Riddles in German and English Folk Songs

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Excerpt from Riddles in German and English Folk Songs: ThesisThe riddle as it appears, woven into the folk songs until it becomes an integral part of the fabric is especially interesting. The largest class of these riddle tales is that in which one party has to guess another's riddles or two rivals compete in giving or guessing them under penalty in either instance of forfeiting life or some other heavy wager. In English the most famous riddle song of this class is the ballad of'king John and the abbot.1 The King.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.