Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859) - German philologists whose
collection "Kinder- und Hausmarchen," known in English as "Grimm's Fairy
Tales," is a timeless literary masterpiece. The brothers transcribed these
tales directly from folk and fairy stories told to them by common villagers.
The Maid of Brakel (1812) - A girl sings for a husband in St. Anne's chapel.
A clerk answers her song in a gruff voice, but the child thinks it is the
child Mary who has spoken.
