Bewitched Herds Boys

Two boys tended cattle in the Triesner upper village

An old woman passed and greeted them but the boys just shouted

You old witch you and threw rocks after her

The woman turned around and yelled down to them

I will get you on your heels

And as if on command all the cows lifted their tails and raced towards the Rhein

The boys were forced to follow as if pulled by invisible ropes

And everything happend so fast that they tumbled many times

Dead tired and with lots of bruises they reached their cattle at the Rhein and wanted to drive them back but of no avail all the hitting was useless

The two fell asleep in the grass

When the bells in the morning played Ave Maria the cows walked back home

The farmer saw them coming and discovered the welts

He searched for the boys finally found them full of cuts and bruises and they told him what happened here...