“ Then the green man’s face grew even blacker, the red beard so red it seemed to crackle and sparkle like fir twigs on the fire; the mouth contracted to an arrow-like point before it opened to inquire i… Jeremias Gotthelf
“ Hard by the church stood the public house; so often the two are closely conjoined, honorably sharing both joys and sorrows. Jeremias Gotthelf