Tales from the Swiss Mountains / Märchen aus den Schweizer Bergen

Folktales and Legends of Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland / Sagen des Kanton St. Gallen

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19. In the Wittenholz / Im Wittenholz

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24. The nocturnal cry for help / Der nächtliche Hilferuf

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25. The Markenrücker above Grub

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33. The Clover Hound / Der Kleebhund

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49. Our Smallest Bell / Unsere kleinste Glocke

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53. The Wuetihee / Das Wuetihee

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89. The Maiden of Forsteck / Das Fräulein von Forsteck

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115. Gold

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139. The Plate Woman / Das Plattenwibli

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162. The Four Musicians / Die vier Musikanten

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164. The Seven Foxes / Sieben Füchse

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165. The Spinner in the Lafadarsch Forest / Die Spinnerin im Lafadarschwalde

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207. How the Warm Spring was Discovered / Wie die warme Quelle entdeckt wurde

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211. How the Vättnerbergers learned how to cut wood / Die Vättnerberger lernen das Holzfällen

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495. The Hasenholz fiddler near Linggenwil / Der Hasenholzgeiger bei Linggenwil.

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492. The Spinner Girl. A suicide. / Das Spinnfrauli. Ein Selbstmörder.

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458. Agnes of Brunnberg / Agnes von Brunnberg

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433. The Little Lady of Runggel / Das Runggelfräuli

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432. The Witchweed / Das Irrkraut

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399. The Harnish Woman and the Leutschen Buck / Das Harnischwibli und der Leutschenbock

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362. The Fiery Man / Der feurige Mann

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357. The Treasure / Der Schatz

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351. The Reminder / Die Mahnung

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235. The Shooter / Der Schütze

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