WHY DOES THE FLY OF KOLUMBATSH POISON THE CATTLE?
The Ballad of the Knight and the Dragon.
Numerous ballads recount the same story of the origin of the Poison-fly of Kolumbatsh, with slight variations, of which the most complete is the following:
High up in the green forest
What does appear?
High up in the forest of Cerna,
At the ford of Rushava,
Have gone forth, verily gone forth,
From some village nigh,
Very early in the morning,