Molbo story

"Molbo" redirects here. For the cheese, see Molbo cheese.
An 1887 depiction how the Molbos helped a shepherd to chase away a stork from the grain field while preventing shepherd's big feet from trampling the field

A Molbo story is a Danish folktale of the "town of fools" type about the people of Mols, who live in eastern Jutland near the town of Ebeltoft.[1] In these tales the Molboes are portrayed as a simple folk, who act foolishly while attempting to be wise.[2]

  1. ^ Old stories from Mols, illustrated by Axel Mathiesen, (Ebeltoft, Denmark: Kaj Elle,1952)
  2. ^ Those foolish Molboes, by Lillian Bason and Margot Tomes, (New York: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1977)