where ill treated ones suddenly develope vast power. Dasent, _Tales from
the Norse_, "The Princess on the glass hill." _Old Deccan Days_, "The
Raksha's Palace," p. 205. Stokes' _Indian Fairy Tales_, "The boy who had
a moon on his forehead," p. 126, &c. and p. 280. Mitford, _Tales of Old
Japan_, "The story of the Old Man who made withered trees to blossom."
Vernaleken, _In the Land of Marvels_, "Hondiddledo 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_, vol. i. pp. 25, 177, and 293, &c. where Russian
variants are given. Thorpe, _Yule-Tide Stories_ "The Millet Thief."
_Polnische Volkssagen und Märchen_, Aus dem Polnischen des K. B.
Woycicki von F. H. Levestam, "Der Glasberg." _Deutches Märchenbuch_, von
L. Bechstein, "Hirsedieb." _Sagen Märchen und Gebräuche aus Sachsen und
Thüringen_, Gesammelt von Emil Sommer, "Der Dumme Wirrschopf." _Svenska
Folk Sagor_, Hyltén-Cavallius och G. Steffens, "Prinsessan uppå
Glasberget."
THE THREE BROTHERS. Erdélyi, ii. 8.
The beginning of the tale reminds us of "The travels of Truth and
Falsehood," p. 36 in this collection.
_Healing Mud_, p. 152. Cf. pp. 36, 53, 323, and 336, in this collection.
Also, "Right is always right," a Wendish story, quoted in the _Dublin
Magazine_, 1868, p. 356, and _Vernaleken_, "The Accursed Garden," p.
308.
In Tuscany, the peasants believe that whoever washes his face in the dew
before the sun rises on St. John's Day will have no illness all the 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
story, _e.g._ "The ship that can sail on land and sea," _S. ja T._ ii.
p. 22. See also in this collection, p. 192, and _Gubernatis_, vol. i. p.
289.
The envious brothers (or fellow-servants) appear in numerous stories,
such as "Kulta-orit, Kulta-nuotta, wasta ja pilli (the golden stallion,
golden drag net, broom and flute)," _S. ja T._ i. p. 187, and _Dasent_,
"Boots and the Troll."
The tasks set are somewhat like those in "Fisher Joe."
In the Lapp story, "Gutten, som tjente hos Kongen" (_Friis_, p. 167),
the hero is ordered to bring all the wild beasts of the forest into the
King's courtyard. Animals help Hans in the "Maiden on the Crystal
Mountain;" _Vernaleken_, p. 276. Cf. also notes to "Fisher Joe" and
"Handsome Paul."
THE THREE VALUABLE THINGS. Erdélyi, ii. 9.
Cf. Naaké, _Slavonic Fairy Tales_, "The wise judgment." Caballero,
_Spanish Fairy Tales_, "A girl who wanted three husbands." _Sagas from
the far East_: "Five to one," p. 112; and "Who invented Woman," p. 298.
Denton, _Serbian Folk-Lore_, "The three Suitors." Geldart, _Folk-Lore of
Modern Greece_, "The Golden Casket," pp. 112 and 115, and _Arabian
Nights_, "Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Banou."
THE LITTLE MAGIC PONY. Erdélyi, ii. 10.
A curious story of a magic horse is still told in Lincolnshire, which I
heard the other day in Boston. This is _verbatim_. "Near Lincoln is a
place called Biard's Leap; near there an old witch lived in a cave, 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 horses to have a
drink, and the one which lifted its head first he chose. It was blind.
He got on its back, and, taking his sword, set off. When he got to the
cave's mouth, he shouted to the witch to come out.
"Wait till I've buckled my shoe,
And suckled my cubs,"
cried the witch. She then rushed out, and jumping on to the horse stuck
her claws into its rump, which made it jump over thirty feet (the
so-called Biard's leap). The man struck behind him with his sword, which
entered the old woman's left breast, and killed her."
The legend is given in a curious little tract, entitled "The existing
remains of the Ancient Britons within a small district lying between
Lincoln and Sleaford, by the Rev. G. Oliver, D.D. London, 1846." The man
of the above version is replaced by a knight, who "cast a large stone
into the lake, accompanied by 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 horse took a
series of prodigious leaps, three of which are at least sixty yards
asunder, and are still marked by the impressions of his feet. The witch
died from her wound, and was buried under a huge stone at the cross
roads, and a stake driven through her body. _Gubernatis_, i. p. 338. Cf.
