Note 2 — Chapter V · SLOVAK, MORAVIAN, AND BOHEMIAN GYPSY STORIES
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The idea may be far-fetched (literally), but this passage has a very Oriental flavour. Cf. ‘A Simple Thief’ in Campbell’s Santal Folk-tales, p. 126.—The thieves ‘went to a rich man’s house, and dug a hole through the wall. They then said, “You creep in.” ’ ↑