So the countryman got his pig back, and a donkey into the bargain.

[1] ‘Asino o porco.’ [↑]

[2] ‘Padre Guardiano’ is the ordinary title of the Superior in Franciscan convents. [↑]

[3] ‘Zicherte! Zacherte!’ [↑]

THE SEVEN CLODHOPPERS.[1]

Seven clodhoppers went to confession.

‘Father, I stole something,’ said the first.

‘What was it you stole?’ asked the priest.