LL-L: "Literature" LOWLANDS-L, 24.NOV.2000 (01) [E]

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From: Anja Meyfarth [AMeyfarth at t-online.de]
Subject: LL-L: "Literature" LOWLANDS-L, 20.NOV.2000 (04) [E]

Hello,

Ron wrote in answer to Steven (can`t remember which one):

> The brothers' field trips took them north of their Hessian
> homeland into Low-Saxon-speaking regions, and they included in their
> collection tales from those regions, related to them mostly by older
women,
> the usual keepers of folklore and oral literature.

Well, as far as I`m informed at least "De Fischer un sien Fru" un de
"Machandelboom" are not recorded by the brothers Grimm. "De Fischer un sien

Fru" can`t be told by someone so far from the sea. I`ve heard (or read)
that
they were collected by Philip Otto Runge (a german artist) who lived in
the Low Saxon-speaking area. To this time it wasn`t so unusual to have
one`s
interests wide spread. Runge has even illustrated the tales he collected.

> I am under the impression that the Low Saxon tales in the collection tend

> to be the lesser known ones in the collection.

It`s a pity but only too true. "De Machandelboom" is my favorite tale.

Greetings from Kiel,

Anja

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