Appendix. The Brother And His Sisters : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE BROTHER AND HIS SISTERS. THERE were once upon a time three sisters and a brother. The sisters were all proud, and one was very beautiful, and she did not like her little brother, "because," she said, "he was dirty." Now, this...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Princess : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL Once on a time there was a man who had a meadow, which lay high up on the hill-side, and in the meadow was a barn, which he had built to keep his hay in. Now, I must tell you there hadn't been much...
Popular Tales From The Norse. East O' : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], EAST O' THE SUN AND WEST O' THE MOON Once on a time there was a poor husbandman who had so many children that he hadn't much of either food or clothing to give them. Pretty children they all were, but the prettiest was the youngest...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Old Dame : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 14 THE OLD DAME AND HER HEN Once on a time there was an old widow who lived far away from the rest of the world, up under a hill-side, with her three daughters. She was so poor that she had no stock but one single hen, which she...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Gudbr : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], GUDBRAND ON THE HILL-SIDE Once on a time there was a man whose name was Gudbrand; he had a farm which lay far, far away, upon a hill-side, and so they called him Gudbrand on the Hill-side. Now, you must know this man and his...
Appendix. Ananzi And Quanqua : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 429 ANANZI AND QUANQUA. QUANQUA was a very clever fellow, and he had a large house full of all sorts of meat. But you must know he had a way of saying "Quan"? "Qua"? (how? what?) when any one asked him anything, and so they...
Appendix. The King And The Ant's Tree : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE KING AND THE ANT'S TREE. THERE was a King who had a very beautiful daughter, and he said whoever would cut down an ant's tree which he had in his kingdom, without brushing off the ants, should marry his daughter. Now a gre...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Widow's Son : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE WIDOW'S SON Once on a time there was a poor, poor widow, who had an only son. She dragged on with the boy till he had been confirmed, and then she said she couldn't feed him any longer, he must just go out and earn his own bread...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Gertrude's Bird : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], GERTRUDE'S BIRD In those days when our Lord and St. Peter wandered upon earth, they came once to an old wife's house, who sat baking. Her name was Gertrude, and she had a red mutch on her head. They had walked a long way, and were...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Husb : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE Once on a time there was a man, so surly and cross, he never thought his wife did anything right in the house. So one evening, in hay-making time, he came home, scolding and swearing and showing...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Master Theif : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE MASTER THIEF Once upon a time there was a poor cottager who had three sons. He had nothing to leave them when he died, and no money with which to put them to any trade, so that he did not know what to make of them. At last he...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Shortshanks : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 131 SHORTSHANKS Once on a time there was a poor couple who lived in a tumble-down hut, in which there was nothing but black want, so that they hadn't a morsel to eat, nor a stick to burn. But though they had next to nothing...
Notice To The First Edition : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. ix NOTICE TO THE FIRST EDITION. THESE translations from the "Norske Folkeeventyr", collected with such freshness and faithfulness by MM. Asbjrnsen and Moe, have been made at various times and at long intervals during the last...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Cock : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE COCK AND HEN THAT WENT TO THE DOVREFELL Once on a time there was a hen that had flown up, and perched on an oak-tree for the night. When the night came, she dreamed that unless she got to the Dovrefell, the world would come...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Not A P : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 173 NOT A PIN TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM Once on a time there was a man, and he had a wife. Now this couple wanted to sow their fields, but they had neither seed-corn nor money to buy it with. But they had a cow, and the man w...
Appendix. Ananzi And Baboon : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 439 ANANZI AND BABOON. ANANZI and Baboon were disputing one day which was fattest. Ananzi said he was sure he was fat, but Baboon declared he was fatter. Then Ananzi proposed that they should prove it; so they made a fire...
Appendix. Why The Jack Spaniard's Waist Is Small : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 425 WHY THE JACK-SPANIARD'S WAIST IS SMALL ANANZI and Mosquito were talking together one day, and boasting of their fathers' crops. Ananzi said his father had never had such a crop in his life before; and Mosquito said, he w...
