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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3. Wiborada, the hermit, and her martyrdom, 926 / Wiborada, die Klausnerin, und ihr Märtyrertod, 926

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9. Spoils of War / Kriegsbeute

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11. The Wayside Shrine near Kappel / Der Bildstock bei Kappel

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26. The Devil in the Bucket / Der Teufel im Kübel

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27. Failed Devil summoning / Missglückte Teufelsbeschwörung

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151. The Plague, 1629 / Die Pest, 1629

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163. The Sheet full of Wheat / Das Tuch voll Weizen

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193. The Goat Flaying above Valeis / Das Bockschinden ob Valeis

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208. An Unfortunate Abbot / Ein unseliger Abt

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216. The Night Folk / Das Nachtvolk

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487. The first mass, 1466 / Die erste Messe, 1466.

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473. The Pig / Das Schwein

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468. The Boundary Marker Mover / Die Markenrücker

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449. The Äuli Hound / Der Äulihund

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406. Ghosts / Gespenster

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376. The Detsch / Der Detsch

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375. The Temple of Isis / Der Isistempel

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360. On St. George’s Mount / Auf dem St. Georgenberg

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335. The Lime Kiln / Der Kalkofen

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336. The Judgement of God / Das Gottesurteil

21/09/202101/07/2023 Sean Furey

324 The Father’s Ghost / Der Vaters Geist

06/09/202118/07/2023 Sean Furey

296. The Evil Ancestor / Der böse Ahnherr

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285. The Village Pig / Das Dorfschwein

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274. The Witch’s Leap / Der Hexentapp

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269. The summons to the Valley of Jehoshaphat / Die Vorladung ins Tal Josaphat.

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252. The Little Man of Grünenfeld / Das Männlein von Grünenfeld

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242. The braids tied together / Die Zöpfe zusammengebunden

14/07/202106/11/2023 Sean Furey

241. Three Cows in Two Chains / Drei Kühe in zwei Ketten

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