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Fortunio
The assumed name of a damsel, youngest of three sisters, who
dressed herself as a cavalier to save her aged father, who was summoned
to the army. Fortunio on the way engaged seven servants: Strong-back,
who could carry on his back enough liquor to fill a river; Lightfoot,
who could traverse any distance in no time; Marksman, who could hit an
object at any distance; Fine-ear, who could hear anything, no matter
where uttered; Boisterer, who could do any amount of cudgelling;
Gourmand, who could eat any amount of food; and Tippler, who could
drink a river dry and thirst again. Fortunio, having rendered
invaluable services to King Alfourite, by the aid of her seven
servants, at last married him. (Grimm's Goblins: Fortunio. Countess
D'Aulnoy: Fairy Tales.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Fortunio from Infoplease:
- Fortunio - Fortunio The assumed name of a damsel, youngest of three sisters, who dressed herself as a cavalier ...
- Strong-back - Strong-back One of Fortunio's servants. He was so strong he could carry any weight upon his ...
- Fine-ear - Fine-ear One of Fortunio's servants, who could hear the grass grow and the mole work ...
- Comrade - Comrade (2 syl.). The name of Fortunio's fairy horse. It ate but once a week; knew the past, ...
- Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: F - Definitions, origins, and illustrative excerpts for words, phases, and literary allusions starting with "F"
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