk-L

more by token of the shining of her forehead for the ointment with which she had anointed it." S. ja T. vol. i. p. 105, "Tynnyriss? kaswanut Poika" (a boy who grew in a barrel) p. 3

SHEPHERD LAD.

eces," and notes, p. 430. Roumanian Fairy Tales, London, 1881, "The Slippers of the Twelve Princesses.

story, "J?tten og Veslegutten." Friis, No. 18

INCESSES. Er

and "Stallo-vagge," ib. p. 106. Cf. also Roumanian Fairy Tales, "Handsome is as Handsome does," p. 81. Pentamerone, "Nenni

p. 146,) the princess coming to meet her lover is carried off by the Mountain Kin

pid growth reminds one o

p, "Ruobba, J?tten og Fanden," Friis, p. 67, and in the Finnish "Lepp?p?lkky." (S. ja T. ii. p. 2) nine da

B?dnag-njudne[68] who had dog's noses, an

dre og gifter sig med en Lapp," "To Lappepiger gifte sig med Stallo," &c. in Friis. Rink, Eskimo Tales, "The Brothers visit their Sister,"

e Folk-Tales, F.L.S. 1882. See also Grimm, vol. i. Hansel and Grethel, p. 67. Dasent, "Buttercup," p.

favorite incident in

seems to be a compressed edit

CK. Erdél

nd as there are no genders in the Magyar language

to suit ordinary mortals) formed part of the wedding festivities in Hungary in days gone by. Cf.

d so set as a task for any one who wished to marry her, the building of a ship that could sail over land and sea. Three brothers, who were merchants, lived in the land: the youngest was called Tuhkamo (Ashiepattle): these determined to try t

, and caught a swan maiden, whose father set him three tasks; viz. to fell all the trees near a bay; to set them up again; and to bring a golden chain from heaven. He managed all that by the help of his bride, but got into trouble over the last, as when he rode up to it, on his wondrous steed, and seized it, it was so heavy that he fell down to the earth, and was completely buried in the ground, except a little hair, which remained above ground; a duck ma

s the only one who can watch all night, and so finds out wh

rts, axes and planes, &c. coming and asking the sons to give them some food; the eldes

which some one steals every night. The man's two elder sons try to watch and fail; but Gudnavir

ddledo and his Fiddle," and "Mr. Chick," p. 228. Roumanian Fairy Tales, "The Hermit's Foundling." Geldart, Folk-Lore of Modern Greece, "The Scab Pate." Steere, Swahili Tales, "Sultan Majnún." Ralston, Russian Folk Tales, "The Norka," p. 73. Denton, Serbian Folk-Lore, "The Golden Apple Tree and the nine Peahens." "Who asks much gets little." Grimm, vol. i. "The Golden Bird," "The Three feathers." Ibidem, vol. ii. "Iron John," and notes, p. 434. Gubernatis, vo

ROTHERS. Er

us of "The travels of Truth and Fa

Also, "Right is always right," a Wendish story, quoted in the Dublin

year following. See Gubernatis, vol. i. p. 219. Cf. also Payne, Arabian Nights, vol. v. pp. 279, 281. A magic whistle appears in the Finnish

"Kulta-orit, Kulta-nuotta, wasta ja pilli (the golden stallion, golden drag

somewhat like thos

all the wild beasts of the forest into the King's courtyard. Animals help Hans in the "Maiden o

ABLE THINGS. E

from the far East: "Five to one," p. 112; and "Who invented Woman," p. 298. Denton, Serbian Folk-Lore, "The three Suitors." Ge

GIC PONY. Erd

, who enticed people in and eat them. One day a man offered to go and kill her. He had his choice of a dozen horses, so he took them all to a pond, where he threw a stone into the water, and then led the ho

I've buck

kled my

ts rump, which made it jump over thirty feet (the so-called Biard's leap). The man struc

a secret petition to the gods, that the chosen steed might raise his head from the water;" Biard rises, and they go to meet the witch, who has her left breast cut off by the first blow of the knight's sword; the second blow she evades by springing on to Biard's flank, where she fixes her talons, so that the h

aced in the way of the wi

63. Portuguese Folk Tales, F. L. S. 1882, "The Maid and the Negress," and "St. Peter's Goddaughter." Ralston, Russian Folk-Tales, "Marya Morevna," p. 95: "the Baba Yaga," p. 141, and "the Witch and the Sun's Sister," p. 173. Dasent, Norse Tales, "The Mastermaid," p. 91; "Farmer Weathersky," p. 334, and "The Widow's Son," p. 363. Grimm, vol. i. "The Water Nix." Geldart, Greek Tales, "Starbright and Birdie," "The Golden Casket," p. 123, and "The

PRESENTS. Erd

y Tales, "The Story of Foolish Sachúlí." Sagas from the Far East, "The Avaricious Brother," p. 23. Vernaleken, In the Land of Marvels, "The Wishing Rag," "The Magic Pot." Patránas, "Matanzas." Caballero, Spanish Folk-Tales, "Uncle Curro and his Cudgel." Pentamerone, "The Months." Grimm, vol. i. "The Wishing Table, the Gold Ass, and the Cudgel in

UTIFUL WOMAN. E

See also in Russian poetry by Pushkin, in Bodenstedt's translation i. p. 100. In the German variants, twelve

spieglein

sch?nste im

eives t

. Thr seid di

chen ist thaus

Th

L.S. 1882. "The Vain Queen," and "The

Oriental method of describing the power of love.

re we read, "he wore some coarse clothes over his own, so that her perspiration should not in

f the notes, we may compare the Magic Mirror in the Norse Saga,

enchantment, see numerous

s, Indian Fairy Tales, p. xiii., "The Pomegranate King," p. 14, "The pr

e ears of a bull), in S. ja T. 1, a girl scratches her brother's head with a devil's tu