Introduction. Conclusion : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. clxi CONCLUSION. We have now only to consider the men and women of these Tales, and then our task is done. It will be sooner p. clxii done, because they may be left to speak for themselves, and must stand or fall by their own...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Why The Sea Is Salt : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 8 WHY THE SEA IS SALT Once on a time, but it was a long, long time ago, there were two brothers, one rich and one poor. Now, one Christmas eve, the poor one hadn't so much as a crumb in the house, either of meat or bread, so he...
Title Page : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. i POPULAR TALES FROM THE NORSE p. ii Edinburgh: Printed by T. and A. CONSTABLE FOR DAVID DOUGLAS. LONDON SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON KENT AND CO., LTD. CAMBRIDGE MACMILLAN AND BOWES. GLASGOW JAMES MACLEHOSE AND SONS. p. iii...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Master Smith : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE MASTER-SMITH Once on a time, in the days when our Lord and St. Peter used to wander on earth, they came to a smith's house. He had made a bargain with the Devil that the fiend should have him after seven years, but during th...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Doll I' The Grass : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], DOLL I' THE GRASS Once on a time there was a King who had twelve sons. When they were grown big he told them they must go out into the world and win themselves wives, but these wives must each be able to spin, and weave, and sew...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Two Step Sisters : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE TWO STEP-SISTERS Once on a time there was a couple, and each of them had a daughter by a former marriage. The woman's daughter was dull and lazy, and could never turn her hand to anything, and the man's daughter was brisk...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Tom Totherhouse : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], TOM TOTHERHOUSE Once on a time there was a Goody who had a deaf husband. A good easy man he was, but that was just why she thought more of the lad next door, whom they called "Tom Totherhouse." Now the lad that served the deaf m...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Cock. Part 03 : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE COCK AND HEN A-NUTTING Once on a time the cock and the hen went out into the hazel-wood to pick nuts; and so the hen got a nutshell in her throat, and lay on her back, flapping her wings. Off went the cock to fetch water...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Goosey Grizzel : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], GOOSEY GRIZZEL Once on a time there was a Widower, who had a house keeper named Grizzel, who set her mutch at him, and teazed him early and late to marry her. At last the man got so weary of her he was at his wit's end to know how...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Big Bird Dan : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE BIG BIRD DAN Once on a time there was a king who had twelve daughters, and he was so fond of them they must always be at his side; but every day at noon, while the king slept, the Princesses went out to take a walk. So once...
Introduction. Origin : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. xliii INTRODUCTION. ORIGIN. THE most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has been familiar from his earliest youth. They are Nursery Tales...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Mastermaid : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE MASTERMAID p. 71 Once on a time there was a king who had several sons--I don't know how many there were--but the youngest had no rest at home, for nothing else would please him but to go out into the world and try his luck...
Appendix. The Man And The Doukana Tree : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 440 THE MAN AND THE DOUKANA TREE. THERE was once a man and his wife, who were very poor, and they had a great many children. The man was very lazy, and would do nothing to help his family. The poor mother did all she could...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Soria Moria Castle : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 396 SORIA MORIA CASTLE Once on a time there was a poor couple who had a son whose name was Halvor. Ever since he was a little boy he would turn his hand to nothing, but just sat there and groped about in the ashes. His father...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Well Done : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 266 WELL DONE AND ILL PAID Once on a time there was a man, who had to drive his sledge to the wood for fuel. So a bear met him. "Out with your horse," said the Bear, "or I'll strike all your sheep dead by summer." "Oh! heaven...
