"That's true, he's equal to twelve."
"He whistles in church."
"He puts sulphur in the incense when he assists at mass!"
"He curses and reviles the saints and the souls of the departed."
"He torments animals."
"You're right he does! He put a lighted sponge in my donkey's ear, and the poor beast smashed my cart."
"They said that he is as wild as his mother; and the Abbot said of her that she was the ruin of every man. Is that so?"
"Yes, she is a witch, who bridles men and rides them off to the devils' dance."
"They did say that she was a witch, and and that she broke all the ten commandments, and put the sacraments under her feet; and listen,—they said that she mixed poison in her husband's drink, and he died of it!"
"That's like her! Once they sent me to her with a letter, and she ordered a cup of mead that had something in it that made me feel all night long as if I must crawl up the wall."