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Roman Legends: A Collection of the Fables and Folk-lore of Rome

Roman Legends: A Collection of the Fables and Folk-lore of Rome

by Rachel Harriette Busk

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Author
Busk, Rachel Harriette, 1831-1907
Title
Roman Legends: A collection of the fables and folk-lore of Rome
Credits
Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
Subject
Legends -- Italy -- Rome
Category
Text
eBook-No.
48771
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48771
Release Date
April 23, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.FAVOLE.
  5. 5.FILAGRANATA.
  6. 6.THE THREE LOVE-ORANGES. 1
  7. 7.PALOMBELLETTA. 1
  8. 8.LA CENORIENTOLA. 1
  9. 9.VACCARELLA. 1
  10. 10.GIUSEPPE L’EBREO.
  11. 11.THE KING WHO GOES OUT TO DINNER. 1
  12. 12.THE POT OF MARJORAM. 1
  13. 13.THE POT OF RUE. 1
  14. 14.KING OTHO. 1
  15. 15.MARIA WOOD. 1 — SECOND VERSION. — THIRD VERSION.
  16. 16.LA CANDELIERA . 1
  17. 17.THE TWO HUNCHBACKED BROTHERS. 1
  18. 18.THE DARK KING. 1
  19. 19.MONSU MOSTRO. 1
  20. 20.THE ENCHANTED ROSE-TREE. 1
  21. 21.SCIOCCOLONE. 1
  22. 22.TWELVE FEET OF NOSE. 1
  23. 23.A YARD OF NOSE. 1
  24. 24.THE CHICORY-SELLER AND THE ENCHANTED PRINCESS. 1
  25. 25.THE TRANSFORMATION-DONKEY. 1
  26. 26.SIGNOR LATTANZIO.
  27. 27.HOW CAJUSSE WAS MARRIED. 1
  28. 28.LEGENDARY TALES AND ESEMPJ.
  29. 29.WHEN JESUS CHRIST WANDERED ON EARTH. — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — PRET’ OLIVO. 11 — 8 — DOMINE QUO VADIS.
  30. 30.PIETRO BAILLIARDO. 1 — 1 — 2 — 3
  31. 31.S. GIOVANNI BOCCA D’ORO. — 1 — 2 — 3
  32. 32.DON GIOVANNI.
  33. 33.THE PENANCE OF SAN GIULIANO.
  34. 34.THE PILGRIMS.
  35. 35.SANTA VERDANA.
  36. 36.SAN SIDORO.
  37. 37.THE FISHPOND OF ST. FRANCIS. 1
  38. 38.ST. ANTHONY. — 2 — SANT’ ANTONIO E SORA 1 CASTITRE. — 3 — 4 — ST. ANTHONY AND THE HOLY CHILD. 3 — 5
  39. 39.ST. MARGARET OF CORTONA.
  40. 40.ST. THEODORA.
  41. 41.NUN BEATRICE. 1
  42. 42.PADRE FILIPPO. — 1 — 1A — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 7 — 8 — 9 — 10 — 11
  43. 43.THE PARDON OF ASISI. 1
  44. 44.PADRE VINCENZO. — 1 — 2 — 3
  45. 45.PADRE FONTANAROSA. — 1 — 2 — 3
  46. 46.S. GIUSEPPE LABRE. 1 — 1 — 2 — 3
  47. 47.THE TWELVE WORDS OF TRUTH. 1
  48. 48.GHOST AND TREASURE STORIES AND FAMILY AND LOCAL TRADITIONS.
  49. 49.THE DEAD MAN IN THE OAK-TREE. 1
  50. 50.THE DEAD MAN’S LETTER. 1
  51. 51.THE WHITE SOUL. 1
  52. 52.THE WHITE SERPENT. 1
  53. 53.THE PROCESSION OF VELLETRI.
  54. 54.SMALLER GHOST AND TREASURE STORIES AND FAMILY AND LOCAL TRADITIONS. — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8 — 9 — 10 — 11 — 12 — 13
  55. 55.SCIARRA COLONNA.
  56. 56.DONNA OLIMPIA.
  57. 57.THE MUNIFICENCE OF PRINCE BORGHESE.
  58. 58.‘POPE JOAN.’
  59. 59.GIACINTA MARESCOTTI.
  60. 60.PASQUINO. 1 — 1 — 2
  61. 61.CÈCINGÙLO.
  62. 62.THE WOOING OF CASSANDRO. 1
  63. 63.I COCORNI.
  64. 64.THE BEAUTIFUL ENGLISHWOMAN.
  65. 65.THE ENGLISHMAN.
  66. 66.THE MARRIAGE OF SIGNOR CAJUSSE. 1
  67. 67.THE DAUGHTER OF COUNT LATTANZIO. 1
  68. 68.BELLACUCCIA.
  69. 69.THE SATYR. — 1
  70. 70.THE SATYRS.
  71. 71.AMADEA.
  72. 72.THE KING OF PORTUGAL.
  73. 73.CIARPE.
  74. 74.THE TWO FRIARS. 1
  75. 75.THE PREFACE OF A FRANCISCAN.
  76. 76.THE LENTEN PREACHER.
  77. 77.ASS OR PIG. 1
  78. 78.THE SEVEN CLODHOPPERS. 1
  79. 79.THE LITTLE BIRD. 1
  80. 80.THE DEVIL WHO TOOK TO HIMSELF A WIFE. 1
  81. 81.THE ROOT.
  82. 82.THE QUEEN AND THE TRIPE-SELLER. 1
  83. 83.THE BAD-TEMPERED QUEEN. 1
  84. 84.THE SIMPLE WIFE. 1 — LA SPOSA CECE. — 2
  85. 85.THE FOOLISH WOMAN. 1 — 2
  86. 86.THE BOOBY. 1
  87. 87.THE GLUTTONOUS GIRL. 1
  88. 88.THE GREEDY DAUGHTER. 1
  89. 89.THE OLD MISER. 1
  90. 90.THE MISERLY OLD WOMAN. 1
  91. 91.THE BEGGAR AND THE CHICK-PEA. 1
  92. 92.DOCTOR GRILLO.
  93. 93.NINA.
  94. 94.THE GOOD GRACE OF THE HUNCHBACK. 1
  95. 95.THE VALUE OF SALT.
  96. 96.THE PRINCESS AND THE GENTLEMAN.
  97. 97.THE HAPPY COUPLE. 1
  98. 98.WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ROOM OF A HOTEL. 1
  99. 99.THE COUNTESS’S CAT. 1
  100. 100.WHY CATS AND DOGS ALWAYS QUARREL. 1
  101. 101.THE CATS WHO MADE THEIR MASTER RICH.
  102. 102.APPENDICES. — APPENDIX A. p. xx. — APPENDIX B. — APPENDIX C. p. 195. — APPENDIX D. p. 196. — APPENDIX E. p. 208. — APPENDIX F. p. 392.
  103. 103.Colophon — Availability — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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