Gypsy folk-tales

by Francis Hindes Groome

World, other, [25], [26], [63], [76]–[9], [86], [87], [244]–[6].

Wratislaw’s Slavonic folk-tales, [3], [24], [41], [62], [65], [72], [109], [117], [138], [154], [188], [197], [218], [234], [259].

Wrestling match, [xlviii], [152]–[4], [274].

Year and a day, [36], [212], [241].

Youngest son, [1], [59]–[62], [85]–[90], [155]–[161], [182]–[8], [220]–[234], [235]–[242], [243]–[246].

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Table of Contents

	[‘PAZORRHUS’]		[v]
	[INTRODUCTION]		[ix]
		[Distribution of Gypsies.]	[ix]
		[Appearance in West.]	[x]
		[At Bologna.]	[x]
		[At Paris.]	[xii]
		[In England.]	[xiii]
		[In Scotland.]	[xiv]
		[In North America.]	[xv]
		[In South America.]	[xvi]
		[In Australia.]	[xvii]
		[Transportation.]	[xviii]
		[In Crete.]	[xviii]
		[In Corfu.]	[xix]
		[In the Peloponnesus.]	[xx]
		[In Roumania.]	[xxi]
		[The Chaltsmide.]	[xxii]
		[Athingani.]	[xxii]
		[Atsincan.]	[xxiii]
		[Komodromoi.]	[xxiv]
		[Nails of Crucifixion.]	[xxvii]
		[Gypsy Language.]	[xxxii]
		[Gypsies as Nomads.]	[xxxv]
		[Caldarari.]	[xxxvi]
		[Ciboure.]	[xxxviii]
		[‘Greek Gypsies.’]	[xlii]
		[Eastern Gypsies in Galloway.]	[xliii]
		[Gypsy Folk-tales.]	[xlv]
		[Campbell of Islay.]	[xlv]
		[Dr. F. Müller.]	[xlvii]
		[Dr. Paspati.]	[xlix]
		[Dr. Barbu Constantinescu.]	[lii]
		[Miklosich.]	[liii]
		[Wlislocki.]	[liii]
		[Dr. R. von Sowa.]	[liv]
		[Dr. Kopernicki.]	[liv]
		[John Roberts.]	[lv]
		[Mr. John Sampson.]	[lv]
		[Campbell of Islay.]	[lviii]
		[Boat-dwelling Tinkers.]	[lix]
		[Kounavine.]	[lxii]
		[Theory as to Gypsy Folk-tales.]	[lxiii]
		[Gypsy Variants.]	[lxiii]
		[Unique Features.]	[lxv]
		[Literary Sources.]	[lxvi]
		[Questions of Date.]	[lxviii]
		[Indian Parallels.]	[lxviii]
		[Tokens of Recent Diffusion.]	[lxxi]
		[The Anthropological Theory.]	[lxxii]
		[Gypsy Savagery.]	[lxxii]
		[Gypsy Migrations.]	[lxxiv]
		[Gypsy Originality.]	[lxxv]
		[Gaelic and Welsh-Gypsy Stories.]	[lxxvi]
		[Other Parallels.]	[lxxvii]
		[Irish and Gypsy Folk-tales.]	[lxxviii]
		[Gypsy Story-tellers.]	[lxxx]
		[Story-telling a living Gypsy art.]	[lxxx]
		[Possible Gypsy influences.]	[lxxxi]
		[Theory.]	[lxxxii]
I.	[TURKISH-GYPSY STORIES]		[1]
	1.	[The Dead Man’s Gratitude]	[1]
	2.	[Baldpate]	[4]
	3.	[The Riddle]	[9]
	4.	[Story of the Bridge]	[12]
II.	[ROUMANIAN-GYPSY STORIES]		[14]
	5.	[The Vampire]	[14]
	6.	[God’s Godson]	[20]
	7.	[The Snake who became the King’s Son-in-law]	[21]
	8.	[The Bad Mother]	[24]
	9.	[The Mother’s Chastisement]	[29]
	10.	[The Three Princesses and the Unclean Spirit]	[36]
	11.	[The Two Thieves]	[41]
	12.	[The Gypsy and the Priest]	[46]
