P. 119. A Danish fragment of nine stanzas in Kristensen's Skattegraveren, IV, 161, No 509.
119 b. Three copies of the Swedish ballad are printed by Wahlfisk, Bidrag till Södermanlands aldere Kulturhistoria, No VI, p. 33 f..
124 b, 493 b, 11,498 b.
Rudchenko, South Russian Popular Tales, I, No 55: murder of brother revealed by a flute made from a reed that grows from his grave (No 56, flute from a willow). II, No 14, murder of a boy killed and eaten by his parents revealed by a bird that rises from his bones. (W.W.)
In a Flemish tale reported in the Revue des Traditions populaires, II, 125, Janneken is killed by Milken for the sake of a golden basket. The murder is disclosed by a singing rose. In 'Les Roseaux qui chantent' a sister kills her brother in a dispute over a bush covered with pain-prunelle. Roses grow from his grave. A shepherd, hearing them sing, cuts a stem of the rose-bush and whistles in it. The usual words follow. Revue des Traditions populaires, II, 365 ff.; cf. Sébillot's long note, p. 366 ff.. Das Flötenrohr (two prose versions), U. Jahn, Volkssagen aus Pommern und Rügen, No 510, pp. 399-401. (G.L.K.)
132 b, 72. Read Lord John.
132 a, 51. Read father[s].
133 a, M. Read Deer.
137 b, S 42. Read cam.
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