) the son's sister awakes, when the hero pric

e, Arabian Nights, vol. i. p. 375. Gubernatis, vol. ii. p. 15, and a story from near Leghorn, p. 242, where it states that similar stories are to be found in Piedmont, in other parts of Tuscany, in Calabria, &c. and in the Tuti-Name. Grimm, vol. ii. p. 243, "The Glass Coffin." Pentamerone, "Sun, Moon, and Talia," and "The Three Citrons." Gonzenbach

r a picture, just as this prince does over his dea

er note on witches s

OUT HANDS. Er

"[72] (The Maid in the Pea-field). S. ja T. i. pp. 108-119. Grimm, vol. i. "The Girl withou

THE DEVIL. Er

ies, Folk-Lore Journal, 1884, p. 39. Grimm, vol. ii. "The King of the Golden Mountain," and "The Nix of the Mill Pond." Thorpe, Yule-Tide Stories, "The Gold Ring

he Heavy Chest). Friis, "Gutten, Havfruen og Ridder R?d," and "Fattiggutt

ends of the "Stock-im-Eisen," and of the "Baren-H?uter," for which vide Pictures of Hungarian Life, pp. 172 and 387. Cf. also the Swed

tallobruden." Grimm ii., "The Iron Stone," p. 158. Lindholm, Lappb?nder, "De bedragne j

it is said, that it is impossible to die on a bed that contains them. I know of one old lady in Yorkshire, who when in extremis begged to be moved off her bed, as she was sure she could n

Temple, Legends of the Punjáb, "Raja Rasal?," p. 43. Thorpe, Yule-Tide Stories. "Svend's Exploits," p. 353. Geldart, Folk-Lore of Modern Greece, "The Snake, the Dog, and the Cat," p. 44. Pent

came serpents rem

is, "J?tten og Veslegutten," and "J?tten og Drengen hans." Household Stories from the Land of Hofer, "The Dove Maiden," p. 384. Vernaleken, In the Land of Marvels, "How Hans finds his Wife," p. 284, an

ds us of an old Yorkshire saw, "Beware of those whom God has marked," and I know cases

ies, the giants swallow so

to this tale, cf. Verna

RAGONS, AND THE OLD WOMAN WITH

it's Foundling" and "Vasilica the Brave." Pentamerone, "Corvetto" and Gel

n the story of the "Two Orphans," p. 223. Also Red Riding Hood. Grimm, i. "The Wolf

he bridge in the Koran. See also the br

at resembles that of "the Acc

se and the Dragon. Cf. Roumanian Fair

lp to his gods. See Friis. "Stallo og Pat

part. Ralston, Russian Folk-Tales, "Ivan Popyalof," p. 69. Also ib. pp. 71 and 72. In the Finnish tale (S. ja T. i.) "Welji?ns?-etsij?t Tytt?"-a little dog

as the people did to the lamb, p. 14,

eminds us of the Egyptian Legend of Isht

pp tale, where the priest wants to marry the goveiter girl himself, because she has a

y flattery. Cf. S. ja T. ii. "Antti Puuhaara,

le of a cow's heart. Rink, Eskimo Tales, "The girl who fled to the Inlanders," p. 220. Old Deccan Days, "Punchkin," p. 13. Stokes, Indian Tales. "Brave Hí

Past, vol. ii. "Tale of the Two Brothers," p. 149. Geldart, Greek Folk-Tales, "The little Brother who saved his Sister from the Dragon," p. 56. Pentamerone, "The Dragon." Campbell, "Tales of the Western Highlands," vol. i. p. 81. Grimm, vol. ii. p. 564. Denton, Serbian Folk-Lore. "Bash-chalek," p. 172. Payne, Arabian Nights, vol. i. p. 118, and vol. vii. p. 91. Engel, Musical Myths, vol. i. p. 201. Folk-Lore Journal, 1884, "The Philosophy of Punchkin." Tylor, Primitive Cult

HIS DAUGHTER.

nther, Danske Folkeeventyr, "Den onde Skemoder," Asbj?rnsen og Moe, Norske Folkeeventyr, "Manddattern og Kj?rringdattern." Deutsches M?rchenbuch von L. Bechstein, "Die Goldmaria und Pechmaria." Kuhn und Schwartz, Norddeutsche Sagen, "Das M?dchen im Paradis." Hyltén-Cavallius, Svenska Folksagor. "De tw? Skrinen," Geldart, Folk Lore of Modern Greece. "Little Saddle

usehold Stories from the Land of Hofer. "Klein-Else." Folk-Lore Record 1878. "Some Italian Folk-Lore," p. 188: ib. 1880. "The Icelandic story of Cinderella." Portuguese Folk-Tales, F. L. S. pp. 68 and 97: Folk-Lore Record

sy woman incident

gs of country girls held during the winter, to dre

one. Cf. Old Deccan Days, pp. 85 and 223. Portuguese F

S. Erdély

Grimm, "The poor man and the rich man," and notes; and a fragment in Notes and Queries. Finnish Folk-L

PHANS. Erd

touching water which a witch wishes her to do, and which entails misery on her; as also in another, "Leppap?lky," where the witch tempts the heroes in lik

hire. That you must not give a lock of hair to anyone, or else you will quarrel with that person; that you must not keep the hair of a dead person unless it is "made up," or you will have ill-luck; and that all hair cuttings and nail parings ought to be saved and placed in the

15. Cf. Stokes's Indian Fairy Tales: "The Pomegranate King," p. 10; "Phúlmati Ráni," p. 4; "The Jackal and the Ki

bring mother back; and in the Finnish story, "Ihmeelinen Koiwu," The wonderful Birch, the child's cry brings m

r replies, and says to the rei

ndeer! feeding

ke care of

the child y

aughter has neith

t quiet i

, "Maid who rose

in and the little

Theal, Kaffir Folk-Lore, "The

reatures in

p. 175; "The great chief of the animals," p. 177; and the Finnish story, "Seppo Ilmarisen Kosinta"

airy Tales, "Lovi

L FROG. Erdé

Nederlandsche Folklore, 1888, p. 48. Cf. Grimm. "The Frog King" and notes. Stokes, Indian Folk Tales, p. xvi. and "The Monkey Prince." Gubernatis. "The Frog." Max Müller, Chips from a Ger