Notes to Prince Mirkó.
_Page 160. Obstructions placed in the way of the witch or giant who
follows._
Cf. Finnish, "Awaimetoin Wakka" (the Keyless Chest), _S. ja T._ i. p.
151, and "Oriiksi muutettu poika" (the enchanted horse), _ib_. p. 142.
Lapp. "Jaetten og Veslegutten." _Friis_, p. 49, and "Jaetten og Drengen
hans," _ib._ p. 58. Rink, _Eskimo Tales_, "A tale about Two Girls," and
"Giviok." Naaké, _Slavonic Tales_, "The wonderful hair," and "Ivan
Kruchina." _Legends of the Wigwam_, "Exploits of Grasshopper," p. 61.
_Old Deccan Days_, "Truth's Triumph," p. 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
Scab Pate," p. 164. _Vernaleken_, "The Two Sisters," p. 157.
_Pentamerone_, "The Flea," and "Petrosinella." _Records of the Past_,
vol. ii. "Tale of the Two Brothers," p. 142. _Gubernatis_, vol. i. pp.
166, 175. _Folk-Lore Journal_, 1883, "The Three Sisters and Itrìmobé,"
p. 235. A Malagasky tale. Ananci Stories, _ib._ p. 286. Irish
Folk-Tales, _ib._ p. 323. _Ibid._ 1884. "Prince Unexpected," p. 15, a
Polish tale, and "Isìlakòlona," _ib._ p. 31, a Malagasy tale.
THE BEGGAR'S PRESENTS. Erdélyi, ii. 12.
Cf. the wonderful gifts in: "Taiwaasen menijä" (one who goes to heaven)
_S. ja T._ ii. p. 113, and "Ei-niin-mitä" (just nothing) _ib._ p. 53.
"Bondesønnen, Kongesønnem og Solens Søster." _Friis_, p. 140. _Dasent_,
"The Best Wish," p. 294, and "Katie Woodencloak," _ib._ p. 412. _Old
Deccan Days_, "The Jackal, the Barber, and the Brahman." Stokes' _Indian
Fairy 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 the Sack," and notes, p. 387. Also "The Knapsack, the Hat,
&c." and notes, p. 409. Crofton Croker, _Irish Fairy Legends_, "The
Legend of Bottle Hill." Payne, _Arabian Nights_, vol. vi. Jouder and his
Brothers. _Folk-Lore Record_, 1878, "Some Italian Folk-Lore," p. 202.
_Gubernatis_, vol. i. pp. 127, 154, 161; and Nordlander, _Sagor, Sägner
och Viso_ No. 4.
THE WORLD'S BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. Erdélyi, iii. 1.
Arany gives the following variants of this tale: _Mailath_ 2,
_Grimm_[70] 53, and _Schott_, Wallachische Märchen 5. See also in
Russian poetry by Pushkin, in Bodenstedt's translation i. p. 100. In the
German variants, twelve pigmies take the place of the twelve robbers in
the Hungarian tale; and the queen thus addresses her mirror:
"Spieglein, spieglein an der Wand
Wer ist die schönste im ganzen Land?"
And receives the reply--
"Frau Königin. Thr seid die Schönste hier
Aber Schneewitchen ist thausendmal schöner.
Als Thr."
Cf. Pedroso _Portuguese Folk-Tales_, F.L.S. 1882. "The Vain Queen," and
"The Maiden with the Rose on her Forehead."
_Page 164._ The love-stricken ones is a touch of the Oriental method of
describing the power of love. See numberless examples in Payne's
_Arabian Knights_.
_Page 165._ There is an Indian superstition noted in Temple's _Legends
of the Punjáb_, p. 51, where we read, "he wore some coarse clothes over
his own, so that her perspiration should not injure him," and in the
footnote: "the woman's perspiration would take his 'virtue' out of him."
_Page 165._ Magic Mirror. Besides the variants at the beginning of the
notes, we may compare the Magic Mirror in the Norse Saga, "King Gram"
and the Hanoverian tale, in _Grimm_, vol. ii. p. 379.
For spitting as a mode of enchantment, see numerous examples in _Arabian
Nights_.
