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Nix Nought Nothing

Joseph Jacobs

First published October 1890
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

SOURCE: From a Scotch tale, 'Nicht Nought Nothing', collected by Mr Andrew Lang in Morayshire, published by him first in Revue Celtique, t. iii; then in his Custom and Myth, p. 89; and again in Folk-Lore, September 1890. Joseph Jacobs: "I have changed the name so as to retain the équivoque of the giant's reply to the king. I have also inserted the incidents of the flight, mainly from the Pentamerone version, and expanded the conclusion, which is very curtailed and confused in the original."

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1890 English Fairy Tales David Nutt Collection |8
1931 Folk Tales of All Nations George G. Harrap & Co. Anthology 235
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