“He laid his hands on the first, and said to him, " Thou shalt be a peasant," to the second, " Thou a fisherman," to the third, " Thou a smith," to the fourth, " Thou a tanner," to the fifth, " Thou a weaver," to the sixth, " Thou a shoemaker," to the seventh, " Thou a tailor," to the eighth, " Thou a potter," to the ninth, " Thou a waggoner," to the tenth, " Thou a sailor," to the eleventh, " Thou an errand-boy," to the twelfth, " Thou…”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 180 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan