P. 33 f. The child champion in #A#. (Compare also the notes to No 90,
II, 513 b, III, 515 b.) Children who distinguish themselves by valorous
exploits, and even get the better of heroes, are especially common in
Bulgarian epos. A child of three days kills a monster that stops the way
of a marriage-train, and then requires the guests to come to its
baptism: Miladinof, p. 79, No 59. Marko Kraljević is vanquished by one
of these, seven years old: Miladinof, p. 173, No 121; Kačanofskij, pp.
341–55, Nos 151–55. In Kačanofskij, p. 355, No 156, the child is but
seven months old. More of this extravagance in Miladinof, p. 266, No
173; Sbornik of the Ministry of Instruction, I, 59, No 4. (W. W.)
35, note. In The Order of Combats for Life in Scotland, Spalding Club
Misc., II, 387 (of uncertain date), the second oath to be proposed to
the parties is, that they have not brought into the lists other armor or
weapons than was allowed, neither any engine, charm, herb, or
enchantment, etc.