THE COURAGEOUS BARN-KEEPER 195

THE GALLOWS-DWARFS 210

THE TREASURE AT KERTELL 222

THE GOLDEN SNAKES 224

THE DEVIL'S TREASURE 225

THE NOCTURNAL CHURCH-GOERS 226

SECTION X

ORIENTAL TALES

THE MAIDENS WHO BATHED IN THE MOONLIGHT 233

THE NORTHERN FROG 237

SECTION XI

CHURCH STORIES

THE CHURCH AT REVEL 262

THE CHURCH AT PuHALEPP 263

THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS 265

THE CHURCH AT FELLIN 265

SECTION XII

UNNATURAL BROTHERS

THE RICH BROTHER AND THE POOR ONE 267

SECTION XIII

PLAGUE-LEGENDS 271

SECTION XIV

BEAST-STORIES

WOLF-STORIES 274

THE MAN WITH THE BAST SHOES 278

WHY THE DOG AND CAT AND THE CAT AND MOUSE ARE ENEMIES 282

THE ORIGIN OF THE SWALLOW 283

THE SPIDER AND THE HORNET 284

THE OFFICIOUS FLIES 285

_PART III_

ESTHONIAN BALLADS, &c.

THE HERALD OF WAR 285

THE BLUE BIRD (I.) 292

THE BLUE BIRD (II.) 296

CHARM AGAINST SNAKE-BITE 298

BIBLIOGRAPHY 299

INDEX AND GLOSSARY 305

PART II

ESTHONIAN FOLK-TALES

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SECTION III

_COSMOPOLITAN STORIES_

Under this heading we propose to notice a series of tales which are almost the common property of all nations, and the origin of which is lost in remote antiquity. These we have arranged under their most familiar names in alphabetical order.