’And the head said:  “The men you saw in the first field used to be fighting when they were in life, because they had land near to one another, and they used to be for moving the merings, and now they have to be fighting with one another for ever and always.  And the men and the women you saw, they were married people that used to be fighting with one another, and they must go on fighting for ever now.  And the lady you saw in the house, when she was in life, she usedn’t to let the serving-girl near to the fire when she would come in wet and cold, and would want to warm herself; and now the serving-girl is doing the same to her, and that will go on to the Day of Judgment.

’"And as to the three women in the kitchen,” he said, “those were my own three wives.  And when I asked the first wife for my dinner, she gave me nothing but brown bread and a jug of water.  And when I asked the second wife for my dinner, she gave me a worse dinner again.  But the third wife when I asked her, set out a grand table, and a white cloth on it, and gave me the best of food and drink.

’"And as for yourself,” he said, “the reason you were brought here is, that you wouldn’t go to your son’s funeral, because you had a falling out one day when you were ploughing the field together, but you went to a stranger’s funeral.  And go back now,” he said, “to where your son was buried, and make your repentance there, and maybe you’ll get forgiveness at the last.  And how long is it since you left your home?” he said.  “I left it on the afternoon of yesterday,” said the farmer.  “It is seven hundred years you are here,” said the head.  Isn’t that a long time he was in it, and he thinking it was only a few hours?

’So he went back to where his own son was buried; and he knelt down there, and made his repentance, and asked forgiveness and his son’s forgiveness.  And at last a hand came up out of the grave and took his hand; and then he and the son went up to heaven together.’

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Another old man says:  ’There was a Protestant and a Catholic one time; and the Protestant said if the Catholic would come to his church one Sunday, he’d go to his the next.

’So the Catholic went first to the Protestant church for one day, and it seemed to him as if it was a week he was in it.

’And the next Sunday the Protestant went into the Catholic church; and there he stopped for a year and a day, and he thought it was only a few hours he was in it.

’And at the end of that time he died, and he went up before our Lord.  And he had done some things that were not good in his life, and our Lord said:  “I will give you as many years of heaven as there are penfuls of water in the sea, and hell at the end of that.”  “That is not enough of heaven,” said the man.  Then our Lord said:  “I will give you as many years of heaven as there are grains in the sand, and hell after that.”  “That is not enough