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It would be instructive if we could give a parallel account of what the French do when they adopt an English word into their language. Le Dictionnaire des Anglicismes, lately published by Delagrave, has two hundred pages, and is much praised by a reviewer in the Mercure de France, Feb. 15, p. 246: but it does not give the current French pronunciations of the English words. The reviewer writes: 'Ce qui me gène bien davantage, c'est que M. Bonnaffé supprime, partout, avec rigueur, la façon française de prononcer le mot anglais. Était-il superflu de dire comment nous articulons shampooing? Nous n'avons, je crois, qu'une forme orale pour boy, petit domestique, parce qu'il est dû
Orale," p. 24. The latter form of the story seems more usual. See Gredt, pp. 28, 29, where we are plainly told that the hapless mortals are fetched away by the devil. See a similar story in Grimm, "Teut. Myth." p. 276, from Börner, "Folk-tales of the Orlagau." In the latter case, however, the punishment seems to have been inflicted for jeering.
So he threw them in, and as they were never seen again, no one ever knew into which fair they had fallen. From 'Litterature Orale de L'Auvergne, par Paul Sebillot. The Brown Bear of Norway There was once a king in Ireland, and he had three daughters, and very nice princesses they were.
One of the guests, more curious than the rest, stayed behind to examine the dress, determined, if she could, to find out the cause of the disaster. 'The thread must have been rotten, she said to herself. 'I will see if I can break it. But search as she would she could find none. The thread had vanished! From 'Litterature Orale de l'Auvergne, par Paul Sebillot. The Three Crowns
One of the guests, more curious than the rest, stayed behind to examine the dress, determined, if she could, to find out the cause of the disaster. 'The thread must have been rotten, she said to herself. 'I will see if I can break it. But search as she would she could find none. The thread had vanished. From 'Littérature Orale de l'Auvergne, par Paul Sébillot.
'A guard of soldiers will take you back to your hut, said the king. 'Your wife has the key. 'Weren't they silly? cried the grandchildren of the charcoal-burners when they heard the story. 'How we wish that we had had the chance! WE should never have wanted to know what was in the soup-tureen! From 'Litterature Orale de l'Auvergne, par Paul Sebillot. How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves
"Y Cymmrodor," vol. vi. p. 194; Hunt, p. 120. Gerv. Tilb. Dcc. iii. c. 85. Sébillot, "Contes," vol. ii. p. 42; "Litt. Orale," p. 23; "Trad. et Super." p. 109. But in these cases the operation was performed painlessly enough, for the victims were unaware of their loss until they came to look in the glass. In one of Prof.
So he threw them in, and as they were never seen again, no one ever knew into which fair they had fallen. From 'Littérature Orale de l'Auvergne, par Paul Sébillot. THERE was once a king in Ireland, and he had three daughters, and very nice princesses they were.
'A guard of soldiers will take you back to your hut, said the king. 'Your wife has the key. 'Weren't they silly? cried the grandchildren of the charcoal-burners when they heard the story. 'How we wish that we had had the chance! We should never have wanted to know what was in the soup-tureen! From 'Littérature Orale de l'Auvergne, par P. Sébillot.
Pop." vol. iii. p. 428; Sébillot, "Litt. Orale," p. 21; Kennedy, p. 106; Keightley, p. 311; "Y Cymmrodor," vol. vi. p. 166; Wirt Sikes, p. 87. This story purports to be quoted from Howells, p. 349 an impossible reference, seeing that the volume in question only contains 194 pages. The peculiarities of Mr. Sikes' authorities, however, need very little comment.
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