_Page 172._ "The Pin, &c. which prevents the girl from moving." Cf.
Stokes, _Indian Fairy Tales_, p. xiii., "The Pomegranate King,"
p. 14, "The princess who loved her father like salt," p. 165; and notes
on pp. 248, &c.
In the Finnish tale, "Här' än Korwista syntyneet Koirat siw" (Dogs which
sprang from the ears of a bull), in _S. ja T._ 1, a girl scratches her
brother's head with a devil's tusk, and so kills him; but his faithful
dogs lick the wound, and so restore him to life.
In a Lapp story, "Bondesønnen" (_Friis_, No. 44) the son's sister
awakes, when the hero pricks her hand, and sucks the drop of blood off.
Cf. Schott, _Wallachische Märchen_, p. 251. Pedroso, _Portuguese Tales_,
F.L.S. 1882, "The Maid and the Negress." _Irish Folk Tales_, Folk-Lore
Record. 1884, p. 197, "The Story of John and the Amulet." Halliwell,
_Nursery Rhymes and Tales_, "The Red Bull of Norroway," p. 169. Thorpe,
_Yule-Tide Stories_, p. 40, "The Princess that came out of the water."
Payne, _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, _Sicilianiasches Märchen_, vol. i. p. 82.[71] _Old
Deccan Days_, "Little Surya Bai," p. 83; "Chundun Rajah," p. 233;
"Sodewa Bai," p. 240. In the two last, we also have examples of bodies
remaining undecayed for months after death. Sodewa Bai looked as lovely
a month after her death as on the night she died; cf. also the
well-known "Sleeping Beauty."
The prince in the Greek story weeps and groans over a picture, just as
this prince does over his dead princess. See _Geldart_, p. 95, "The
Golden Steed."
_Page 180._ For a fuller note on witches see the Introduction.
THE GIRL WITHOUT HANDS. Erdélyi, iii. 2.
Cf. "Neitonen kuninkaan Sadussa" (The Maid in the King's Garden), and
"Neitonen Hernemaassa"[72] (The Maid in the Pea-field). _S. ja T._ i.
pp. 108-119. _Grimm_, vol. i. "The Girl without Arms," and note, p. 378.
Molbech, _Udvalgte Eventyr og Fortaellinger_, "Pigen uden Haender."
THE KING AND THE DEVIL. Erdélyi, iii 3.
Cf. _Some Italian Folk-Lore_, "Lion Bruno," _Folk-Lore Record_, 1878, p.
209. _Portuguese Stories_, "The Story of a Turner," _Folk-Lore Record_,
1881, p. 152. _Irish Stories, 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 and the Frog," "The
King's Son and Messeria," and "Goldmaria and Goldfeather." _Vernaleken,
In the Land of Marvels_, "The Fisher's Son," and "The Stolen Princess."
_S. ja T._ i. "Awaimetoin Wakka," and _S. ja T._ ii. p. 146, "Jykeä
Lipas" (the Heavy Chest). _Friis_, "Gutten, Havfruen og Ridder Rød," and
"Fattiggutten, Fanden og Guldbyen." Ralston, _Russian Folk-Tales_ p.
362-366, 124, 133.
Steere, _Swahili Tales_, "The Spirit who was cheated by the Sultan's
Son." _Gubernatis_, ii. p. 382. One may also compare the Viennese
Legends of the "Stock-im-Eisen," and of the "Baren-Häuter," for which
_vide Pictures of Hungarian Life_, pp. 172 and 387. Cf. also the Swedish
Legend, "Friskytten," in Hofberg's _Svenska Folksägner_, and the
well-known stories of Faust and Der Freischütz. See also p. 130 _ante_.
_Page 191._ The attempts to deceive the devil are found in numerous
tales, e.g. _Friis_, "Stallobruden." _Grimm_ ii., "The Iron Stone," p.
158. Lindholm, _Lappbönder_, "De bedragne jätten and; Quigstad og,"
Sandberg _Lappiske eventyr og folkesagn_, "Stallo og lappepigen."
_Page 191._ "Owl's Feathers." Pillows of the same sort appear in "The
Pelican," p. 255, and remind us of the superstitions connected with wild
birds' feathers. In many parts of Lincolnshire, 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 not die on it, as it had some bad feathers in it. In
some places it is pigeon's feathers that the people particularly
dislike. See also Henderson's _Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties_, p.
