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82 mian throne, was called into Poland, where he arranged the difficulties which existed among the successors of Lech. He is also considered as the founder of the town of Krakau.

The sons of Æsculapius.] Medical practitioners, in Germany, are often so called, from Æsculapius, the god of medicine.

The never-missing sieve.] Among the gypsies and some of the Sclavonian tribes, the sorcerers, or wise men, used to find out the culprit by bowling a sieve, which hit the guilty.

St. Martin, of Schierbach.] A saint who used to cure people by placing them so as to let his shadow fall upon them, by which act alone they fully recovered, as the story goes.

Apollo’s tripod.] Meaning the oracle of Delphi, where the priestess, or seer, sat upon a tripod.

Word-catchers.] A term used, in German, to signify flatterers, who look out for every word, to bestow praise upon the person whom they adulate.