Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian by Various
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"Is there enough now?" The guardian of the pigs now saw that there was as much in the sack as he would be able to carry, so he answered-- "No one gives more, most people give less." "Come now," said the hill-man, "let us hear who else is to be at the christening." "Ah," said the boy, "we are to have a great many strangers and great people. First and foremost, we are to have three priests and a bishop." "Hem!" muttered the hill-man; "however, those gentlemen usually look only after the eating and drinking; they will never take any notice of me. Well, who else?" "Then we have asked St. Peter and St. Paul." "Hem! hem! However, there will be a bye-place for me behind the stove. Well, and what then?" "Then Our Lady herself is coming." "Hem! hem! hem! However, guests of such high rank come late and go away early. But tell me, my lad, what sort of music is it you are to have?" "Music," said the boy, "why, we are to have drums." |
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