THE RED CAP. E

and the Vampire," p. 314. Vernaleken. In the

OUGHT. Erdé

nd notes: ib. "The King's son who feared nothing," and notes. Househol

to have a single black hair on them, and were to be fed for three years on unskimmed milk-were not strong enough; and so the attempts have ever failed. See also, in the same work "Skattgr?fvarna," where the searchers were frightened away by the Demon guardians of the hidden store. In Lincolnshire I have heard of a field where, tradition says, countless barrels of beer, a

TLE BOY AND HIS LITTLE

Faithful John" and no

sacred relic much venerated by the Huns, for many years hidden from their eyes, but quite lately re-discovered by the trail of the blood of an ox which had wounded its hoof against it, as it stuck upright in the long grass." Italy and her defenders, by T. Hodgkin, vol. ii.

der and his brothers

ab Pate." Payne, Tales from the Arabic, vol. i., "The

117, in this collecti

f, and concludes with "Hangman, do your duty!" After the execution is over, the military present are commanded to prayer; the helmet is taken off, the m

at the culprit's feet: hence the Hungarian saying, "to break the staff near anyone," is equivalent to pronounc

Roumanian legend "Manuli," and n

lderblock," there is a sword, whi

AUL. Erdél

s; also "Mikko Metsolainen" and "Mikko Miehel?inen," S. ja T. i.; stories very much like the Magyar one. Also, "M

rld," and notes; "The six servants,"

, "Rinroth." Molbech, Udwalgte Eventyr, "De fer Tienere." Cavallius och Stefens, Sv

hes M?rchenbuch.

n Folk-Lore. "

iteratur des Auslandes, 1844. Caballero, Spanish Tales, "Lucifer's ear." Geldart, Folk-Lore of Modern

ry of Mamma-na-Bura," a Portuguese tale:

many tales, e.g., "Awannolla Kehr?aj?t," where the girl goes

step-sisters," p. 129; "Shortshanks,"

he Taylor and the Hunter," "The Accurs

Folk-Lore. "The

s," and notes. Sagas from the Far East, "How the Schimnu-Khan was slain."

e Prince and the Fairy." Steere, Shahili

rous other examples of underground palaces, wher

. pp. 25, 129, 193

h s. v. p. 381; cf. ib. 7th s. v. p. 501.) "B?ivekongens Datter," "Goveiter." There is also a tribe of underground people called Kadnihak, who are said to dress in red clothes, and have long flaxen hair reaching to their waists. Some people are said to have learned their songs, which are called "Ka

ppisk Mythologi. "U

sed to wear an iron shirt. See Friis, No. 26. L

AN. Erdél

on the whole the bird is unknown to the common people. The story-

whale is described as "the king of fishes." But then we must remember that our own Sir Walte

ill valid, we believe, but is not enforced. The Order has

The hero is assisted by a wolf, which, amongst many other strange things, by rolling three times on the ground on its back, becomes a shop full of precious goods.[78] After many trials, chiefly due to th

gar." This incident is

ompound of mighty power in the magic for

ide p. 398, ante, and Notes a

ced triangle,"

ortant part this group of stars plays in the history of Primitive Man. There appears to be a mass of primitive traditions amongst savages, as to a prim?val paradise with its Tree of Life and Knowledge bein

ng by the seven stars. A Finnish friend, Mr. K. Krohn, says he has obtained some forty old Finnish star nam

d Gubernatis, vol. i., p. 228. Cox, Myt

"; S. ja T. 2, go to Pohjola. (Darkness, i.e. the Northern Part). Cf. also Dasent's Tales from the Norse "Rich Peter the Pedlar," p. 236

years ago, he being a candidate for the vacant living, and that the people most anxiously watched if he stepped on the threshold as he came in. Had he done so, I fear a sermon never so eloquent would have counted but little against so dire an omen.[79] In the Lapp tales the same idea

gh the doorway, but that the ground shall be dug away from under the threshold, and that you shall be dragged out through that opening." Rink, Eskimo Tales, "The Angakok from Kakortok," p. 391. Napier, Folk-Lore from West Scotland, p. 46, where, in the description of marriage ceremonies, we read "The

d on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day." Priests and dervishes in India still lea

Cf. a similar incident in the F

a du dit chasteau, les Faes vindrent au devant dogier, chantant les plus melodieusement quon scauroit jamais ouir, si entra dedans la salle pour se deduire totallement," and so time is destroyed. "Tant de joyeulx passetemps lui faisoient les dames Faees, q

ITH THE GO

Snake Skin," "The Fairies' Well," and "The Crow's Nest," are Palócz

el implement at the end. It is nothing else than the old Scandinavian "paalstaf," the "palstave" or "winged celt" of Eng

ome explanation, and we avail ourselves of this opportunity to give a few

d here the girl buys a nosegay made of artificial flowers for her lover, in return for the maypole, which nosegay is worn by the lad until next May-Day, or until the wedding. In the meantime the lover visits the girl secretly once or twice at the house of her parents under the cover of night, and later on introduces himself to her parents. If he be well

then, accompanied by her relations and bridesmaids, and a married woman, whom we shall call the Mistress of the Bedchamber, leaves the house and joins the procession, and they all proceed straight to the church. After church the young woman returns with the whole procession to her own house, and a light breakfast is served, at the end of which all the people adjourn to the bridegroom's house, leaving however the bride behind, until after lengthy coaxing, begging, and some elab

hers in the various courses reciting a verse for each plat, setting

he "párta,"[81] and confides her to the care of the Mistress of the Bedchamber. The best man lifts the párta high up in the air at the end of his p

who awaits them sitting in a corner. The two females place the cap worn by married women o

have come here." The Master of the Ceremonies replies in the affirmative, but before producing the "lamb" requires a description of the stray one, and then produces some very old person bent with age and her face covered with wrinkles, a

ek, and sometimes ends with another ceremony of "searc

the rules and verses for the occasion are printed and sold at all country fairs, the title-page generall

ion, golden Drag-net, broom and flute." S. ja T. i. and "Meresta nousija N

hts, vii. pp. 70,

bic Tales,

ite Bride and

ar, and whenever she entered a house it became as light as the brightest day, even if before it had been pitch dark. The whole tale is a most interesting one; the Sun's sister's sister, "Evening Red,"

