Image Number	R148858_Schullerus.pdf
Reference Number	R148858
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Image Title	Mistress Cat
Alternative Image Title	Wolf and the two little goats
Alternative Image Title	Wolf and the pair of shoes
Parent Work Title	Rumanian bird and beast stories: rendered into English
Creator	Schullerus, Pauline, 1858-1929
Creator Role	Author
Creator	Gaster, Moses, 1856-1939
Creator Role	Translator
Date Created	1933-05
Publication Details	London: Published for the Folk-Lore Society by Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd
Page/Sheet	Inserted before contents page
Image Sequence Number	015
Description	In 1915 Gaster published his work Romanian Bird and Beast Stories (381pp), consisting of a lengthy study in which he presents his views on folklore, followed by his translations of 119 numbered Romanian stories about animals, and three appendices (animal charms, stories from Ahikar, and animal stories from the Hebrew Alphabet of Ben Sira). Gaster found the stories in the published works of several Romanian folklorists, most notably (around two thirds of the stories) from two publications by Simion Florea Marian (1883 and 1903). R148858 is Gaster's own interleaved copy. It shows that he continued to gather and translate animal stories until shortly before his death. The volume contains handwritten notes (mostly references to what Gaster perceived as 'parallels' in various publications), a copy of a letter from Queen Elisabeth of Romania, news paper cuttings with reviews of the book, and inserted leaves with handwritten and typed stories. Below his translation of a story, Gaster usually mentions where he found it (not all references are correct) and when he translated it. These 9 pages are loose and inserted before the contents page. They include 3 typed stories, translated from an unidentified book by Pauline Schullerus. The stories are typed in red ink and corrections have been written by hand in black pencil. The first three pages are double spaced the remainder are single spaced. Pages 1-6 are 'Mistress cat' a story in which a cat having drunk the milk has to leave home, picking up lots of other animals along the way she arrives at the empty house of some robbers. The animals take up residence and manage to scare off the robbers when they return. The animals live happily in peace and health thereafter in the house. At the end is typed: 'Pauline Schullerus p 422, Friday 26 & Sunday 28 May 1933'. Pages 7-8 are 'The wolf and two little goats', in which a mother goat tricks the wolf that has eaten her children and manages to get her children back. At the end is typed: 'P Schullerus p.493/494, Friday 26.5.33'. The final page is 'The wolf and the pair of shoes' in which a man tricks a wolf that would have eaten him by offering him a pair of shoes and then setting his dogs on him. At the end is typed: 'Pauline Schullerus p.493, Friday 26.5.33'.
Language Code	eng
Subject	Folk-lore, Romanian
Category of Material	Printed
Technique Used	Handwriting
Medium	Pencil
Medium	Ink
Support	Paper
Current Repository	The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance	Gaster, Moses, 1856-1939, former owner
Rights Holder - Image	The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work	The University of Manchester Library
References	Haralambakis, M. 'A Survey of the Gaster Collection in the John Rylands Library', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 89:2 (2013): 10730. Florea, V. Dr. M. Gaster: Reconstituiri biobibliografice: Omul şi Opera (Cluj-Napoca: Editura Fundatiei pentru Studii Europene, 2008), 12754.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd)	2013-02-13
Image Creation Technique	Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm)	2013-05
Metadata Language	eng-GB
