Seeing it advance, he would have defied it with his magic plants; but the stone, become Christian, was no longer subject to the witchery of the demon, and hurrying onwards, crushed the sorcerer like an insect.

Bernèz had not only all his own collection, but the three full wallets of the mendicant, and became thus rich enough to wed his Rozenn, to bring up a numerous family, and to succour his relations, as well as the poor of the whole country around, to the end of his long life.


[1] The pigs in Brittany are called, no one knows why, mab-rohan, sons of Rohan.

[2] Easter Sunday. So called because blessed laurel is distributed at church upon this day.

[3] Gobelinn. None other than the loup-garou, or were-wolf.

[4] ‘Rozennik’ is the diminutive of Rosenn; so ‘Guilcherik,’ “Korils of Plauden,” p. 43.

Teuz-a-pouliet;[1] or, the Dwarf.

The vale of Pinard is a pleasant slope which lies behind the city of Morlaix. There are plenty of gardens, houses, shops, and bakers to be found there, besides many farms that boast their ample cowsheds and full barns.