60.
_Page 192._ For different tasks, such as the millet cleaning, see also:
_S. ja T._ i. "Ihmeellinen Koiwu" (The wonderful Birch). Stokes, _Indian
Fairy Tales_, "The Rájá's Son," p. 163, and p. 180. Temple, _Legends of
the Punjáb_, "Râjâ Rasâlû," 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. _Pentamerone_, "The Dove." _Folk-Lore
Journal_, 1884, "Prince Unexpected," p. 13. _Gubernatis_, Vol. i. p. 38.
Ralston, _Russian Folk Tales_, "The Water King," p. 126; also pp. 18,
153, 208 in this work.
The hairs that became serpents remind us of Medusa.
_Page 193._ The changes of the pursued, in order to avoid capture, occur
in numerous tales, _e.g._ "Handsome Paul," and note 320 _ante_. Also _S.
ja T._ i. "Oriiksi muutettu poika," and "Awaimetoin Wakka." _Friis_,
"Jætten og Veslegutten," and "Jætten 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, and "The
Drummer," p. 292. _Folk-Lore Journal_, 1884, "Prince Unexpected," p. 15,
and Malagasy Folk-Tales, "Isìlakòlona," p. 131. Campbell, _Popular Tales
of the Western Highlands_, "The Battle of the Birds."
_Page 194._ The devil's limping and the woodpeckers and hares in other
stories,[73] reminds us of an old Yorkshire saw, "Beware of those whom
God has marked," and I know cases of people who regard any external
deformity as the expression of internal malformation.
_Page 195._ In the Lapp stories, the giants swallow so much water that
they burst.
With the moral tacked on to this tale, cf. _Vernaleken_, "The Nine
Birds."
THE THREE PRINCES, THE THREE DRAGONS, AND THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE IRON
NOSE. Erdélyi, iii. 4.
_Page 197._ Tátos. Cf. notes, p. 345, also _Roumanian Fairy-Tales_, "The
Hermit's Foundling" and "Vasilica the Brave." _Pentamerone_, "Corvetto"
and Geldart, _Folk-Lore of Modern Greece_, "The Golden Steed," and "The
Scab Pate."
The dragon vomiting out those it has eaten. Cf. The queen swallowed by
the whale, in the story of the "Two Orphans," p. 223. Also Red Riding
Hood. _Grimm_, i. "The Wolf and the Seven little Kids." Cf. old Greek
legend of Kronos devouring his children.
_Page 199._ The bridge seems to suggest the bridge in the Koran. See
also the bridge in _Pentamerone_, "The golden root."
This part of the story somewhat resembles that of "the Accursed Garden,"
in _Vernaleken_.
_Page 201._ The transformation of Ambrose and the Dragon. Cf. _Roumanian
Fairy Tales_, "Vasilica the Brave," p. 73.
In the Lapp stories the hero calls for help to his gods. See _Friis_.
"Stallo og Patto Poadnje," and "Stallo og Fiskerlappen."
_Page 202._ In the Finnish story, Alderblock turns himself into an
ermine. See _S. ja T._ 2, "Leppäpölkky," a story which is very much like
the Magyar in this part. Ralston, _Russian Folk-Tales_, "Ivan Popyalof,"
p. 69. Also _ib._ pp. 71 and 72. In the Finnish tale (_S. ja T._ i.)
"Weljiänsä-etsijät Tyttö"--a little dog prevents the girl from bathing
in water which would transform her. Cf. Pedroso, _Portuguese
Folk-Tales_, "Pedro and the Prince," p. 26. _Gubernatis_, i. p. 191.
_Page 203._ Ambrose sticks to the axle as the people did to the lamb, p.
14, _ante_. Cf. Story of Loki and the Eagle.
_Page 204._ The witch in the lower world reminds us of the Egyptian
Legend of Ishtar, _Records of the Past_, vol. i. p. 144.
_Page 205._ The folk-tale-teller was ever fond of having a sly rap at
the clergy. Cf. Lapp tale, where the priest wants to marry the goveiter
girl himself, because she has a costly silver girdle; _Friis_,
"Goveiter-Pige." Also Ralston, _Russian Folk Tales_, p. 27.
