Dr. Liithi, in his significant entry BRUDER/BRUEDER, points to the little room allotted to the failures of the elder brother/brothers and the long sequence of successes of the youngest brother. Is this general rule caused by the limit set by time, which must have played an important part in the composition of Mdrchen? Or was the narrator aware of his audience's craving for a happy ending? Characteristic of Dr Litthi are short, categorical sentences revealing his wide knowledge and humane approach. Here are two examples from his entry on BOSHEIT/BOESE (malice, evil), in which he discusses witchcraft and the evil eye: 'Blind persons in Mdrchen are not evil;' and 'evil deeds breed evil events.' The profound second sentence could lead to research of happenings which preceded the accusations of witches or jettatori. A reference to F. George Steiner's prize-winning essay on 'Malice' (Oxford, 1952) is missing. Finally I should like to add to the entry BRUECKENOPFER by the versatile sub-editor Elfriede Moser-Rath the record of an actual foundation sacrifice consisting of human bones and the bones of cattle and sheep beneath an arch of Old Blackfriars' Bridge, built in 1760-68. To BRUNNEN by the sub-editor H.-J. Uther I should like to add Celtic tales which relate that female guardians of enclosed wells, after having drawn water, did not replace the stone-covers and were punished by terrible inundations. These tales should be studied together with the following legend recorded in The Tripartite Life (ca.900 A.D.): St Patrick with the help of one of his converts removed the stonelid of the well of Findmag in order to expose and put an end to futile superstitions.. ELLEN ETTLINGER