Corvetto." Folk-Lore Record, 1880. Danish Popular Tales, p. 217. "Mons Tro." Naaké, Slavonic Fairy Tales, "

uergische M?rchen

ollowing examples of shining and glorious beings. In

achische M?r

ol. i. p. 47. Cf. Mailath, Magyarische Sagen, "Die Brüder," an

thers," a fragrant lock is found in the water, whic

low the lad to marry his bride until he has done certain tasks. So a

daughter is cured by being washed with dew. See also Notes

VER'S

the happy ending, essentially the same as in Bürger's beautiful poem, "L

n auch? Der Mo

Todten rei

chen auch

girl each t

sie ruh'n,

orwegian version of the same t

e, the prayer-book and politics. Pap relates an incident that is characteristic. He had to superintend some farm-work; and, in order to while awa

n Old Ballad Lore. Folk-Lor

numerable superstitions of a like class. Vide Magyar Fo

str? och pl?gseder i Mellersta ?sterbotten," and Notes

n McGregor, Folk-Lore of the

hard time: twenty years' disease amongst vegetables, twenty years' disease amongst cattle, and twenty years' disease amongst men, and this will happen as surely as you have a dead man in your cart." The carrier angrily declared that there was no dead man in his cart. "But there is," said the horseman. Then the carr

KE

Pines, S. ja T. 2: a hunter is rewarded for helping a sn

ne, "The

883. "The good Serp

rrying such a husband, just as he is in the Finni

s;" "The poor Miller's Boy an

orddentsche Sagen, "

orske Folke eventyr,

ska Folksagor, "Den f?rtrollade goo

r Mdme d'Aulnoy, "

M?rchen des K. Woy

r. Ralston, on "Beauty and the Beast

IRIES'

y, however, note the following: The Devil in Stephen the Murderer, p.

gard to the menu

e carcass of

asted for the d

ert Wilde. S

child in the Lapp. "J?tten, Katten og Gutten."

. 276, in this collection

ROW'S

father Orange. The mother used to make Orange do all the dirty work, as soon as the father had turned his back. One day she sent her to fetch the milk, and said, 'If you break the pitcher I'll kill you.' As Orange returned she fell down

id, 'Close th

Oh, mother! D

the c

Oh, mother! D

the p

Oh, mother! D

lock we chop

Oh, mother! D

g the

Oh, mother! D

head on

Oh, mother! D

cooked it for dinner. When the father cam

ad,' replie

e's O

from sch

d found fingers in a box; whereupon he was so overcome that he f

chopped m

r picked

e sister

e cold mar

old watch.' So she said it again, and they gave her a

er, &c.,

ir of boots.' So she said it again, and they gave her a p

er, &c.,

iece of marble as big as your head.' So she said it agai

home, and sat at the top of

Father! c

thee what I've

d she gave him

e shout

Sister! c

thee what I've

d she gave her

e shout

Mother! c

thee what I've

ce things, put her head right up the chimney, when

lived with her father and

in the Finnish stories of the "Wonderful Birch" and "The Girl who seeks her Brothers," where songs somewhat like the above-mentioned occur. Also Cf. Vernaleken, "Moriandle and Sugarkandle," and Naake, S

and ib. "The Brother and Sister" and notes; ib. vo

RIOSITY. M

wat Kuuset" (the Talking Pines),

ales, "The Language of Animals" (from the Servian), and Grimm, vol. ii. p. 541. The power to understand the language of a

s, vol. i

ra, "Legend of Prin

e Culture, vol.

ght-the cattle speak, but in a language which man may not hear, if he does so he dies. See Boner, Transylvania, p. 372; and I have heard a similar story as to their speaking (or kne

do dov

! pee

daws lay eight or ten

ggs and the hen only two. Then the hen began to try and make the dove change with her. At last the dove consented, and gave the hen her ten eggs and took her

Kymmenen

doin tanan, ka

hly bartered

hen's

ildrade af Prof. G. Retzius, Stockholm, 1878, p. 121. A most valuable and interesting work which ought to

ter quoted

lection will hereafte

1884; and hereafter quoted

ld times: a hole with sliding door

hrown upon them which fills the house with steam. Round the sides are shelves where the bathers (both sexes) recline, and whip themselv

incantations on the mountains of Krzemionki, or on the tumulus of Krakus, the mythic founder of Cracow. The demon was to do all the magician bade him and to have no power over him until he met him at Rome, w

Sweden washed by the S

nch. Just then the hens are let loose, and as they run about the floor of the chamber where the man is the cock struts about and says, "Cock, cocko, cock, cocko! See, I have fifty wives and govern them all; the master has only one and can't manage her, therefore the fool is going to die.

ies, "Svend's Exploits," p. 343.-Grimm, "Faithful John," vol. i. p. 33,

he doorway is a stove (built of stones, see Land of the Midnight Sun, vol. ii. p. 274, where there are illustrations of somewhat similar stoves or ovens), that gives out a great he

skull, or Gudnavir

an axe hewing away at a fir tree, and a spade digging and delving b

the bane of Asgard." Wagner's Epics and Romances, "the Nibelung," p. 3; "the

rus of Ebers red-haired men were typhonic." See "Uarda," note on p. 58. Red-haired people are still in some parts looked on as

d nag; a red man

ions, in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, and Swed

kins, Bil

el, Bessy

ittle

's Nursery Rh

eged of the five." It is the one that knows everything; in Piedmont, when the mothers wish to make the children believe that they are in communication with a m

alevala, insomuch as he brings good luck to his possessor. Sometimes he looks like a ball of yarn, but more often like a hare. The way he is manufactured is as follows:-A wafer spared from the Communion, some wool stolen from seven cow-houses on Maundy Thursday, and a drop of blood from the little finger of the left hand. During the performance the manufacturer must curse and swear without ceasing. The wool is to be spun on Easter morn when the sun dances; the thread to be wrapped round the wafer, and the whole put in the churn. Whilst ch

e Culture, vol. i. p. 1

nd svenskarne i Finland, af. dr.

