“Kempy Kay”
Description
A hideous maiden is courted by a deformed suitor. The grotesqueness of each is described in Rabelaisian detail. They exchange disgusting gifts, and the match is made.
References
- Child 33, "Kempy Kay" (7 texts)
- Bronson 33, "Kempy Kay" (2 versions)
- Kinloch-BBook XI, pp. 40-44, "Kempy Kaye" (1 text)
- DBuchan 46, "Kempy Kay" (1 text)
- DT 33, KEMPYKAY
- Roud #32
- BI, C033