The Waldorf family . the re-mains of Druidical temples, but which the peas-ants suppose to be magnificent cities built by thekorigans or fairies, who have the cunning to givethem the appearance of mere stones to the eyes ofmortal men. Not many years since, remnants of Druidicalrites might be found in the simple sports of thecountry. The festival of the first day of June wasone of these. On that day, the young people wereaccustomed to assemble on the great plain; thegirls wearing flax flowers in their boddices; andthe young men carrying green wheat-ears in theirhats. Before beginning the dance,
The Waldorf family . the re-mains of Druidical temples, but which the peas-ants suppose to be magnificent cities built by thekorigans or fairies, who have the cunning to givethem the appearance of mere stones to the eyes ofmortal men. Not many years since, remnants of Druidicalrites might be found in the simple sports of thecountry. The festival of the first day of June wasone of these. On that day, the young people wereaccustomed to assemble on the great plain; thegirls wearing flax flowers in their boddices; andthe young men carrying green wheat-ears in theirhats. Before beginning the dance, which was keptup till evening, with great spirit, each lover wouldtake his mistress by the hand, and approaching oneof the great stone tables, they would lay upon itthe wheat-ears and the flax blossoms. If, on theirreturn, at sunset, the flowers were still unfaded,they might rely on each others fidelity. A fright-ful story is told of the beautiful Tinah, who suf-fered herself, on such an occasion, to be beguiled 200. by an evil spirit, in the disguise of a gay cavalier ;and her fate is still remembered, as a .warningagainst fickleness and ambition. But I am forgetting my story, while indulgingmy recollections. In the village of Plouhinic, then,near the banks of the river Intel, resided a certainman, named Marzinn, who was considered veryrich ; inasmuch as he was able to salt a pig everyyear, to eat as much rye bread as he liked, andto buy a new pair of sabots, or wooden shoes, everyChristmas. He was, therefore, something of agreat man, in the village, and had refused thehand of his sister, Rozanne, to all her suitors, be-cause they were day-laborers, earning their breadby the sweat of their brow. Among these loverswas a worthy fellow, named Bernez; who, thoughpoor, was industrious, and good-hearted. He hadknown Rozanne from her infancy ; and the lovewhich they had for each other when children, hadgrown with them, until now, when the refusalof Marzinn almost broke their hearts.
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