: Prologen

nderson's Folk-Lore of the No

d found out by the help of his grandmother. Grimm

ccurs in "The Merchant

s Edition. L

are merely the lubber fiends of heathen mythology, being endowed with supernatural might, but scantily provided wit

ists in Holderness under the

l a foot on high, and therein stuck a fair sword naked by the point, and letters there were written in gold about the sword that said thus: whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil

a silver belt round his waist, from which hung a silver-hafted knife, and a great many silver ornaments. He was exceedingly stupid, and the butt of Gudnavirucak. (Ash

he Three Sons of F

lar stories amongst th

ot kill it lest it be a troll in disguise as in this story. If they build in a house it

ier, A Winter in Mor

ord for a marriageable girl, "eladó

n order to find out whether the young man was likely to be acceptable. Cf. Schef

d the same phrase is used. Cf. the

o "Handsome Pau

erformed at the same time, the "betrothal" when rings are given and exc

n, Serbian Fol

looked after the bride's toilette, even providing th

and, before a wedding, the friends of the bridegroom-elect invite to a party, which is called the

dyguard wear leopard-skins

young men racing home from the church to tell the good folk at home that the ma

in Transylvania is often locked, and the bridegroom has to climb over; or sometimes he has to chase her, and catch h

n the north, see Sykes' Local Records, Newcas

his son Bedreddin Hassan": Payne's Arabian Nights, vol. i. pp. 192-194. And in old times the brides in

S?gner och sagor fr?n S?dra Lap

("Laila" in S.P.C.K.

d. See "A Finnish wedding in the olden ti

sylvania; and in Spain, when the bride goes to her

ith aged slippers, you must not look back: so they say in Holderness, at least. The sumptuary laws of Hamburg of 1291, enacted that the bridegroom should present his bride with

to the Grecian custom of removing the

e of Northern Count

Gentilisme, Folk-Lo

f North-East of Sco

ety, by Baron Béla Radvánszky, on Feb. 1st, 1883; Cf. A mag

known Hungary,

sylvania, p

Korpo och Houtsk?rs Socknar

?llop," p. 86; and "E

aulu L

in Du Chaillu, Land of the M

uch as Dasent, "East o' the Sun, and West o' the Moon," p. 29; Afanassieff, vol. vii. No.

the Baron Sigismund von Herberstein. London

erung der ?ltesten Geschichte

Loc

gyarország Ethnographiája

ueries, 7th S. i

e Past, vol. i. p. 136. "Tablet V."; Rink, Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo, p. 302; and Leland, The Gipsies,

the Kisfaludy Társaság évla

she had a nephew born with a caul, and when he

rnment. This story is told of the feud between two races. There are others which strike off the characte

ad not the heart to do it. Whereupon Raphael, the Roumanian angel, was sent, who was received and treated by Adam and Eve in like manner. He, however, was not above a good dinner, and having finished, he informed the couple of the purpose of his coming. The two thereupon began to cry, which so mollified Raphael that he returned to his Master, and begged Him to send some one else, as he could not very well turn them out after having enjoyed their hospit

pened in 1870, and f

See also Contemporary Review, Feb. 1878, "Field and Forest Myths," p. 528, "Within the last few years,

y again the other day

a Roman camp n

uthor of The Histories of London, Yorkshire, Lambeth,

m Edition of Shakespea

ected." Folk Lore

no. Folk Lore Rec

and the Beast" in The 19t

a poor old beggar-woman, who had evidently died from want and poverty. The princess took the skin

the giantess who has only one eye in the middle of her

e p. 34

rfy skull, is the Lapp for Ashiepattl

ote, vol.

ere the hero is slain by the envenomed bristle piercing his foo

e p. 33

in the "Two Orphans" is la

le she said: "Shake, good tree, shake for So-and-so," and then the disease fled. I have heard that the good old dame was herself always very ill

e, "Haccis ?dne." Notes and Qu

ater when a little frog came up through the sink and asked her not to pour dirty water down, as his drawing-room was there. So she did not, and as a reward he said pearls and diamonds should drop from her mouth when she spoke. When she returned home it happened as he said; and the step-mother, learning how it had come about, sent her own daughter to the pump. When she got there the

ng me my

weet, sw

. She brought him in in spite of her step-mother; took him on her

et us go

weet, sw

ing there stood a beautiful prince, who said he had been enchanted by a wicked fairy and was to be a frog till a girl would let him sleep with her. They were married, a

onal air to which thes

notes in the

Grimm, "The Sea Hare," where a fox c

out of their winter quarters for the first time, an iron bar is laid before the threshold, over which all the cows must pass, for if they

e the left foot on first stepping into it; one must "put one's best (or

omen only, in the shape of a "diadem" of the ancient

. p. 36

sm?rchen der B?hmen,

ecord, 1879, "Old Ballad

rding generally means the

which this story is taken for scientific purposes, as M

e of the Finnish beast stories are most interesting, and the resembla

DE

[Jack and the Beansta

giant

ws old in hi

al, xli.,

giants' disli

cure f

cal stor

n Serbian f

ans, folk-tal

of, as to

-tales, quo

allego

erstitions

, 158, 160, 249, 303-306, 323, 3

of the, 1

age of, 3

service of f

of, with huma

of, to stay

rvant

worn at Magya

life conta

see "boy," "eagles," "falcon," "fish," "horses,

t.) fire, cu

ansformed into,

iling

miraculous g

, tinkl

lk-tales,

, 360, 362, 364, 368, 371, 375, 377, 389,

d Helen, s

nder of modern

g of, as test

te d', quot

ed for finding way

ungest brother

on from, into

of the gi

superstiti

uest of Hung

y of, qu

olk-tales

, allegory

ethnolo

the), story

eral at Magyar

e, giant bei

never gets

ory of unbapti

he, that is to di

roduce youthfu

stom in Hu

e's milk, task

f fairy m

r and copper, creat

nds of, in Li

k) parallel in

wife, story

ate skin a fe

d beast s

vils dread, Sla

well of, a

tance of, t

ught by, rest

life and power

ter in story

sents, story

ringing of, a h

in giant ass

rength-g

h-giving qual

n Magyar ma

uoted,

ers, see "God,"

