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The Folk-Tales of the Magyars

Note 43 — INTRODUCTION.

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P. 239 infra. See also remains of the Turkish occupation and their barbarous doings in the children's rhyme:

"Lady bird, lady bird, fly away, fly away, For the Turks are coming! They will throw you into a well full of salt water: They will take you out, and break you on the wheel."

Dark wine produced at Eger (Erlau) is called "Turk's blood."

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