147
Joseph Jacobs
XI. CAP O’ RUSHES.
Source.—Discovered by Mr. E. Clodd, in “Suffolk Notes
and Queries” of the
Ipswich Journal, published by Mr. Lang
in
Longinan’s Magazine, vol. xiii, also in
Folk-Lore, Sept. 1890.
Parallels.—The beginning recalls “King Lear.” For “loving
like salt,” see the
parallels collected by Cosquin, i. 288. The
whole story is a version of the numerous class of Cinderella
stories, the particular variety being the Catskin sub-species
analogous to Perrault’s
Peau d’Ane. “Catskin” was told by
Mr. Burchell to the young Primroses in “The Vicar of
Wakefield,’” and has been elaborately studied by the late H.
C. Coote, in
Folk-Lore Record, iii. 1-25.
It is only now extant
in ballad form, of which “Cap o’ Rushes” may be regarded
as a prose version.
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