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German Folklore
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Saturday, 29 November 2025
Saturday's Good Reading: “Foundling-Bird” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (translated into English by Margaret Hunt.)
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There was once a forester who went into the forest to hunt, and as he entered it he heard a sound of screaming as if a little child were the...
Saturday, 23 August 2025
Saturday's Good Reading: “Ashenputtel” by the Brothers Grimm (translated into English by Alice Lucas)
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The wife of a rich man fell ill, and when she felt that she was nearing her end, she called her only daughter to her bedside, and said: ...
Saturday, 5 April 2025
Saturday's Good Reading: "Rapunzel" by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (translated into English by D.L. Ashiiman)
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First edition, 1812 Once upon a time there was a man and a woman who had long wished for a child but had never received one. Finally, ho...
Saturday, 26 August 2023
Good Reading: "Good Salt" by Ludwig Bechstein (translated into English)
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Long ago a king had three good and beautiful daughters that he loved dearly, and they loved him. He had no son, but in that kingdom a qu...
Saturday, 22 July 2023
Good Reading: "The Tailor and the Talking Animals" by Ludwig Bechstein (translated into English)
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A shoemaker and a tailor were wandering together. The shoemaker had some money; the tailor had none. Both were in love with the same gir...
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