Old Hildebrand

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Old Hildebrand is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as tale number 95.[1]

It is Aarne-Thompson type 1360C.[2]

[edit] Synopsis

A peasant's wife and the parson fancied each other, so the wife feigned illness, and the parson preached that whoever had an ill family member could go to the Cuckoo's Mountain in Italy, and get laurel leaves that would cure the ill person. The peasant, Hildebrand, left to get them, and the parson came to his house. But on the way, Hildebrand met an egg-merchant, a friend of his, who alerted him and brought him to the house in his basket. The parson and the wife began to sing, the merchant sang, and Hildebrand sang that it was enough. He jumped from the basket and beat the parson out of the house.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jacob and Wilheim Grimm, Household Tales, "Old Hildebrand"
  2. ^ D.L. Ashliman, "The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales)"
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