Origin
The tale was published by the Brothers Grimm in the second edition of '' Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' in 1819. Their source was an unnamed informant from Austria.Synopsis
A peasant's wife and the parson fancied each other, so the wife feigned illness, and the parson preached that whoever had an ill family member could go to the Cuckoo's Mountain in Italy, and get laurel leaves that would cure the ill person. The peasant, Hildebrand, left to get them, and the parson came to his house. But on the way, Hildebrand met his cousin, an egg merchant, who alerted him and brought him to the house in his cart. The parson and the wife began to sing, the merchant sang, and Hildebrand sang that it was enough. He jumped from the basket and beat the parson out of the house.References
External links
* {{authority control Grimms' Fairy Tales ATU 1350-1439