Germany Once upon a time there was a poor peasant by the name of Crab who drove two oxen with a load of wood into town where he sold it to a doctor for two thalers. He received his money... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full...
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Adelbert Kuhn, Legends, Customs and Folktales from Westphalia At the Paschen mountains overlooking the old Schaum castle there is a great stone cave to which a narrow passage leads through the stone.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my...
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Wales A popular legend giving the origin of the jack-o'-lantern in Wales deals with the idea of a stupid devil: A long time ago there lived on the hills of Arfon an old man of the name of Sion... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website..
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Norway Once upon a time there was an old widow who lived, with her three daughters, far away from the rest of the world, next to a mountain. She was so poor that her only animal was a single hen,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
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Vietnam There were once two stepsisters named Tam and Cam. Tam was the daughter of their father's first wife. She died when the child was young so her father took a second wife. Some years later the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my...
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