Chapter XXXIV: Canto 13: ; and the story of the Gold-Spinners, &c

[123]
Compare p. 121 (anteà). The bell is not mentioned
elsewhere in this story.

[124]
A beer-barrel with a tap, for general use, often
stands in the houses of the Esthonian peasantry.

[125]
"And as to the sword, if it be drawn against an army,
and its bearer shake it, he will rout the army; and if
he say to it at the time of his shaking it, 'Slay this
army,' there will proceed from that sword a lightning
which will slay the whole army."— _Story of Joodar_
( _Thousand and One Nights_ ).

[126]
Compare the scene between the Kalevide and Tühi, in