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... Woman at night in bed say to their Father : " We have eaten up every- thing again but half a loaf , and then we are at the end of everything . The children must go away ; we will take them further into the forest so that they won't be ...
... Woman at night in bed say to their Father : " We have eaten up every- thing again but half a loaf , and then we are at the end of everything . The children must go away ; we will take them further into the forest so that they won't be ...
Page 74
... woman said : " Go you , and get one o ' them there pies . I dare say they've come again now . " The girl went and she looked , and there was nothing but the dishes . So back she came and says she : " Noo , they ain't come again ...
... woman said : " Go you , and get one o ' them there pies . I dare say they've come again now . " The girl went and she looked , and there was nothing but the dishes . So back she came and says she : " Noo , they ain't come again ...
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... woman . The old man worked in the fields as a pitch burner , while the old woman sat at home and spun flax . They were so poor that they could save nothing at all ; all their earnings went in bare food , and when that was gone there was ...
... woman . The old man worked in the fields as a pitch burner , while the old woman sat at home and spun flax . They were so poor that they could save nothing at all ; all their earnings went in bare food , and when that was gone there was ...
Contents
ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND THE IRISH TALES | 3 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 5 |
GERMAN TALES | 21 |
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