Mr. Barrie himself could
scarcely have succeeded better in a very difficult task.
LVIII. JOHNNY GLOKE
_Source._--Contributed by Mr. W. Gregor to _Folk-Lore Journal_, vii. I
have rechristened "Johnny Glaik" for the sake of the rhyme, and
anglicised the few Scotticisms.
_Parallels._--This is clearly _The Valiant Tailor_ of the Grimms: "_x_
at a blow" has been bibliographised. (See my List of Incidents in Trans.
Folk-Lore Congress, 1892, _sub voce._)
_Remarks._--How _The Valiant Tailor_ got to Aberdeen one cannot tell,
though the resemblance is close enough to suggest a direct "lifting"
from some English version of Grimm's _Goblins_. At the same time it must
be remembered that _Jack the Giant Killer_ (see Notes on No. xix.)
contains some of the incidents of _The Valiant Tailor_.
LIX. COAT O CLAY
_Source._--Contributed by Mrs. Balfour originally to _Longman's
Magazine_, and thence to _Folk-Lore_, Sept., 1890.
_Remarks._--A rustic apologue, which is scarcely more than a prolonged
pun on "Coat o' Clay.
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