THE OLD BACHELOR'S NIGHTCAP
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE OLD BACHELOR'S NIGHTCAP
by Hans Christian Andersen
THERE is a street in Copenhagen with a very strange name. It is
called "Hysken" street. Where the name came from, and what it means is
very uncertain. It is said to be German, but that is unjust to the
Germans, for it would then be called "Hauschen," not "Hysken."
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