1 This legend was written and contributed to Vouk St. Karadgitch by Prince Michel Obrenovitch III, who had heard it in his childhood from the lips of his nurse.
2 The Christians of the Balkans usually make the sign of the cross before and after every meal.
3 A golden coin worth about 10s.
4 The apple is a symbolic gift, which a wooer offers to the maiden of his choice.
5 It is the custom with Serbians, for one of her brothers to present the bride to her wooer.
6 Beardless is used as the personification of craftiness and sharpness.
7 This and the remaining stories in this chapter are reprinted from Serbian Folk-Lore, by Madame C. Mijatovitch, by kind permission of M. Chedo Miyatovich.