_Source_.--_American Journal of Folk-Lore_, ii. 60.
_Parallels_.--Another variant is given in the same _Journal_, p. 277,
where reference is also made to a version “The Gingerbread Boy,” in
_St. Nicholas_, May 1875. Chambers gives two versions of the same story,
under the title “The Wee Bunnock,” the first of which is one of the most
dramatic and humorous of folk-tales. Unfortunately, the Scotticisms are
so frequent as to render the droll practically untranslatable. “The Fate
of Mr. Jack Sparrow” in _Uncle Remus_ is similar to that of Johnny-Cake.