Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 384
cellars: * A prevailing superstition regarding the elf maid, or die maid, is, that she is fair to look at infront, but behind she is hollow, like a ma*k. t It is a popular superstition in Denmark, that under every church that is Vmilt.a living horsemust be buried ; the ghost of this horse is the… … HIE ELF KINGS FEAST. everything very grand ; and rusty nails and church window glass amongthe sweets. The old Elf King had one of his crowns polished with powdered slatepencil; it was slate pencil from the first form, and its very difficult forthe Elf King to get first form slate pencil! In the…
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