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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
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The five steeples of Kallundborg church - Its castle, the last resting-
place of Christian II.- The Nero of the North vindicated - His ne-
gociations with Scotland - Death of Prince Valdemar at Refsnæs -
Legend of the Holy Anders - Death of Frederic II. Story of
Prince Hagbard and the fair Signe - The Birnam wood stratagem -
Sir Eskil Snubbe The Isles of King Hiarne and Alruna his
Queen
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CHAPTER XXIX.
Boller, the place of banishment of Christina Munk
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Her regal state -
The copper nail in a bed of gold - The eatable snail naturalized by
a Frenchman - Coffin of Count Griffenfeld - Præstegaard of a Jut-
land clergyman- Agnete and the merman The English Cinque
Ports-Legend of the Elder Queen
CHAPTER XXX.
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Silkeborg-Cap of Bishop Peter-The Jutland lakes-The trea-
sure-seeker Himmelbjerg, Queen of the Jutland mountains-
The fiery beacon -
Lovers of Laven Castle
- The paper manufac-
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CHAPTER XXXI.
The fish and the ring-Fortunes of the house of Stubbe - The
traitor page - Marsk Stig, the outlaw - Château of Friisenborg —
Artificial egg-hatching
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CHAPTER XXXII.
Siege of Kalø-The lord of Mols- Danish Whittington - The
Lady Hilda Trolle- Round church of Thorsager-Château of
Rosenholm Origin of the Rosenkrantz name - Holger the savant
Erik's rebuke of Cromwell - Jutland clergy - Clausholm
Meeting of King Frederic and Anne Reventlow
CHAPTER XXXIII.
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Bruusgaard and the Bruces - Randers' commerce, her gloves and
beer-Duel of the Counts-Manors of the Scheel family — A
midnight wandering in Jutland
CHAPTER XXXIV.
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Poor
The village of Mariager-Story of Sir Hem and Sir Sem
Mary's well- A black stork—A Jutland plain - Sea of barrows —
Wicked Baroness of Lindenborg 71
CHAPTER XXXV.
Aalborg or Eel Castle - Its armes parlantes - Death of King John
Jens Bang and the miser's daughter-The Agger Canal-Skipper
Clemens, leader of the Vendel boers - Hog family - Their high and
ancient descent-Coat of Jørgen Bille - Great bog of Jutland -
Børglum and Bishop Crump-The lady of Asdal and the flitch of
bacon
CHAPTER XXXVI.
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Old manor of Høgholt and its dairy-farm-Two sisters of Jerup -
Pontoppidan Jutland's most northern manor Lighthouse of
Skagen-Storm of flying sand - Wrecks - Melons and sea-nettles
- Sweet gale and bog moss - Frederikshavn - The Jutland
Dido
Manor of Voergaard-Skipper Clemens and Bishop Crump again ·
Lady Ingeborg Skeel and the architect - The message of her hus-
band - Her disturbed spirit - Her prison, the Rosodonten - Her
Sunday pastime - Her monument - The road-side inns of Queen
Margaret Jutland mode of boiling eggs..
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CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Nørlund Manor-Ellen Marsviin and Ludvig Munk - Meeting of
King Christian and the fair Christina - Names of the Jutland
nobility - Almshouse of Aalborg - Scottish guard of Christian II.—
Prince Niels and his tutor - Duke Knud's suit of scarlet - Mermaid
monument at Tiele
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CHAPTER XXXIX.
Pagan city of Viborg-Erik the Lovely and the harper - The Danish
Luther First of the Longobardi - Sir Niels Bugge and the Castle
of Hald-Murder of King Erik Glipping - Church of Anscarius -
Railway engineer - King Knud's invasion of England — Manor of
Krabbesholm - Parson Mads the slanderer-Caps of Fuur Island
- Mors, birthplace of Hamlet - His story as told by Saxo
CHAPTER XL.
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County of Thy - Superstitions concerning tombs - Plague of sand
Wicked Queen of England - Draining the Sjørring lake.
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- The
pedlar and the geese- Anne Boleyn - The Liimfiorde - Story of
Liden Kirsten-Sale of a wreck-Old Abellona and her amber
-beads- Loss of life off this coast
CHAPTER XLI.
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The Agger canal Food of the peasants - The girl who trod upon
bread ..
CHAPTER XLII.
