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Tag: Rev. Lal Behari Day

A Ghostly Wife (Folk-Tales of Bengal, 1912) by Rev. Lal Behari Day

Once on a time there lived a Brahman who had married a wife, and who lived in the same house with his mother. Near his house was a tank, on the embankment of which stood a tree, on the boughs of which lived a ghost of the kind called Sankchinni. One night the Brahman’s wife had…

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The Man who wished to be Perfect (Folk-Tales of Bengal, 1912) by Rev. Lal Behari Day

Once on a time a religious mendicant came to a king who had no issue, and said to him, “As you are anxious to have a son, I can give to the queen a drug, by swallowing which she will give birth to twin sons; but I will give the medicine on this condition, that…

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The Ghost-Brahman (Folk-Tales of Bengal, 1912) by Rev. Lal Behari Day

Once on a time there lived a poor Brahman, who not being a Kulin, found it the hardest thing in the world to get married. He went to rich people and begged of them to give him money that he might marry a wife. And a large sum of money was needed, not so much…

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The Adventures of Two Thieves and of their Sons (Folk-Tales of Bengal, 1912) by Rev. Lal Behari Day

Part I Once on a time there lived two thieves in a village who earned their livelihood by stealing. As they were well-known thieves, every act of theft in the village was ascribed to them whether they committed it or not; they therefore left the village, and, being resolved to support themselves by honest labour,…

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Strike but Hear (Folk-Tales of Bengal, 1912) by Rev. Lal Behari Day

Once upon a time there reigned a king who had three sons. His subjects one day came to him and said, “O incarnation of justice! the kingdom is infested with thieves and robbers. Our property is not safe. We pray your majesty to catch hold of these thieves and punish them.” The king said to…

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The Origin of Opium (Folk-Tales of Bengal, 1912) by Rev. Lal Behari Day

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