Fairy tales of the Slav peasants and herdsmen (1896)
1804-1891, Harding, Emily J., ill · London : G. Allen · leaf 36
mes an old man withbald head and long white beard, who, on hearing his request,replied: Though all these women be exactly alike, thy wifewill have a black thread in the shoe of her right foot. So saying he vanished, and the traveller, thanking thetwelve, descended the mountain. Sure it is that… … Ill THE TWELVE MONTHS THERE was once a widow who had two daughters, Helen,her own child by her dead husband, and Marouckla,his daughter by his first wife. She loved Helen, but hated 18 Slav Tales the poor orphan, because she was far prettier than her owndaughter. Marouckla did not think about her…
Fairy tales -- Slavic countries
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