power to rest

nsforms hims

alive by hero

o by, 99; carrying

ing of bo

ssisted by

al rebu

gns of lu

ur of the g

town dra

in story incident, 37

m finger post sig

wine mixe

r restoration

indelible

ncident, Arab

on wound t

incidents

changed to, on di

olk-tales,

th millet seed u

n, hatched

ollected by

raculous joining

or dinner by

shiver nor shake,

on's wife tak

f making, used as

ld things, cau

stoms, Ma

e, given to

y person

nce of, Magyar, 366,

it, story in

customs rep

e, evidence o

etween hero and d

folk-ta

ver, and gold, 64

utonic conq

, were-w

an camp near, L

idden by witch to

story cha

separate from her

ree, story t

sisters, ma

obstacle to pur

muration dur

legends

s, origin

c, to kill a

horns, roasted at M

or rescuing

feast

shares with

sed in story

with woman'

, 25, 352,

ant story c

n in Lapp s

t by magica

habited by fair

by gian

to golden ap

g and lau

ompanies

nt of fairi

y, story tit

trol

assume the s

cure for

s carriage d

ion as to being

haunts of fai

ee, riddle sol

incident in

books

sued heroine and hero

(the) all

I., legen

airy means

used for restor

incident in

, dedication to d

riage inc

be a King" type

ubstitution

rhymes, Cum

ction of, for cure o

, see

luence of, on fol

as cust

lding lege

t in one night ta

oine takes

iving bird

inging of, task

marriag

, story tit

th hero, 97, 150; with heroine,

g, drop from de

s, Lincol

to hero for

of invisibility t

o transport wearer

ic, provid

ling of fairy

by giant fo

ic figh

's, hero takes

vant of fai

g of, good

spire, in sto

on taugh

ccompanies

devils disa

getting rid

o's attendan

St. Sophia, bloo

ethods all

dragon's home

ores

ry incidents, 2, 28, 3

h method of

folk-l

ells

s ghost to fi

ales dealing

Tamar, blood-

to find way out

er, the, story

ed by lions and

cure fo

in story i

for, in stor

ttles attrib

ero in fight w

s bones o

, story tit

given to hero

story tit

ar settlers i

gin of

ry title, 1-6; note

story of,

origin of t

and wel

as obstacle to pu

oblivio

wedding,

aused by f

ry, xx

s quoted, 306, 3

king ill-

mares till

story cha

tying up of, i

the we

d by magic

lled with

ion of, as stor

brothers on adventure

nalty for tell

perstiti

h of prince during k

f heroine trans

Red Cap, story

Slovac lads, st

ing, story t

golden hairs," Fin

off corpse fro

es off g

tion of roa

of, overheard,

of first child

ing to fin

onates

of the

s heroine to es

y sisters o

rying out magic

e on the Tamar, bl

w moon, used for cu

ng powers

s Day, prope

ought by fo

ght of Hades, 68;

e nails, use

of folk-tales,

sful, story in

ul, in folk

hero by, caus

of, given instead

story cha

ed Tart

le, xx.

fice of virgi

409; horse

ouring huma

devils take

inces, story incident

rying out magica

vomiting lads they

on the ground, m

raison d'êtr

-book

f forgetfulness, 35; impor

ee, story t

ure bride, 101; losing of, gives

ing, among th

nted, causes

toms,

ils when pursui

s wine by witc

oine transforme

vil's son tak

rawn in, come t

itchcra

stance to h

strong me

father takes the

boiled in, used to ob

g tab

nted to hero by f

ry quoted, 3

er hero of t

heroine, carrie

silver hairs in R

ccupation of the

nt by spi

quoted, 354, 356, 36

ters, story

cures fo

341, 362, 363, 364, 375, 386, 3

folk-tales

s in Magyar folk-l

Hungar

o suckle

unctionary at

head, giant

e, mons

ion of, stor

each other, raison

restored b

agyar folk-l

age of, with t

of witches

youth-giving

ell, story

dancin

eth, story t

r, present fro

use, orig

hn," variant

ing at, story

g mother takes

n, story char

nification of, s

ds, Lincol

of the fai

story ch

e in story

flesh of h

y son in Finn

and forks to fr

wedding, sto

e stories

g by, causes

unable to

ows dropping from

icking fe

peasant oc

silver, from tail of wood g

r, child bo

weddings in

renewed by rubbing wi

r family, Lin

and dragons, 199,

r-lor

sting place for he

r son

ant bei

34, 335, 337, 342, 346, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353, 355, 356, 372, 373, 374, 379, 384, 385,

ge custom

s for s

urning, stor

in story

liv., lviii.

ed by younge

by witch to p

s turns into, when

ssists hero in

of lake b

tion of, into

daughters ch

oe, note

y title

story inc

dragon takes

, hero takes

pplied to w

om falcons' rock,

dragon takes

ire wel

elonging to the

rength-gi

of, to compel

er of, by g

ero, demands for wages

r of, 263; hel

ee, riddle sol

s, origin

ted, causes

c supply

hamber stor

y devils, 28; clearin

curse of, sto

uring, of the

tus' st

n sacrifi

ld becomes he

ry charact

n-Boots story, 304;

ales quoted,

pearing in fol

ape of, guardian of

acy of, in fo

iants of Fi

or hero's kindnes

erful, story

tory, Lincoln

s assume the

maiden conc

f heroine

arries off man h

gend o

of devils a

ts heard

cures fo

osing of, at

) legend of

rdaric Kin

, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 364, 372, 373, 374, 377, 378, 383, 385, 386, 387, 388, 38