_Page 205._ Worming secrets out of witch, &c. by flattery. Cf. _S. ja
T._ ii. "Antti Puuhaara," and _Friis_, "Stallo og Lappebrødrene Sodno."
_Ib._ Concealed Life. Cf. _Friis_, "Jætten, som havde skjult sit Liv i
et Hønseaeg," and "Jætten og Veslegutten," where the giant has hid his
life in the middle 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 Hírálálbásá," p. 58; "The Demon and the
King's Son," p. 187, and note, p. 261. Dasent, _Tales from the Norse_,
"The giant who had no heart in his body," p. 75.
_Sagas from the Far East_, "Child Intellect," p. 133. Steere, _Swahili
Tales_, "Story of the Washerwoman's Donkey," p. 5. Ralston, _Russian
Folk Tales_. "Koschei the Deathless," p. 103, and pp. 113--115. Mr.
Ralston also gives _Asbjörnsen_, "New Series," No. 70, p. 39. Haltrich,
_Deutsche Volksmärchen ausdem Sachsenlande in Siebenbürgen_, p. 188.
Wenzig, _Westabauischer Märchenschatz_, No. 37, p. 190. _Hahn_, No. 26,
i. 187, and ii. pp. 215, 294--5, _Vuk Karajich_, No. 8. Cf. _Records of
the 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 Culture_, pp. 152, 153. _Gubernatis_, vol. i. pp. 131, 140,
269, and 412. Thorpe, _Yule-Tide Stories_. "The Man without a Heart."
Black, _Folk-Medecine_, p. 32. _Gesta Romanorum_, "The Knight and the
Necromancer." Castren, _Ethnologische Vorlesungen über die Altaischen
Völker_, p. 174. _Page 206._ A wonderful chest in the Finnish story,
"Awaimetoin Wakka" (_S. ja T._ i.) opens as the golden apple in the
Magyar tale, and out of it comes castle, servants, &c. See also Prince
Mirkó, p. 74, _ante_.
THE WIDOWER AND HIS DAUGHTER. Erdélyi iii. 7.
There are some wild variants of this tale to be found amongst the
Finnish Folk-Tales. See "Ihmeelinen Koiwu," the wonderful birch,
"Kummallinen Tammi," the marvellous oak, and "Kolmet Sisärykset," the
three sisters. _S. ja T._ i. pp. 59-77, also "Awannolla kehrääjät," the
spinner beside the ice-hole, and "Sisärpuolet," the half-sisters. _S. ja
T._ ii. pp. 161-172. Winther, _Danske Folkeeventyr_, "Den onde
Skemoder," Asbjörnsen og Moe, _Norske Folkeeventyr_, "Manddattern og
Kjärringdattern." _Deutsches Märchenbuch von L. Bechstein_, "Die
Goldmaria und Pechmaria." Kuhn und Schwartz, _Norddeutsche Sagen_, "Das
Mädchen im Paradis." Hyltén-Cavallius, _Svenska Folksagor_. "De twå
Skrinen," Geldart, _Folk Lore of Modern Greece_. "Little Saddleslut" and
the "Goat Girl," _Sagas from the Far East_, p. 180. Ralston's _Russian
Folk Tales_, "The Dead Mother," and p. 260, where a Serbian variant is
quoted, which apparently bears a strong resemblance to some of the
Finnish. Denton's _Serbian Folk-Lore_, "Papalluga." Vernaleken, _In the
Land of Marvels_, "The Blackbird," and p. 84. _Pentamerone_, "La Gatta
Cenerentola."
_Gubernatis_, vol. i., pp. 31, 182, 195, 208, 241, 291, 293. Thorpe's
_Yule-tide Stories_. "The Little Gold Shoe" and "The Girl clad in
Mouseskin." _Grimm_, vol. 1, "Cinderella," "Allerleirauh," and notes,
pp. 364, 416, 420. _Household 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_ 1884; Folk Tales
of the Malagasy, p. 74, _ib._ Chilian Popular Tales, "Maria the Cinder
Maiden." _Tasks imposed_, p. 208; see _ante_, p. 398. The gold rose
stuck into the gate-post (p. 211) occurs in one of the Finnish variants.
_Page 214_. The gipsy woman incident. Cf. _ante_, p. 386.
_Page 215_. The "feather picking" refers to gatherings of country girls
held during the winter, to dress feathers collected during the year for
bedding.
