An Irish proverb say: “A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have.” Like Mother’s or Valentine’s Day we shouldn’t need a dedicated day to celebrate what is important in life. Yet, in our world we are prone to getting distracted and focus on things like job or chores….
Tag: The Brothers Grimm
THE LITTLE PEASANT (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm
There was a certain village wherein no one lived but really rich peasants, and just one poor one, whom they called the little peasant. He had not even so much as a cow, and still less money to buy one, and yet he and his wife did so wish to have one. One day he…
THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm
There was once a very old man, whose eyes had become dim, his ears dull of hearing, his knees trembled, and when he sat at table he could hardly hold the spoon, and spilt the broth upon the table-cloth or let it run out of his mouth. His son and his son’s wife were disgusted…
CLEVER GRETEL (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm
There was once a cook named Gretel, who wore shoes with red heels, and when she walked out with them on, she turned herself this way and that, was quite happy and thought: ‘You certainly are a pretty girl!’ And when she came home she drank, in her gladness of heart, a draught of wine,…
Favorite folk- and fairy tales about greed
Folk- and fairy tales hand down a morality and principles for living together in a society. Since greed is such a wide-spread human trait, it became one of the most famous motives in folk and fairy tales. The uncontrolled longing or desire to gain and accumulate more food, wealth, prestige by few can easily spoil…
Best folk and fairy tales about WATER – Happy World Water Day
The 22 of March is the UN’s world water day. World Water Day 2020, on 22 March, is about water and climate change – and how the two are inextricably linked. Adapting to the water effects of climate change will protect health and save lives. Using water more efficiently will reduce greenhouse gases. We cannot…