ing cus

chcraf

anorum qu

ory chara

g to marry

story title,

guard buried

cts in fol

y, xxvi

northe

ified wit

of, as sons

cters, 9, 25, 5

r folk-lore

giantes

nibal story c

by fairy go

wonderf

ales qu

en in fol

olden hair, sto

hands, stor

ssist h

rescued by

m of mares i

ains in fol

o taken over by

ts hero in t

ns of giant's

ng brightness, s

s, xlv

ent of, to earth, st

dragon's home

, variant o

oine transfo

cked up by

tched by hero

incidents, 2, 28, 63-64,

, castle con

roine carried a

ores

dren born to h

stud of

with, story

married

5

átos horse

ks roasted at Ma

to dig up Tá

fetched by hero i

pper fortress s

paralle

ies quoted, 35

apple, and tinkling apri

incident, 2, [150], 153

nd mound, sto

0, 355, 386, 387, 391, 392, 394, 396,

character

dian of giant's

to escape from un

h's daughter c

at weddings

ly of, legends as

ng in folk

be thrown

g of, puni

weddi

ore of, 37

sed as means to

ine, used by her

used by witch for d

formed into

nge of, mode of enga

without, sto

child born

f by his brothers, 260; renew

f heroine's, by e

ory title, 25-35;

eremonial

ing cus

rn by maidens

, restoration

ng-mu

g-plan

rning behind the o

round fairi

, story incident,

Argilus, s

marries w

ge to,

, helps hero, 288; hero

by elder b

estored by usin

led by

owed by

rmed by Táto

to learn t

rries devi

folk-tale

he fire-king,

gold leaves in R

blood-stai

ing from bringing b

quot

quote

, in story

ragon's milk f

, 20, 62, 105, 144, 158,

ade young

d, assists

t weddings,

ardian of giant'

legs produced

old, picked u

ge of, te

ask to take

called Tát

tion of human

daughters in

assume the s

re of the thre

ncident in f

ry, origi

ice in story

ay the p

iant beings,

came over with Sa

n Faust

collections o

origin of,

athing cus

happy

gin of th

nces, story

ident, 1, 39,

folk-ta

servant girl, s

a, cures f

quote

d, incident in

, used in s

human beings

ishment

ion, wit

342, 344, 346, 356, 361, 362, 363, 364, 373, 383, 384, 385, 3

ap given by

lad, story t

gend of, q

ed, 356, 383, 384, 396-

d, 322, 348, 353, 355,

ants connect

haracter in s

man with, 1

rides on, to

round witch

witch poss

of hero working

ean Stalk inci

ught, story

Giant K

, legend

riage cus

k-tales quot

, cures

origin of

in Hun

-giving qual

dding cus

ople of Hun

ovince of, recorded

ical story o

folk-ta

, quoted

ry quoted, 3

well of, in

s hero as

devil, stor

n to be, type

again by mag

most beautif

that weep a

story character

aughter, stor

and by dog, caus

use of, for

n, stone

n a tree for l

od, folk-tale co

taining of se

nien, giant be

gend of, q

gin of th

rd rhy

of restoring limb

heroine take

ing power to

ce, story title, 13

pursued heroine a

haracters in

stition a

animals, s

f Hungary,

352, 358, 359, 361, 362, 364, 370, 372, 373, 379, 384, 385, 386, 388,

ant bei

ing cus

cure of il

23-25; n

rdeal of truth b

unishment by

ged by wit

pted, story in

legory o

away from t

344; by animals, 374, 396; by sn

tch's, contained

cidents, 339,

shed by animal

nshire, battle

ore, 343, 350, 363,

358, 392, 393, 404,

l, treasure

rstitio

sure le

ing cus

hcraft,

ry inhabited

al, influence on f

quote

ith other loaves, used as

ences on fo

at a cottage held

d relating to

k, misfortu

against, in fol

ky at wed

c, power of speakin

manor, story

fairies, x

st, story t

tory title, 22, 2

eaten by would

s sign of re

devil as

hrowin

little, stor

s of gia

een o

odmother to

Swedish fo

rigin of,

in enemies, st

ales quoted, 34

on as to the

d, eaten b

of Magya

origin

f talking pos

ing, task s

's daughter

tions in noo

sing of bride's

wn objects from

chil

hurch

yar, liv., 365;

vals, Ma

olk-tal

queen of the

ro with

oine with

beautiful

rothers to twe

r of king's

re, see "br

's travels

in marriage cus

lken, of e

.-xlix., 403, 409;

colnshire, gallo

traditio

ck, story i

ercepted, stor

ht, story c

assists hero in

a story ch

, probable reference

ration of, a

g in, task s

finger-post a sign

rmed from remains of

duck, pursued heroi

's, bread m

es, task se

story ch

, story inc

heroine takes

boiled with, as mea

e, task set

en to hero fo

ce, story t

, magi

fluence of, on fo

ngarian sett

r settler

devil to aid him on his

marriage c

s son takes

337; on hero's forehead, 387; on

f, in folk

acy of, in fol

erstit

in the w

witch ridi

vered with, sign

g son, in Finn

oine, her

tures, story i

uilt by gia

stance of,

f, committed an

r by son in Fin

the Blue Be

, fol

air to r

ths, quote

and in folk-

' legends de

ng superst

story inciden

iries, xxxv

end of tr

ce Czihan, st

r's Day

ngen qu

tying up of, i

ant legend

3, 86, 356-359, 361;

5, 358, 359, 360, 361, 370, 371, 372, 373, 375, 383, 385, 386,

and folk-lo

giant be

ge grows to

acter in Finn

ers,

y bride's dres

lden leaves in R

curse o

in folk-tale, xxxiii.

