Back Town Buyer Upsets Store With Bracelets Gaffe
A young man from a back town visits a dry goods shop to buy a gift for his girl. He misreads a display of nickel plated bracelets as bracelets for himself, prompts a sharp rebuke from a clerk, and flees home. The incident ends with him vowing not to buy bracelets until marriage.
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Anxona
Steinhausen
Willibald
Ellen
Wern
Ahn
Martha
Richea
Ellenander
Elien
Zamiel
Will Wald
Willadald
Willibad
Herr Werner
A German Legend of Willibald and Ellen
A medieval tale from Augsburg follows Willibald a diligent apprentice who loves Ellen but faces a rival suitor Werner. After a moral crisis aided by a dreamlike encounter with a fiend and a miraculous revival, Ellen remains faithful and Willibald is forgiven. The couple marry, warned by the tale against discontent and fate.
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