Kent uns des Fuiar O!
Kent = kindle.
[710]. Mannhardt, M. F., pp. 32 fl., 51.
[711]. Quoted by Reifferscheid, Westf. Volksl., Nos. 49, 50, 51. See the note, p. 188, and variants. The habit is widespread through Westphalia and the Rhinelands. A refrain printed by Firmenich, German. Völkerstimmen, III. 175, keeps time with the work (near Iserlohn):—
Dai Klinge dai klank,
Dai Hüppe dai sprank,
Wuol üöwer de Bank,
Wuol niäwen den Pal.
[712]. Aubrey, Remains of Gentilisme. Folk-Lore Soc., IV. (1881), pp. 81 f., under “Rymers.” On p. 169 he says, “when I was a boy, every gentleman almost kept a harper; and some of them could versifie.”
[713]. Wallaschek, p. 179.