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The Midnight Washerwoman and Other Tales of Lower Brittany Memoir_Gift_Guide These are our storiesTwenty nine Breton tales, as told over a series of long winter nights, featuring an ingenious miller, a Jerusalem bound ant, a mad dash at midnight, and more In the late nineteenth century, the folklorist Franois Marie Luzel spent countless winter evenings listening to stories told by his neighbors, local Breton farmers and villagers. At these social gatherings, known as veilles, Luzel recorded the tales in unusual detail, capturing a storytelling