Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 102
oals of fire, but it was of no use. Heread on and on, and didnt once look at her. Besides,he scattered his nuts, and she went after them andtried to pick them all up till cockcrow. And at thefirst Cock-a-doodle-doo ! she leaped into her coffinagain and pulled down the lid. In the morning thepeople… … 88 COSSACK FAIRY TALES. I had never been born ! —But St. Mir-liael said toliiin : Weep not, twill all end happily. Fencethyself about with thy boards, sprinkle thyself allabout with holy water, incense thyself with holyincense, and take me with thee. She shall not havethee. And the moment she…
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