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R. S. Boggs, Index of Spanish Folktales.
FFC 90

He passes water, fire and nails. From first nut comes palace [D 461.1]. He gives it to witches as bribe to sleep with girl [T 451], but they give him drugs [K 675]. They forbid him to enter one room [C 611]. He enters and finds girl. She warns him not to take their drink. He refuses to take it. She has him break hall lamp into seven pieces with black stone, thus freeing her [D 789.2]. as 1. LRAC no 7.

402. Compare the Spanish proverb "Echar la pluma al aire y ver donde cae"; see BP II 38.
as 1. LRAC no 8.
403. V *c Girl saves self from drowning. She combs her hair and collects pearls that fall out [D 1454] until she has enough to buy palace opposite to king's, and more beautiful than his.
VI *b Lark informs girl her brother is buried. Servants tell prince of this scene and true bride is revealed. Cf Mt 707 IV b.
Cf Mt *445 B.
an 1. ECPE no 113: III b, IV b c d, (Half buried and chained), V *c, VI *b c.
405 *A. Rich man has daughter enchanted [S 11, D 5] because she loves poor boy [T 23]. She is guarded by serpent [B 491, B 576.1] in cave [R 45]. Boy gains honor at war and is ennobled. Shepherd [N 841] tells him to free girl he should come on St. John's Day, laden with relics and kill serpent with lanceblow in neck. He does so, they marry, and he rewards shepherd. as 1. LRAF p. 85. (Variant in note on p. 87).
408. I *b Prince sets out to seek a wife.
II *d He meets a girl and takes her to marry.
III a A kitchen maid sees the princess' reflection in a pond, and sticks a pin in her head. b Prin-