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Title: Stories for the household
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894 Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill
Subjects: Fairy tales
Publisher: London : G. Routledge and Sons

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e; and that looksvery pretty for those who like that sort of thing. In the midst, belowthe elf-hill, the great hall was splendidly decorated; the floor had beenwashed with moonshine, and the walls rubbed with witches salve, sothat they glowed like tulips in the light. In the kitchen, plenty of frogswere turning on the spit, snail-skins with childrens fingers in them,and salads of mushroom spawn, damp mouse muzzles, and hemlock ; beerbrewed by the marsh witch, gleaming saltpetre wine from grave cellars: * A prevailing superstition regarding the elf maid, or die maid, is, that she is fair to look at infront, but behind she is hollow, like a ma*k. t It is a popular superstition in Denmark, that under every church that is Vmilt.a living horsemust be buried ; the ghost of this horse is the death horse, thai limps every night on three legsto the house where some one is to die. Under a few churches a living pig was buried, and theghost of this was called the grave pig. ? - ^r^i \ * - V&t
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HIE ELF KINGS FEAST. everything very grand ; and rusty nails and church window glass amongthe sweets. The old Elf King had one of his crowns polished with powdered slatepencil; it was slate pencil from the first form, and its very difficult forthe Elf King to get first form slate pencil! In the bed-room, curtainswere hung up, and fastened with snail slime. Yes, there was a grumblingand murmuring there! Xow we must burn horse-hair and pigs bristles as incense here,said the Elf King, and then I think I shall have done my part. 3G2 Stories for the Household. Father dear! said the youngest of the daughters, shall I hearnow who the distinguished strangers are : Well, said he, I suppose I must tell it now. Two of my daughtersmust hold themselves prepared to he married; two will certainly bemarried. The old gnome from Norway yonder, he who lives in theDovre mountains, and possesses many rock castles of field stones, and agold mine which is better than oue thinks, is coming with his two sons,

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