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Does anyone remember a fairy tale about a girl whose fingers are cut off

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Roseau18 · 30/11/2024 16:16

Does anyone remember being told a fairy tale in which a girl (possibly a princess) has her fingers cut off (possibly by her father) and the fingers are then buried along side the carrots in the garden?

l can remember being terrified by the story. I can't remember the ending or why the fingees were cut off and I would like to read it as an adult to know what was really going on (and to see if it was actually a suitable story for a young child).

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PersilPower · 30/11/2024 16:23

Agreed sounds like Shock Headed Peter stories, but not sure about the burying in the garden bit?

StellaOlivetti · 30/11/2024 16:20

There’s a Hans Christian Andersen story where a girl has her feet cut off in her shoes … but now you’ve mentioned it, the details of the burial beside the carrots does ring a faint bell!

Enoughofthisnow · 30/11/2024 16:20

Grimms?

KnigCnut · 30/11/2024 16:19

There is a story in Struwelpeter about thumbs being cut off because the boy kept sucking them. I don't recall fingers being buried in a garden though

camerasupply · 30/11/2024 16:17

Sounds like something from the Struwwelpeter book