The Work Contest Between the Cobbler and the Fiend at Otterstad

Västergötland · Sweden · Site of legend

The Fiend stretched his thread so long he sat on the roof – but a farmer caught in the loop, and the Fiend lost the contest.

At Otterstad it was told of a contest of work between a cobbler and the Fiend. The Fiend drew his waxed thread so long that he had to perch on the roof, and when he flung the thread out a load of hay, farmer and all, snagged in the loop. While the Fiend wrestled with the tangle the cobbler finished first, and the Fiend lost.

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The Work Contest Between the Cobbler and the Fiend at Otterstad is in Västergötland, Sweden.

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