Appendix. The Lion, The Goat, And The Baboon : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 438 THE LION, THE GOAT, AND THE BABOON. A LION had a Goat for his wife. One day Goat went out to market, and while she was gone, Lion went out in the wood, where he met with Baboon, who made friends with Lion, for fear he would...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Buttercup : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], BUTTERCUP Once on a time there was an old wife who sat and baked. Now you must know that this old wife had a little son, who was so plump and fat, and so fond of good things, that they called him Buttercup; she had a dog, too, whose...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Boots Who Made : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], BOOTS WHO MADE THE PRINCESS SAY, "THAT'S A STORY." Once on a time there was a king who had a daughter, and she was such a dreadful story-teller that the like of her was not to be found far or near. So the king gave out, that if any...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Taming The Shrew : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], TAMING THE SHREW Once on a time there was a king, and he had a daughter who was such a scold, and whose tongue went so fast, there was no stopping it. So he gave out that the man who could stop her tongue should have the Princess...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Fox As Herdsman : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 69 THE FOX AS HERDSMAN Once on a time there was a woman who went out to hire a herdsman, and she met a bear. "Whither away, Goody?" said Bruin. "Oh, I'm going out to hire a herdsman," answered the woman. "Why not have me...
Appendix. The Girl And The Fish : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE GIRL AND THE FISH. THERE was once a girl who used to go to the river to fetch water, but when she went she was never in a hurry to come back, but stayed so long, that they made up their minds to watch her. So one day they...
Popular Tales From The Norse. One's Own Children : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 180 ONE'S OWN CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS PRETTIEST A sportsman went out once into a wood to shoot, and he met a Snipe. "Dear friend," said the Snipe, "don't shoot my children?" "How shall I know your children?" asked the Sports-man;...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Bruin And Reynard : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], BRUIN AND REYNARD The Bear and the Fox had once bought a firkin of butter together; they were to have it at Yule, and hid it till then under a thick spruce bush. After that they went a little way off and lay down on a sunny bank...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Cock And Hen : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 105 THE COCK AND HEN [In this tale the notes of the Cock and Hen must be imitated.] "Hen"--"You promise me shoes year after year, year after year, and yet I get no shoes!" "Cock"--"You shall have them, never fear! Henny penny!"...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Hacon Grizzlebeard : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 39 HACON GRIZZLEBEARD Once on a time there was a Princess who was so proud and pert that no suitor was good enough for her. She made game of them all, and sent them about their business, one after the other; but though she was so...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Boots Who Ate : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], BOOTS WHO ATE A MATCH WITH THE TROLL p. 36 Once on a time there was a farmer who had three sons; his means were small, and he was old and weak, and his sons would take to nothing. A fine large wood belonged to the farm, and one day...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Lad And The Deil : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 377 THE LAD AND THE DEIL Once on a time there was a lad who was walking along a road cracking nuts, so he found one that was worm-eaten, and just at that very moment he met the Deil. "Is it true, now," said the lad, "what they...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Seven Foals : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE SEVEN FOALS Once on a time there was a poor couple who lived in a wretched hut, far far away in the wood. How they lived I can't tell, but I'm sure it was from hand to mouth, and hard work even then; but they had three sons...
Introduction. Diffusion : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], DIFFUSION. This general affinity established, we proceed to narrow our subject to its proper limits, and to confine it to the consideration, "first", of Popular Tales in general, and, "secondly", of those Norse Tales in particular...
Introduction. Extracts From Press Notices : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. clxxvix EXTRACTS FROM PRESS NOTICES. 'The late Sir George Dasent's "Popular Tales from the Norse", told as they are in easy and charming English, have had many readers, and we are glad therefore to welcome a new editi...
Memoir Of George Dasent : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. xvii SIR GEORGE WEBBE DASENT, D.C.L. IN presenting to the world a new edition of Sir George Webbe Dasent's "Norse Tales" a brief memoir of its author will not be deemed out of place. The Dasent family is believed to have been...