of the fai

strength-g

magic trees on

ure of de

y title, princesses

e two, stor

ent behind, a

feathe

tuffed with,

hing with,

the fairi

escent of God

rigin of

lk-tal

used by Ma

quest of by

e convent, bloo

us, dragon's wife

rom tree, incid

field, picked

d by mother

e, story ti

nknown in H

75, 379, 386, 387, 388, 394, 396, 39

uperstition abo

appearance of

f, to the ear

e said to be i

wild horse o

in folk-

289; assists hero, 289; en

e in form

, in story

transforms hi

formation of,

p heroine i

h owls' feathers i

olk-tales

ed by witch to de

used by

power of making we

rifice at, 381; wi

wound-he

titions, l

" "bramble," "oak," "pear"

x-ox, yoki

sk, story in

tory cha

d into horse

ales quoted,

c, story o

ero bec

uperstition

339, 342, 361, 365, 372, 374, 386, 389

g blood, sign of mi

trysting

ero and heroine

beggar's, st

átos, also name fo

eir sermons, a

le allusion

three, story

ever laughed,

e three, story

scent, 16, 34, 137; by force,

sayings,

dent in folk-t

t by immu

alse knight, st

to be born of h

never gets f

in story incident,

, type story,

race

the fai

cure f

ro takes f

ndicating old fe

daughters ch

ing at, stor

l and the, st

ople, unluck

a false cham

arrels of, al

ldren's, Cu

ren of two, sto

olk-tales, 2

al, in Magyar

sed by witch to

of waking wearer i

weddin

ns of recognis

iry origin

y-four, story

ne protec

of, put as

wth, ma

s of identifying

ht, story

s quoted, 353, 387,

gues with Turke

stacle in pursu

, 347, 353, 355, 358, 359, 361, 362, 364, 373, 374, 379, 381, 389, 391

rriage cer

n, in story inc

ay the pl

ic, for mag

ed on Tátos

e demanded by he

s, used as sto

s, place of, i

uote

Days, cu

i

e, mag

ure for

wing on hero

avian H

ro's atten

lk-lore, 36

uoted, 312, 346

ing cus

cures fo

in Hungarian fo

ife depends on k

y and his little sword,

rmation of hero

magic pow

39, 342, 347, 353, 361, 362, 373, 374, 386,

from devil's b

animals so

witchc

hero with

n supersti

ory characte

ul, story t

given to devil ins

ils over lan

n to hero to incr

inderel

n folk-t

n after the

idents in fo

olk-tales

e of Székely,

name for th

dragon's hous

brightness, sto

e, concealm

oned in story incide

book of, q

g away of, a

rry twelve brothers

cacy of he

mption of

in divination to get n

k-tales quot

alls on watcher

a test of prin

y incidents in

ants sens

o takes ref

ian Puss in B

283; proposes to marr

ro language o

sacrifice of king'

head, restores

sk of hero's

iends

story title

ssumption of,

origin

in March, youth-giv

ation of the f

mother in Fin

means of discov

for restorati

ing and

used to dig up

n herb to restor

, 313, 329, 334, 347, 360

edding cu

dding songs q

in folk-t

azy) who became quee

enchantm

, makes object

of, to delude

ch to disfigur

weddings,

water, dragon's wi

tes,

oting at, sto

at hanging

of finding

ng, horse s

erstiti

born with, on

, on hero's

ft breast of kin

, by high-step

om raven's back,

ero takes

, heroine

, story title, 7-13;

h wooden knif

turned to pi

71; hero's animal se

eaten by gian

emoval of, as t

character in

, story cha

giant's heel, xxv; of fa

ious) superst

nt kept apart f

evealed in order

iving subs

orcibly made king

alluded to, see

for gaini

ouses of the f

whistle a

rn with, on t

twin son, 52; of

ison of he

beauty li

f, in folk

, to admire her

oman appear

ed, 306, 322, 342, 364,

own to, will res

cident, 101, 3

06, 330, 333, 334, 362, 386,

giant be

wedding

elps hero o

prince takes si

r given to devil in

hero's, denoting ap

g power of slay

d between wife and husba

growing in garden, 233;

c, in folk-t

k-medicine

of the, i

loth, m

hero to car

st alluded to

dog-hea

47, 153, 192-193, 273-275, 31

's horse, xx

ldren born

l, bought by prince

ure for ague

ncolnshire, battle

icance of the

dle of, solve

dle of, solve

, foal

and the Old Woman with the

ers in

ero younge

type sto

ceremonies

-lore of

squirrel's tree,

g of, in folk-tale

of, story inc

eans to bewitc

nce by, to you

themselves,

sing only with granti

ro immure

d in black

lls into, through

hero and heroine t

a, wedding

s occupy

of, in folk-tales,

magic wi

ghosts as guards

, legends,

by witch as reward

k coming from

remains of murd

her children tak

aced amongst b

c growth

sed for cure

seated i

character i

n borders of Op

ther means of hero

hero to guide

traced by

ud incident, Ar

shape of magpie

od, travels of, s

ant beings, N

lled giant

tan in folk

arry twelve siste

haired, born t

th of, in fo

legend of,

people, in f

d on road, source of

e things, stor

ing), concealed

ba, story c

able legend o

g as task f

s eaten, incident

-tales, quoted

ngest son suc

shed in to gai

e of maiming by,

f transforming human

n of heroine'

th of princesses who we

from fairies' we

allegory of,

king up by devils,

ic orig

th, legend

in folk-

ers produ

ustoms, M

ivities

, greeti

tions in stor

g residin

from, used at marr

m, cures bl

ship,

llous powers

k-tales q

wolve

oine devou

ne set task of clea

gical, 1

e, mag

teful animals f

nce from insects, fi

ip, a method o

s daughter, st

wer over vassal

o desired b

g of, story

ed, interpos

ero to renew st

y foal for

c, for trav

well of, in F

he, story

1

ist youngest

rning

o pigeon, stor

of, born wi

hero, 253

, for anima

supposed

of castle

r folk-lore

wn children by

al powers

od of se

er of gi

ron nose,

sists of th

ter personate

in shape of

helps

ted by the drawi

's, destroyed

agon sacr

tance of, t

sh grateful an

try inhabite

ity, story tit

made young

direct hero

arelian grateful

in folk-tal

, on hero's acti

shire fol

turning on si

round, visite

tiful woman,

hero with s

Lincolnshire, leg

vice given

ee days d

, King, story

finger-lor

-lore,

rstitio

success

y hero, 40, 55, 60, 92

tory heroine,

uccessful i

ngest princess, s

oine of tale,

cessful, 1

allegor

ng plan

water, 2

e, possessed by pel

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riber'

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