"Instead of a stone, throw this bird."
The madman was very glad at this. The next day he does as the old
woman told him. The Tartaro's stone went enormously far, but at last
it fell; but the madman's bird never came down at all.
The Tartaro was astonished that he had lost his wager, and they make
another--which of the two should throw a bar of iron the farthest. The
madman accepted again. He was in his little house sadly in prayer. The
old woman appears again. She asks him--
"What's the matter with you?"
"I have made a wager again, which of the two will throw the bar of
iron the farthest, and I am very sorry."
"If it is only that, it is nothing. When you take hold of the bar of
iron, say, 'Rise up, bar of iron, here and Salamanca.'" (Altchaala
palenka, hemen eta Salamanka.) [14]
Next day the Tartaro takes his terrible bar of iron, and throws
it fearfully far. The young man could hardly lift up one end, and
he says--
"Rise up, bar of iron, here and Salamanca."