Roman Legends: A collection of the fables and folk-lore of Rome

by Rachel Harriette Busk

CONTENTS.

[FAVOLE.]

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• [Filagranata] 3
• [The Three Love-Oranges] (I Tre Merangoli di Amore) 15
• [Palombelletta] 22
• [La Cenorientola] 26
• [Vaccarella] 31
• [Giuseppe L’Ebreo] 39
• [The King who goes out to Dinner] 40
• [The Pot of Marjoram] (Il Vaso di Persa) 46
• [The Pot of Rue] (Il Vaso di Ruta) 57
• [King Otho] 63
• [Maria Wood] (Maria di Legno) 66
  • [Second Version] 84
  • [Third Version] 90
• [La Candeliera] 91
• [The Two Hunchbacked Brothers] 96
• [The Dark King] (Il Rè Moro) 99
• [Monsu Mostro] 109
• [The Enchanted Rose Tree] 115
• [Scioccolone] 119
• [Twelve Feet of Nose] (Dodici Palmi di Naso) 129
• [A Yard of Nose] (Mezza Canna di Naso) 136
• [The Chicory-seller and the Enchanted Princess] 141
• [The Transformation-Donkey] 146
• [Signor Lattanzio] 155
• [How Cajusse was Married] 158

[LEGENDARY TALES AND ESEMPJ.]

• [When Jesus Christ Wandered on Earth] (Eight Tales) 173
• [Pietro Baillardo] (Three Tales) 189
• [S. Giovanni Bocca D’oro] (Three Tales) 196
• [Don Giovanni] 202
• [The Penance of San Giuliano] 203
• [The Pilgrims] 208
• [Santa Verdana] 213
• [San Sidoro] 214
• [The Fishpond of St. Francis] (La Pescheria di San Francesco) 214
• [St. Anthony] (Five Tales) 215
• [St. Margaret of Cortona] 222
• [St. Theodora] 225
• [Nun Beatrice] 228
• [Padre Filippo] (Eleven Tales) 231
• [The Pardon of Asisi] 244
• [Padre Vincenzo] (Three Tales) 246
• [Padre Fontanarosa] (Three Tales) 248
• [S. Giuseppe Labre] (Three Tales) 251
• [The Twelve Words of Truth] 254

[GHOST AND TREASURE STORIES AND FAMILY AND LOCAL TRADITIONS.]

• [The Dead Man in the Oak-Tree] 259
• [The Dead Man’s Letter] 261
• [The White Soul] 264
• [The White Serpent] 267
• [The Procession of Velletri] 271
• [Smaller Ghost and Treasure Stories and Family and Local Traditions] (Thirteen Tales) 273
• [Sciarra Colonna] 284
• [Donna Olimpia] 287
• [The Munificence of Prince Borghese] 291
• [‘Pope Joan’] (La Papessa) 293
• [Giacinta Marescotti] 294
• [Pasquino] (Two Tales) 296
• [Cècingùlo] 300
• [The Wooing of Cassandro] 301
• [I Cocorni] 305
• [The Beautiful Englishwoman] 305
• [The Englishman] 308
• [The Marriage of Signor Cajusse] 309
• [The Daughter of Count Lattanzio] 311
• [Bellacuccia] 313
• [The Satyr] 315
• [The Satyrs] 317
• [Amadea] 320
• [The King of Portugal] 322

[CIARPE.]

• [The Two Friars] 327
• [The Preface of a Franciscan] 333
• [The Lenten Preacher] 334
• [Ass or Pig] 336
• [The Seven Clodhoppers] 339
• [The Little Bird] 341
• [The Devil who took to Himself a Wife] 343
• [The Root] 346
• [The Queen and the Tripe-seller] 348
• [The Bad-tempered Queen] (La Regina Cattiva) 354
• [The Simple Wife] (La Sposa Cece) (Two Versions) 357
• [The Foolish Woman] (La Donna Mattarella) (Two Versions) 367
• [The Booby] (Il Tonto) 371
• [The Gluttonous Girl] (La Ragazza Golosa) 375
• [The Greedy Daughter] (La Figlia Ghiotta) 380
• [The Old Miser] 382
• [The Miserly Old Woman] 385
• [The Beggar and the Chick-Pea] (Il Poverello Del Cece) 388
• [Doctor Grillo] 392
• [Nina] 396
• [The Good Grace of the Hunchback] (La Buona Grazia Del Gobbo) 399
• [The Value of Salt] 403
• [The Princess and the Gentleman] 406
• [The Happy Couple] (I Sposi Felici) 411
• [Una Camera di Locanda] 416
• [The Countess’s Cat] 419
• [Why Cats and Dogs always Quarrel] 421
• [The Cats who Made their Master Rich] 422

[APPENDICES.]

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• [B.] 452
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• [C.] p. 195 431
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• [E.] p. 208 432
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