(A) Tales like the Keltic 77
Malbrouk 77
The Fisherman and his Sons 87
Tabakiera, the Snuff-Box 94
Mahistruba, the Master Mariner 100
Dragon 106
Ezkabi-Fidel 111
Variation of above 120
The Lady-Pigeon and her Comb 120
Suggested Explanation of above 130
Laur-Cantons 132
The Young School-Boy 136
The Son who Heard Voices 137
The Mother and her Idiot Son; or, the Clever Thief 140
Juan Dekos, the Blockhead (Tontua) 146
Variation of the above--Juan de Kalais 151
The Duped Priest 154
(B) Contes des Fées, derived directly from the
French 158
Ass'-Skin 158
Variations of above 165
The Step-Mother and Step-Daughter 166
Beauty and the Beast 167
Variation of above 172
The Cobbler and his Three Daughters (Blue-Beard) 173
Variations of above 175
The Singing Tree, the Bird which tells the Truth,
and the Water which makes Young 176
Variation of above 181
The White Blackbird 182
The Sister and her Seven Brothers 187
Variations, etc. 191