Gypsy folk-tales

A king had three sons. He gave the youngest a hundred thousand piastres; he gave the same to the eldest son and to the middle one. The youngest arose, he took the road; wherever...

There was an old woman in a village. And grown-up maidens met and span, and made a ‘bee.’ [40] And the young sparks came and laid hold of the girls, and pulled them about and ki...

Then the lad began to weep, for his mother will die. And he took [50] and departed. Then he went to his sweetheart, and told her. ‘Maiden, my mother will die. And she has seen a...

There was a man with as many children as ants in an anthill. And three of the girls went to reap corn, and the emperor’s son came by. And the eldest girl said, ‘If the emperor’s...

Bukowina-Gypsy story, for we get bird’s heart ... gold pieces under pillow ... emetic ... donkey cabbage ... recovery through different kind of cabbage ... punishment ... restor...

Modern Greek, etc., including ‘Der Weber als Wischnu’ from Benfey, i. 159–163, ii. 48–56, see W. A. Clouston’s Notes on the Magical Elements in Chaucer’s ‘Squire’s Tale,’ and An...

In a hut on a mountain, in a fair forest, lived a girl with her four brothers, her father, and her mother. The sister loved a handsome rich huntsman, who often ranged the forest...

Somewhere there was a king who had three daughters, princesses. Those three sisters used to go to meet the devils, and the father knew not where they went to. But there was one...

There was once a poor peasant who had three sons, two of them wise and one foolish. One day the king gave a feast, to which everybody was invited, rich and poor. These two wise...

Yeahs an’ yeahs an’ double yeahs ago, deah wuz a nice young Gypsy gal playin’ round an ole oak tree. An’ up comed a squire as she wur a-playin’, an’ he falled in love wid her, a...

Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman, and they had one son, and they lived in a great forest. And their son never saw any other people in his life, but he knew...

There was a king in Erin once who had a leash of sons. John was the name of the youngest one, and it was said that he was not wise enough. And this good, worldly king lost the s...