Note 57 — Chapter XXIX · SAXON SUPERSTITION—CONTINUED: ANIMALS, PLANTS, DAYS.
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An old German saying, “Hier liegt der Hund begraben”—and which is equivalent to saying, That now we penetrate the true meaning of something not previously understood—has been explained in the same way in Büchner’s “Geflügelte Worte:” There the dog lies buried; that is why the tree bears fruit.