There was an old wife who sat and baked. Now you must know that this old wife had a little…

Once on a time there was an old widow who had one son; and as she was poorly and weak,…

In the days when Our Lord and St. Peter used to wander on earth, they came to a smith’s house.…

Once there was a couple of rich folks who had twelve sons. When the youngest was grown up he wanted…

There were three billy goats who were to go up to the hillside to make themselves fat, and the name…

Once the cock, the cuckoo, and the blackcock bought a cow between them. But when they came to share it,…

There was a woman who had an only son, and he was no taller than your thumb; and so they…

There was a poor couple who lived in a wretched hut far away in the wood. How they lived I…

There was a man whose name was Gudbrand; he had a farm which lay far, far away, upon a hillside,…

Once on a time there was a man and his wife, who had an only son, and his name was…