Appendix. The Ear Of Corn And The Twelve Men : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE EAR OF CORN AND THE TWELVE MEN. [This tale is imperfect at the beginning.] ANANZI said to the King, that if he would give him an ear of corn, he would bring him twelve strong men. The king gave him the ear of corn, and he went...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Thumbikin : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THUMBIKIN Once on a time there was a woman who had an only son, and he was no taller than your thumb; and so they called him Thumbikin. Now, when he had come to be old enough to know right and wrong, his mother told him to go out...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Boots And The Troll : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 215 BOOTS AND THE TROLL Once on a time there was a poor man who had three sons. When he died, the two elder set off into the world to try their luck, but the youngest they wouldn't have with them at any price. "As for you," they...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Bushy Bride : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], BUSHY BRIDE Once on a time there was a widower, who had a son and a daughter by his first marriage. Both were good children, and loved each other dearly. Some time after the man married a widow, who had a daughter by her first...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Dapplegrim : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], DAPPLEGRIM Once on a time there was a rich couple who had twelve sons; but the youngest when he was grown up said he wouldn't stay any longer at home, but be off into the world to try his luck. His father and Mother said he did very...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Three Aunts : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE THREE AUNTS Once on a time there was a poor man who lived in a hut far away in the wood, and got his living by shooting. He had an only daughter, who was very pretty, and as she had lost her mother when she was a child, and w...
Appendix. Note : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 422 NOTE. SINCE writing the Introduction to this Appendix, the Translator has been able to consult "The Vocabulary of the Oji Language, by the Rev. H. N. Riis, Basle, 1854," and "A Grammar of the Akra or Ga Language, by the Rev...
Appendix. The Dancing Gang : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], "THE DANCING GANG." A WATER carrier once went to the river to fetch water. She dipped in her calabash, and brought out a cray-fish. The cray-fish began beating his claws on the calabash, and played such a beautiful tune, th...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Three Princesses : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND p. 181 Once on a time there was a fisherman who lived close by a palace, and fished for the king's table. One day when he was out fishing he just caught nothing. Do what he would --however he tried...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Farmer Weathersky : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], FARMER WEATHERSKY Once on a time there was a man and his wife, who had an only son, and his name was Jack. The old dame thought it high time for her son to go out into the world to learn a trade, and bade her husband be off with him...
Popular Tales From The Norse. True And Untrue : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 1 TRUE AND UNTRUE Once on a time there were two brothers; one was called True, and the other Untrue. True was always upright and good towards all, but Untrue was bad and full of lies, so that no one could believe what he said...
Introduction. Norse Mythology : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], NORSE MYTHOLOGY. And now, in the second place, for that particular branch of the Aryan race, in which this peculiar development of the common tradition has arisen, which we are to consider as "Norse Popular Tales." Whatever disputes...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Lord Peter : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], LORD PETER Once on a time there was a poor couple, and they had nothing in the world but three sons, What the names the two elder had I can't say, but the youngest he was called Peter. So when their father and mother died, the sons...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Why The Bear : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 172 WHY THE BEAR IS STUMPY-TAILED One day the Bear met the Fox, who came slinking along with a string of fish he had stolen. "Whence did you get those from?" asked the Bear. "Oh! my Lord Bruin, I've been out fishing and caught...
Appendix. Nancy Fairy : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 441 NANCY FAIRY. THERE was once an old woman called "Nancy Fairy." She was a witch, and used to steal all the little babies as soon as they were born, and eat them. One day she stole a little baby, who was so beautiful that she...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Big Peter : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], BIG PETER AND LITTLE PETER Once on a time there were two brothers, both named Peter, and so the older was called Big Peter, and the younger Little Peter. When his father was dead, Big Peter took him a wife with lots of money, but...
Popular Tales From The Norse. How One Went : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 104 HOW ONE WENT OUT TO WOO Once on a time there was a lad who went out to woo him a wife. Amongst other places he came to a farm-house, where the household were little better than beggars; but when the wooer came in they wanted...
Introduction. Norse Popular Tales : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], NORSE POPULAR TALES. The preceding observations will have given a sufficient account of the mythology of the Norsemen, and of the way in which it fell. They came from the East, and brought that common stock of tradition with them...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Twelve Ducks : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 51 THE TWELVE DUCKS Once on a time there was a Queen who was out driving, when there had been a new fall of snow in the winter; but when she had gone a little way, she began to bleed at the nose, and had to get out of her sledge...
Notice To The Second Edition : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. v NOTICE TO THE SECOND EDITION. THE first edition of these Tales being exhausted, and a demand having arisen for a second, the Translator has thought it right to add thirteen tales, which complete the translation of MM. Asbjrnsen...
