 The giant's dochter left her father's house, and he pursued her and was drowned. Then she came to the king's palace where Nicht Nought Nothing was. And she went up into a tree to watch for him. The gardener's dochter, going to draw water in the well,...  Revue celtique - Page 3741878Full view - About this book
 | Andrew Lang - 1884 - 332 pages
...a king's palace, and the king and queen took him in and were very kind to him. The giant's dochter left her father's house, and he pursued her and was...went up into a tree to watch for him. The gardener's dochter, going to draw water in the well, saw the shadow of the lady in the water, and thought it was... | |
 | Joseph Jacobs - 1890 - 296 pages
...she should marry him. Meanwhile the giant's daughter was waiting and waiting for him to come back. And she went up into a tree to watch for him. The...the water and thought it was herself, and said ; "If I'm so bonny, if I'm so brave, why do you send me to draw water ? " So she threw down her pail and... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1890 - 610 pages
...a king's palace, and the king and queen took him in and were very kind to him. The giant's dochter left her father's house, and he pursued her and was...went up into a tree to watch for him. The gardener's dochter, going to draw water in the well, saw the shadow of the lady in the water, and thought it was... | |
 | 1896 - 908 pages
...stories. The following is from Lang's "Custom and Myth," p. 91 : — "Then the Giant's dochter came to the palace where Nicht Nought Nothing was, and she went up into a tree to watch for him. The gardener's dochter going to draw water in the well, saw the shadow,'' etc. * Aka-me, a name of the Tai (pagrus).... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1899 - 1086 pages
...note the partiality evinced for the younger of two brothers, 1 "Then the giant's dochter came to the palace where Nicht, Nought, Nothing was, and she went up into a tree to watch for him. The gardener's dochter going to draw water in the well saw the shadow." Mr. Andrew Lang's Custom and Mvth, p. 91.... | |
 | Joseph Jacobs, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Arthur Robinson Wright, William Crooke - 1899 - 584 pages
...note the partiality evinced for the younger of two brothers, 1 " Then the giant's dochter came to the palace where Nicht, Nought, Nothing was, and she went up into a tree to watch for him. The gardener's dochter going to draw water in the well saw the shadow." Mr. Andrew Lang's Custom and Myth, p. 91.... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1908 - 144 pages
...king's palace ; and the king and queen took him in, and were very kind to him. The giant's dochter left her father's house, and he pursued her and was...went up into a tree to watch for him. The gardener's dochter, going to draw water in the well, saw the shadow of the lady in the water, and. thought it... | |
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