Page [297]. Hot Bath, see p. [276], in this collection; and Afanassieff, v. 23.
[THE CROW'S NEST.]
The following version is still known to old nurses in Holderness, where I collected it. It is called "Orange and Lemon": "There were once a mother and a father who had two daughters, Orange and Lemon. The mother liked Lemon best, and the father Orange. The mother used to make Orange do all the dirty work, as soon as the father had turned his back. One day she sent her to fetch the milk, and said, 'If you break the pitcher I'll kill you.' As Orange returned she fell down and broke the pitcher, and so when she came home she hid herself in the passage. When the mother came out she saw the broken pitcher and the girl, and took her into the house, when the girl cried 'Oh, mother! Oh, mother! Don't kill me!'
The mother said, 'Close the shutters in.'
'Oh, mother! Oh, mother! Don't kill me!'
'Light the candle.'
'Oh, mother! Oh, mother! Don't kill me!'
'Put the pan on.'
'Oh, mother! Oh, mother! Don't kill me!'