_Source._--Contributed by Mr. W. Gregor to _Folk-Lore Journal_, vii. I
have rechristened "Johnny Glaik" for the sake of the rhyme, and
anglicised the few Scotticisms.
_Parallels._--This is clearly _The Valiant Tailor_ of the Grimms: "_x_
at a blow" has been bibliographised. (See my List of Incidents in Trans.
Folk-Lore Congress, 1892, _sub voce._)
_Remarks._--How _The Valiant Tailor_ got to Aberdeen one cannot tell,
though the resemblance is close enough to suggest a direct "lifting"
from some English version of Grimm's _Goblins_. At the same time it must
be remembered that _Jack the Giant Killer_ (see Notes on No. xix.)
contains some of the incidents of _The Valiant Tailor_.