_Ib_. The golden duck incident is an exceedingly common one. Cf. _Old
Deccan Days_, pp. 85 and 223. _Portuguese Folk-Tales_: F.L.S. p. 12.
Stokes' _Indian Tales_, p. 284.
THE WISHES. Erdélyi iii. 11.
Cf. _Payne_, vol. v. "The man who saw the night of power." _Caballero's_
Fairy Tales, "The three wishes." _Grimm_, "The poor man and the rich
man," and notes; and a fragment in _Notes and Queries_. Finnish
Folk-Lore, 6th S. viii., p. 201, also _Lewins_ "A fly on the wheel," p.
81, where a Hindustani variant is given.
THE TWO ORPHANS. Erdélyi iii. 9.
In a Finnish Tale, "Weljiänsä-etsijät Tyttö," _S. ja T_. i. p. 119, the
girl who seeks her brothers, the girl is warned by a faithful dog, from
going near or touching water which a witch wishes her to do, and which
entails misery on her; as also in another, "Leppapölky," where the witch
tempts the heroes in like manner. Cf. Geldart's _Folk-Lore of Modern
Greece_. "Starbright and Birdie," p. 33. _Grimm_, "Brother and Sister."
_Gubernatis_, vol. i., pp. 175, 354, and 390.
_P. 221_. The cutting off of the lock of hair reminds us of the
widespread superstitions connected with hair, or any other part of a
person. Cf. _ante_ pp. 332 and 374. _Archaeology_, "The Physicians of
Myddfai," p. 113. I have also often heard the following in Yorkshire and
Lincolnshire. 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
coffin, so that the person may "enter heaven perfect!" A baby's hair and
nails must not be cut until it is a year old, or else it will be a
thief. Hair must not be cut when the moon is waning. It is also said
that ague can be cured by hanging a lock of hair on a willow tree.[74]
_Page 223._ The witch wishes to get rid of the deer, in the same way
that the gipsy does the golden duck, _ante_ p. 215. Cf. Stokes's _Indian
Fairy Tales:_ "The Pomegranate King," p. 10; "Phúlmati Ráni," p. 4; "The
Jackal and the Kite," p. 22; "The Bél-Princess," p. 144; and Notes, pp.
245-253. _Gubernatis_, vol. i., p. 412, and vol. ii., p. 31.
_Page 223._ In the Lapp Story, "Pigen fra Havet," _Friis_, No. 8,[75] a
child is brought down to the sea-shore to bring mother back; and in the
Finnish story, "Ihmeelinen Koiwu," The wonderful Birch, the child's cry
brings mother back, just as the little deer's lament in this tale
reaches the sister's ears at the bottom of the well.
In this Finnish tale the mother replies, and says to the reindeer, which
are feeding near:
"Reindeer! Reindeer! feeding in the swamp,
Come and take care of your child!
Come and see the child you have borne!
For the witch's daughter has neither food nor drink,
And cannot quiet its cries."
See also _Finnish_, "Maid who rose out of the sea."
_Grimm_, "The lambkin and the little fish," and notes.
_Pentamerone_, "The two cakes." Theal, _Kaffir Folk-Lore_, "The story of
Tangalimlibo," p. 61.
_Page 223._ Creatures inside others.
Cf. Theal, _Kaffir Folk-Lore_, "The story of the cannibal mother," p.
142; "The story of the glutton," p. 175; "The great chief of the
animals," p. 177; and the Finnish story, "Seppo Ilmarisen Kosinta"
(Smith Ilmarinen's courtship), where the smith, after being swallowed by
Untamoinen, cuts his way out.
Stokes's _Indian Fairy Tales_, "Loving Lailí," p. 76.
THE WONDERFUL FROG. Erdélyi, iii. 15.
My friend, Prof. Aug. Gittée, has kindly forwarded me a Flemish variant,
"Van het Meisje dat met een Puits trouwde." "The tale of a girl who
married a frog." See _Volskunde Tijdschrift voor 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 German Workshop_, vol. ii. p. 249. Cox.
_Mythology of the Aryan Nations_. "Frog." Halliwell. _Nursery Rhymes and
Tales_. "The maiden and the frog."[76] Dasent. _Tales from the Norse_.
"Bushy Bride."
THE DEVIL AND THE RED CAP. Erdélyi, iii. 19.