Page 133. In "Loving LailÍ." Stokes, p. 81, the prince is commanded to open the fruit when he is alone, as LailÍ will be inside quite naked. See also ib. pp. 251, 284, and Grimm ii. p. 496. Pentamerone, "The Three Citrons." Portuguese Folk Tales, p. 10, F. L. S. 1882; also Dasent, p. 437, "The Cock and Hen a-nutting."

Page 134. The changed bride occurs in the Finnish "MerestÄnousija Neito." (The Sea-Maid.) S. ja T. i. p. 77, and "Ihmeellinen Koiwu" (The wonderful Birch) S. ja T. i. p. 59. Portuguese Folk-Tales, "The Maid and the Negress," F. L. S. 1882. Stokes, Indian Fairy Tales, pp. xxiii. xxv. 3, 143, 284. Dasent, "The lassie and her Godmother," p. 219, and the "Bushy Bride," p. 376. Grimm, ii. "The Goose-girl;" "The White Bride and the Black one," and "The Maid Maleen," pp. 508, 525. Friis, Lappiske Eventyr, "Haccis-Ædne," see "N. and Q." 7th Series, ii. p. 104. Pentamerone, "The Three Citrons." Geldart, Folk-Lore of Modern Greece, "The Knife of Slaughter," p. 63. Folk-Lore Record, 1884, p. 242, ib. 1885, p. 292. Gubernatis, vol. ii. p. 242. Thorpe, Yule-Tide Stories, pp. 47, 54, 62. Gerle, VolksmÄrchen der BÖhmen No. 5. "Die Goldene Ente." HyltÉn-Cavallius. Svenska Folk Sagor, No. 7, "Prinsessan som gick upp ur hafvet." Cf. also Steere, Swahili Tales, p. 398. Rink, Eskimo Tales, p. 310; and Denton, Serbian Tales, p. 191; also pp. 214 and 222, in this collection.

Page 135. The feigned illness occurs in numerous stories, e.g.: Deccan Days, "Punchkin," p. 5. Dasent, "Katie Woodencloak," p. 413. Payne, vol. i. "The first old man's story," p. 21. Stokes, "The Pomegranate King," p. 9. Records of the Past, vol. ii. "Tale of the Two Brothers," p. 149. Friis, "Ivan, Kupiskas SØn," p. 170.

Page 136. House tidying incident. Cf. Grimm, vol. i. p. 226. "Sweetheart Roland."