Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903) was an American writer working in the genres humour and satire and collecting folklore. He studied American and European traditions and travelled a lot while working as a journalist. Leland became famous for his comic book 'Hans Breitman's Ballads'.

Once upon a time there lived a woman which was so beautiful that when her first husband died she found another one in no time. This situation repeated and repeated until she had changed five husbands. Her six husband looked like a fool but he wasn’t a fool and he decided to know his wife secret before he was dead…