Mudcat Café message #3939038

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Thread #164528 Message #3939038
Posted By: Richard Mellish
23-Jul-18 - 04:18 PM
Thread Name: Origins: James Madison Carpenter- Child Ballads 4
Subject: RE: Origins: James Madison Carpenter- Child Ballads 4

> the form is remarkably similar in each language.

Remarkably similar indeed, with random variations in the details, for example the first Swedish one above having the interrogation by the stepmother and the poisoning by the nurse!