Thompson A2766: Why certain tree bleeds.

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The complete generic entry is “Why certain tree bleeds.” The source reports the named oak, the boys who starved there, and the bleeding when the tree is struck, so the motif is directly present. I use possible because the text places the deaths beside the bleeding but does not explicitly state that the boys’ deaths cause the tree’s blood. The child A2766.1 is specifically about an elder tree, while this text says oak; the parent entry A2766 itself is generic and was read in full.

• „Nicht weit von Sülz steht ein Eichbaum, die Elendseiche genannt, dort sollen zur Kriegszeit zwei Knaben verhungert sein. Wenn man auf die Eiche schlägt, quillt Blut daraus hervor.“