	13.	[The Watchmaker]	[53]
	14.	[The Red King and the Witch]	[58]
	15.	[The Prince and the Wizard]	[62]
	16.	[The Apples of Pregnancy]	[65]
III.	[BUKOWINA-GYPSY STORIES]		[67]
	17.	[It all comes to Light]	[67]
	18.	[The Golden Children]	[70]
	19.	[The Two Children]	[72]
	20.	[Mare’s Son]	[74]
	21.	[The Deluded Dragon]	[80]
	22.	[The Gypsy and the Dragon]	[83]
	23.	[The Seer]	[85]
	24.	[The Prince, his Comrade, and Nastasa the Fair]	[90]
	25.	[The Hen that laid Diamonds]	[95]
	26.	[The Winged Hero]	[100]
	27.	[Tropsyn]	[104]
	28.	[The Beautiful Mountain]	[107]
	29.	[Pretty-face]	[110]
	30.	[The Rich and the Poor Brother]	[112]
	31.	[The Three Brothers]	[114]
	32.	[The Enchanted City]	[117]
	33.	[The Jealous Husband]	[121]
	34.	[Made over to the Devil]	[124]
	35.	[The Lying Story]	[128]
	36.	[Happy Boz’ll]	[129]
IV.	[TRANSYLVANIAN-GYPSY STORIES]		[131]
	37.	[The Creation of the Violin]	[131]
	38.	[The Three Golden Hairs of the Sun-King]	[133]
	39.	[The Dog and the Maiden]	[138]
	40.	[Death the Sweetheart]	[140]
V.	[SLOVAK, MORAVIAN, AND BOHEMIAN GYPSY STORIES]		[141]
	41.	[The Three Girls]	[141]
	42.	[The Dragon]	[143]
	43.	[The Princess and the Forester’s Son]	[144]
	44.	[The Three Dragons]	[151]
VI.	[POLISH-GYPSY STORIES]		[155]
	45.	[Tale of a Foolish Brother and of a Wonderful Bush]	[155]
	46.	[Tale of a Girl who was sold to the Devil, and of her Brother]	[161]
	47.	[The Brigands and the Miller’s Daughter]	[168]
	48.	[Tale of a Wise Young Jew and a Golden Hen]	[175]
	49.	[The Golden Bird and the Good Hare]	[182]
	50.	[The Witch]	[188]
VII.	[ENGLISH-GYPSY STORIES]		[198]
	51.	[Bobby Rag]	[198]
	52.	[De Little Fox]	[200]
	53.	[De Little Bull-calf]	[205]
VIII.	[WELSH-GYPSY STORIES]		[209]
	54.	[Jack and his Golden Snuff-box]	[209]
	55.	[An Old King and his three Sons in England]	[220]
	56.	[The Five Trades]	[234]
	57.	[Ashypelt]	[235]
	58.	[Twopence-Halfpenny]	[243]
	59.	[The Old Smith]	[247]
	60.	[The Old Soldier]	[250]
	61.	[The Dragon]	[252]
	62.	[The Green Man of Noman’s Land]	[254]
	63.	[The Black Lady]	[256]
	64.	[The Ten Rabbits]	[257]
	65.	[The Three Wishes]	[258]
	66.	[Fairy Bride]	[259]
	67.	[Cinderella]	[259]
	68.	[Jack the Robber]	[260]
	69.	[The Fool with the Sheep]	[262]
	70.	[The Tinker and his Wife]	[263]
	71.	[Winter]	[266]
	72.	[The Black Dog of the Wild Forest]	[267]
IX.	[SCOTTISH-TINKER STORIES]		[272]
	73.	[The Brown Bear of the Green Glen]	[272]
	74.	[The Tale of the Soldier]	[278]
	75.	[The Fox]	[283]
	76.	[The Magic Shirt]	[289]
	[APPENDIX]		[291]
		[DE NEW HAN’.]	[291]
		[JOHN BUNYAN.]	[293]
	[INDEX]		[296]

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