Our Lady's Little Glass

by The Brothers Grimm

　　

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Once upon a time a waggoner's cart which was heavily laden with winehad stuck so fast that in spite of all that he could do, he could notget it to move again. Then it chanced that Our Lady just happened tocome by that way, and when she perceived the poor man's distress, shesaid to him, "I am tired and thirsty, give me a glass of wine, and Iwill set thy cart free for thee." "Willingly," answered the waggoner,"but I have no glass in which I can give thee the wine." Then Our Ladyplucked a little white flower with red stripes, called field bindweed,which looks very like a glass, and gave it to the waggoner. He filledit with wine, and then Our Lady drank it, and in the self-same instantthe cart was set free, and the waggoner could drive onwards. The littleflower is still always called Our Lady's Little Glass.

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