Household stories from the Land of Hofer

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The south wind, which does much mischief at certain times of the year, and is most dreaded in Vorarlberg.

98

Dialectic for a basket in Vorarlberg.

99

It has been my aim generally, in making this collection, to give the preference to those stories which have a moral point to recommend them; my readers will not, perhaps, take it amiss, however, if I present them with this specimen of a class in which this is wanting, and which aims only at amusement. It is, moreover, interesting from the strong evidence it bears of extremely remote origin; for the light way in which putting people to death, deception, and selfishness are spoken of prove it has a pre-Christian source, while the unimportant accessories show how details get modified by transmission.

100

It must be understood that it is an outside staircase that is here alluded to, and the shutter of an unglazed window on its landing serving for a door also.

101

In a lordly manner.

102

A cluster of houses too small to be designated a village.