Appendix. Introduction To Appendix. Ananzi Stories : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 419 INTRODUCTION TO APPENDIX ANANZI STORIES. THE Negroes in the West Indies still retain the tales and traditions which their fathers and grandfathers brought with them from Africa. Some thirty years back these "Ananzi Stories,"...
Appendix. Ananzi And The Lion : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], ANANZI AND THE LION. ONCE on a time Ananzi planned a scheme. He went to town and bought ever so many firkins of fat, and ever so many sacks, and ever so many balls of string, and a very big frying pan, then he went to the bay...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The C : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE CAT ON THE DOVREFELL Once on a time there was a man up in Finnmark who had caught a great white bear, which he was going to take to the King of Denmark. Now, it so fell out that he came to the Dovrefell just about Christmas Eve...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Rich Peter : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], RICH PETER THE PEDLAR Once on a time there was a man whom they called Rich Peter the Pedlar, because he used to travel about with a pack, and got so much money that he became quite rich. This Rich Peter had a daughter, whom he held...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Cock. Part 02 : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE COCK, THE CUCKOO, AND THE BLACKCOCK "[This is another of those tales in which the birds' notes must be imitated.]" Once on a time the Cock, the Cuckoo, and the Blackcock bought a cow between them. But when they came to share it...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Lassie : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE LASSIE AND HER GODMOTHER Once on a time a poor couple lived far, far away in a great wood. The wife was brought to bed, and had a pretty girl, but they were so poor they did not know how to get the babe christened, for they had...
Appendix. The Little Child And The Pumpkin Tree : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE LITTLE CHILD AND THE PUMPKIN TREE. THERE was once a poor widow who had six children. One day when she was going out to look for something to eat, for she was very poor, she met an old man sitting by the river side. He said...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Boots And His : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], BOOTS AND HIS BROTHERS Once on a time there was a man who had three sons, Peter, Paul, and John. John was Boots, of course, because he was the youngest. I can't say the man had anything more than these three sons, for he hadn't one...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Lad Who : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE LAD WHO WENT TO THE NORTH WIND Once on a time there was an old widow who had one son; and as she was poorly and weak, her son had to go up into the safe to fetch meal for cooking; but when he got outside the safe, and was just...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Blue Belt : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE BLUE BELT p. 155 Once on a time there was an old beggar-woman, who had gone out to beg. She had a little lad with her, and when she had got her bag full, she struck across the hills towards her own home. So when they had gone...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Tatterhood : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], TATTERHOOD Once on a time there was a king and a queen who had no children, and that gave the queen much grief; she scarce had one happy hour. She was always bewailing and bemoaning herself, and saying how dull and lonesome it w...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Katie Woodencloak : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 357 KATIE WOODENCLOAK Once on a time, there was a King who had become a widower. By his Queen he had one daughter, who was so clever and lovely, there wasn't a cleverer or lovelier Princess in all the world. So the King went...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Giant Who : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], THE GIANT WHO HAD NO HEART IN HIS BODY Once on a time there was a King who had seven sons, and he loved them so much that he could never bear to be without them all at once, but one must always be with him. Now, when they were grown...
Popular Tales From The Norse. Little Annie : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], LITTLE ANNIE THE GOOSE-GIRL Once on a time there was a King who had so many geese, he was forced to have a lassie to tend them and watch them; her name was Annie, and so they called her "Annie the Goose-girl." Now you must know...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Three Billy : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 264 THE THREE BILLY-GOATS GRUFF Once on a time there were three Billy-goats, who were to go up to the hill-side to make themselves fat, and the name of all three was "Gruff." On the way up was a bridge over a burn they had...
Popular Tales From The Norse. The Best Wish : * "Popular Tales from the Norse", by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], p. 252 THE BEST WISH Once on a time there were three brothers; I don't quite know how it happened, but each of them had got the right, to wish one thing, whatever he chose. So the two elder were not long a-thinking; they wished th...