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Battle of the Giants-Patriotism of a peasant-Sequel to the story of
Hamlet-Protection against flying sand- Magnus Munk and the
still-Gipsies the outcasts of society The dragon and the
wizard-Appearance of the Black Pest-Depopulation of the Ale
Mose
Legend of the English prince and his bed of gold - The luck of
Vosborg manor - Little Peter the cow-driver-The industrious
Nisses-Long Margaret and her eight murders - Private tutor of
Prince George of Denmark - Story of Havelock the Dane - Customs
on Christmas-eve-The corporal and his little child
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CHAPTER XLIV.
The bells of Thim-
Gyldenstierne of Thimgaard - Poorhouse of
Ringkjøbing-Old rat of Hee-Threshing to the sound of music
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CHAPTER XLV.
Island of Fanø
Voluminous petticoats and black masks of the
peasant women — - Their Oriental character and Dutch cleanliness-
Queen Thyre wrecked off the Isle of Man - Amber-gathering 218
CHAPTER XLVI.
Ribe Cathedral The anchorite Bishop - Sacred theatricals - Ribe
"ret"-Sumptuary laws-Bridal trousseau of the eighteenth century
- Ragged schools of the middle ages - Death of Queen Dagmar —
Queen Agnes at Ribehuus- Funeral of Marsk Stig-The robber's
bride-Legend of Tovelil-A Tinghuus The werewolf and the
nightmare-The night-raven and the basilisk - Monument to the
heroes of Fredericia - Farewell to Jutland
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CHAPTER XLVII.
The island of Funen - Red cabbage of Sir Niels Bugge-Ploughing
ghosts-Odin and Odense-Murder of St. Knud - The traitor
Blakke Funeral of Kirstine Munk - Dormitorium of the Ahle-
feldts-The lady who danced herself to death-The pet cats of
Mrs. Mouse-King John and his family -The Lear of Odense
and his daughters
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CHAPTER XLVIII.
Funen continued - King Christian II. and the ape- Deathplace of
Ellen Marsviin- By-laws of Nyborg-Women to be buried alive
Laws of adulteration King Hans' invitation to his daughter's
christening-Story of Kai Lykke and the Queen - The rival Nisses
- St. George killed the dragon in Denmark - Svendborg, the Pig
Castle Gaas made archbishop - Island of Thorseng the apanage
of Count Valdemar - Portraits of the House of Oldenborg 258
CHAPTER XLIX.
The Island of Lys-Capture of King Valdemar by his treacherous
vassal - Kirstine Munk and her children - Horns of Wedellsborg-
Marksmen of Middelfart - Snoghøi in Jutland - Brahe, the King
of Funen - Island of Thorp, and Balder's stone- Ellen Marsviin
married again; turns cattle-dealer-Her game of cards with the
king-Island of Langeland and the giant Rud-Sir Otto Krump's
defence of Tranekjær ..
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CHAPTER L.
Island of Lolland-Yule-feast of Olaf Hunger-Wendish families from
Rugen Royal ordinances-Lutheran clergy-Sir Edward the
Pedagogue Priest -Shell of the Swedes - Mr. Ursins and our Prince
George-Birthplace of Erik Glipping — The Curate of Helsted and
the mother's curse - Tale of Sir Otto Rud and King John-Reve-
lations of St. Bridget-The ill-behaved nuns of Maribo-Grave
of Eleanor Ulfeld - King Charles "forgets" the loan - Eleanor in
captivity and death — The bricked-up lady of Hardenberg
CHAPTER LI.
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Island of Falster - Queen Sophia and the parson's wife- How she
rules her household - The lady who could not die- Molesworth's
account of swan-shooting- Familiar spirits and other superstitions
of the island Island of Møen-The strong-minded Dorothea —
The bathing-place of Liselund — The chalk klints and beauty of the
scenery The Klint King- Bacchanalian harvest-home 312
CHAPTER LII.
The island of Bornholm; its reputation for salmon-A coachman
from the diggings - Round churches of Ny and Ole - Church-
pushers and hourglasses - The Trolles of Bornholm - Their tricks
upon Bondevedde — Their patriotism - How they love butter-
The three-legged cat-They man the cliffs to defend the island-
Hammershuus, the prison of Corfitz and Eleanor Ulfeld ..
CHAPTER LIII. -
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The
Farming in Bornholm - Village beacons - The rock scenery
White Oven visited at Christmas secure from ghosts - Bornholm
gold coined by Christian IV. - Its diamonds in favour with Queen
Louisa-Round church of Øster Lars- Fastelavn at Shrovetide
-Forest of Alminde - The birds at the Cross- Tower of Chris-
tiansminde Horse-fair-Font of Aakirkeby
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