St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-12-28
LEGENDARY LORE.
Strange Stories That Are Stll CuPreot
Among Dimerent Peoples.

Among DiHerent Peoples.
Legendary lore is so acceptable to
the people of Germany that the old
and young alike are familiar with the
rich stores Of wisdom or romance that
have come to them from picturesque
past. II never occurs to the sincere
German mind that anyone can make
light Of such stories as those that are
told at the fircside on winter nights
when the storm-kipR is abroad in his
might They have legends of love
and legends of hate. legends to
make laughter and legends that
are dark. stern and tragic like
those of the Black forest No trace Of
conscious Christianity can be found in
them, but there is often lesson Of
heathen philosophy. combined with
aueiria, wild tales OF tragic origin. Z
Iof the legenlS- It'll populae
= efS< scrpdnlOus = thne 90 The
Wsld 6o1e6sl ~ - ~ 3 % the
in the night. as the wind By.
..It is the wild huntsmen, 0Ike thou
care" and the children are glad - be
safe between their feather beds
The legend runs thus: The
LowenberR, one of the seven
was the battle-ground
Of . wicked squire who hunted cv-
ery day, not excepting Sunday, when
man and beast were supposed to rest
But this was not the worst He had
no respect for the church, and on one
occasion hunted wild boar and drove
it into . church, where he slew it at
the foot of the altar. For this act OF
sacrilege he was torn to pieces by .
pack of hounds sent from the internal
regions for that purpose. Ever since
then the Sabbath-breaker's ghost is
doomed to ride in . spectral train with
l band OF huntsmen, who. like himself.
are expiatings1Aeir sins. and with :
pack OF demon hounds ut their heels,
he being doomed to lead the wild hunt
forever.
A legend OF the Austrian Alps 10
very touching. bordering, rs it does.
on one OF the mysteries OF religion.
The wife of Plate is believed to wan
der in this district in order to receive
. punishment which is not eternal. but
limited to the day Of judgment Her
doom is 70 gather the souls OF IN
baptized infants. She is their keeper,
and on summer nights she leads them
through the earth and max fields.
where, with their shadowy hands. they
tear of all the blighted ears. and the
harmful insects, and bear them away
In their little pitcherA
One mother OF an uubapti1ed child
-wept inconsolably for her lost ON
spring. Suddenly there appeared BE-
fore her = strange child. . little. bright
eyed thing Of four or Ave years who
carried . heavy pitcher and addressed
the frightened woman:
Mother, you must stop crying.
Your tears all my pitcher and cause It
tooverdow. They make It 20 heavy lean
not keep mp with my companions And
they make me unhappy for no feaie q
m31o own
The mother ceased crying. and sooo
elter she saw . radiant figure sur
rounded By . number OF little ones
Iapd the happiest one among them VA
that Of her own little child, Whose
| pitcher was now light and easily born
/ lnd:an history shoands with legends
Here + one Of the two water jars:
0ne Of the Ns4er jass was 9os4oonly
kp1inted on IL outstds, ard loo1se1 ves,
besatiful % tke eye but coataine(
nothtne bnt wort <Aless trash, while ~
kol1erwasof plain troN1 eortbeqWofp
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