Tales from the fjeld : a series of popular tales from the Norse of P. Ch. Asbjörnsen (1917)
Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885, Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896, Smith, J. Moyr, ill · New York : Putnam's · leaf 49
Is the wort strong enough? crew Chanticleer, and as he crowed he flew up on the edge of the cask, and tried to have a taste; but,just as he bent over to drink a drop, he took to flapping his wings, and so he fell head over heels into the cask, and was drowned. When dame Partlet saw that, she clean… … The Death of Chanticleer 29 What ails you, dame Partlet, that you sit theresobbing and sighing? said the Handquern. Why not, said dame Partlet, when goodmanChanticleer has fallen into the cask and drowned him-self, and lies dead ? Thats why I sigh and sob. Well, if I can do naught else, I will…
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