' what are you thinking of ? ' asked matte . ' nothing , ' said his wife ; but all the time she was pondering over some magic rhymes she had heard in her childhood from an old lame man , which were supposed to bring luck in fishing . ' what if i were to try ? ' thought she . now this was saturday , and on saturday evenings matte never set the herring - net , for he did not fish on sunday . towards evening , however , his wife said : ' let us set the herring - net just this once . '
what was maie pondering over all the time ?
magic rhymes .
magic rhymes .