Vulgar words in Popular Tales from the Norse (Page 1)
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Every one knows the story in the Arabian Nights, where the man who knows the speech of beasts laughs at something said by an ox to an ass.
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Medieval chroniclers, writing in bastard Latin, and following the example of classical authors, when they had to find a name for this demon-goddess, chose, of course, _Diana_ the heathen huntress, the moon-goddess, and the ruler of the night.
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ho!' said the Squire; 'I see very well who has been here; but as for you, a pretty set of blockheads you must be to sit here and let the Master Thief steal the horses from between your legs.'
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That you may fancy the prince was very loath to do, such an ugly hussy as Tatterhood was; but at last the king and all the others in the palace talked him over, and he yielded, giving his word to take her for his queen; but it went sore against the grain, and he was a doleful man.
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'Good day, Cocky-Locky', said the Hen.
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'Good day, Cocky-Locky', said the Duck, 'whither away so early?'
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'Who told you that, Cocky-Locky?'
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'Cocky-Locky.'
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'Who told you that, Cocky-Locky?'
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'Cocky-Locky.'
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'Who told you that, Cocky-Locky?'
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But while he was gone, the Hen woke up the Cock, and told him how it had gone with Goosey-Poosey and Ducky-Lucky; and so Cocky-Lucky and Henny-Penny flew out through the chimney, and if they hadn't got to the Dovrefell, it surely would have been all over with the world.
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So again _Assiepet_, substantive 'a dirty little creature, one that is constantly soiled with _ass_ or ashes'.