The three sneezes and other Swiss tales,

Physical Description: 244 pages : illustrations, color plates ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York, Knopf, 1941.

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The three sneezes and other Swiss tales, written & illustrated by Roger Duvoisin.

Summary:

Thirty-seven folk tales from the French and German areas of Switzerland.

Formatted Contents Note:: Swiss French tales. The three sneezes -- Green Pea John -- The absent-minded farmer -- Pig music -- The bad joke that ended well -- It all came out of an egg -- Silly Jean -- For lack of a thread -- The wolf and the fox -- Red-Chicken -- Private La Ramée -- Down the well -- The herdsman of Lona -- A stubborn man -- The herdsman's choice -- Vaudai -- The four towers of Vufflens -- The hole of the Burgundians -- For an oven full of bread.

A tale from Ticino. The bad old woman.

Tales from German Switzerland. Pontius Pilate -- Foolish folks -- The grateful Bergmännlein! -- Baltzli -- Hans Kuhschwanz -- The flaxen thread -- Fritz and Franz -- The secret of the rock -- The old man of the mountains -- The haunted Alp -- The vengeance of the dwarf -- The knight with the stone heart -- Schnoch, d'Altschmidja Spinnt Noch -- The alphorn -- How the robber band was tricked -- The "Brenggen" field -- Wise Alois.