THE WIDOWER AND HIS DAUGHTER. Erdélyi iii. 7.
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There are some wild variants of this tale to be found amongst the Finnish Folk-Tales. See "Ihmeelinen Koiwu," the wonderful birch, "Kummallinen Tammi," the marvellous oak, and "Kolmet Sisärykset," the three sisters. S. ja T. i. pp. 59-77, also "Awannolla kehrääjät," the spinner beside the ice-hole, and "Sisärpuolet," the half-sisters. S. ja T. ii. pp. 161-172. Winther, Danske Folkeeventyr, "Den onde Skemoder," Asbjörnsen og Moe, Norske Folkeeventyr, "Manddattern og Kjärringdattern." Deutsches Märchenbuch von L. Bechstein, "Die Goldmaria und Pechmaria." Kuhn und Schwartz, Norddeutsche Sagen, "Das Mädchen im Paradis." Hyltén-Cavallius, Svenska Folksagor. "De twå Skrinen," Geldart, Folk Lore of Modern Greece. "Little Saddleslut" and the "Goat Girl," Sagas from the Far East, p. 180. Ralston's Russian Folk Tales, "The Dead Mother," and p. 260, where a Serbian variant is quoted, which apparently bears a strong resemblance to some of the Finnish. Denton's Serbian Folk-Lore, "Papalluga." Vernaleken, In the Land of Marvels, "The Blackbird," and p. 84. Pentamerone, "La Gatta Cenerentola."
Gubernatis, vol. i., pp. 31, 182, 195, 208, 241, 291, 293. Thorpe's Yule-tide Stories. "The Little Gold Shoe" and "The Girl clad in Mouseskin." Grimm, vol. 1, "Cinderella," "Allerleirauh," and notes, pp. 364, 416, 420. Household Stories from the Land of Hofer. "Klein-Else." Folk-Lore Record 1878. "Some Italian Folk-Lore," p. 188: ib. 1880. "The Icelandic story of Cinderella." Portuguese Folk-Tales, F. L. S. pp. 68 and 97: Folk-Lore Record 1884; Folk Tales of the Malagasy, p. 74, ib. Chilian Popular Tales, "Maria the Cinder Maiden." Tasks imposed, p. 208; see ante, p. 398. The gold rose stuck into the gate-post (p. 211) occurs in one of the Finnish variants.
Page 214. The gipsy woman incident. Cf. ante, p. 386.
Page 215. The "feather picking" refers to gatherings of country girls held during the winter, to dress feathers collected during the year for bedding.
Ib. The golden duck incident is an exceedingly common one. Cf. Old Deccan Days, pp. 85 and 223. Portuguese Folk-Tales: F.L.S. p. 12. Stokes' Indian Tales, p. 284.