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Ferrar, William J.

"More English Fairy Tales"

test.
Golden shoe gift Heroine under Mutilated foot.
(from hero). washtub.
Meeting-place Meeting-place Happy marriage. Happy marriage.
(feast). (sermon).
Flight threefold. Flight Substituted Substituted bride
threefold. bride. (eldest sister).
Lost shoe Lost shoe. Jonah heroine. Jonah heroine.
(golden).
Shoe marriage Shoe marriage Three Three
test. test. reappearances. reappearances.
Mutilated foot. Mutilated foot. Reunion. Reunion.
False bride. Villain Nemesis.
Bird witness. Bird witness.
Happy marriage. Happy marriage.
Now, in the "English" versions there is practical unanimity in the
concluding portions of the tale. _Magic dresses--Meeting-place
(Church)--Flight--Lost Shoe--Shoe Marriage-test--Mutilated foot--False
Bride--_Bird witness--Happy Marriage_, follow one another with exemplary
regularity in all four (six) versions.


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