LXIV. THE OLD WITCH

_Source._--Collected by Mrs. Gomme at Deptford.

_Parallels._--I have a dim memory of hearing a similar tale in Australia

in 1860. It is clearly parallel with the Grimms' _Frau Holle_, where the

good girl is rewarded and the bad punished in a similar way. Perrault's

_Toads and Diamonds_ is of the same _genus_.

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