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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5)

Note 398 — 46 CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN'S COURTSHIP

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The German schwank affixes the forfeit of the head to failure. In the Norwegian the unsuccessful brothers get off with a thrashing. The fire in the English, found also in the German, recalls the third task in the Gesta Romanorum.

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