The Grey Mare In The Garret

You have the great opportunity to acquaint with the oral history and traditions of different world cultures through the collection of Folk-lore and Legends. There are many mysterious stories about death. “The Grey Mare In The Garret” is one of them. The German short story about a rich burgomaster of Cologne, whose wife fell sick of plague and died. She was buried, as the custom then was, with her jewelled rings on her fingers, and most of her rich ornaments on her person. These tempted the cupidity of the sexton of the church. He argued with himself that they were no use to the corpse, and he determined to possess them. At a time, when he intended to make the sacrilegious spoliation, the corpse inexplicably revived… Feel the mysterious and exciting atmosphere of German legends! Enjoy the reading!