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about the devil. The devil's mother, or grandmother, often has the popular sympathy, and does not always appear as an evil-doing or as an ugly individual.

Enough has been given here to indicate the general character of the folk-lore in question, and it would be interesting to follow up in America among the people of German, English, and other nationalities, the folk-thought concerned with "Gotts düwel un sîn grossmudder."

Isabel Cushman Chamberlain.

Worcester, Mass.

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