This page provides alternative or confirming translations and interpretations of the above phrase in thirty-six text versions. The various editions used are listed chronologically. For the convenience of the English reader, German editions have not been included although they have been consulted. Since most picture books do not include pagination, I have counted the pages from the beginning picture and/or text to facilitate finding the appropriate passage. The various spellings of particular words that appear in the texts have been retained; these are not misspellings but reflect textual accuracy.
"At last she thought of a plan; she painted her face and dressed herself like an old pedlar woman, so that no one would have known her. In this disguise she went across the seven mountains, until she came to the house of the seven little dwarfs,. . . " p. 217.
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"When she had planned what to do she painted her face, dressed herself like an old pedler-woman,[sic] and altered her appearance so much that no one could
"At last she thought of a plan. She dyed her face and dressed up like an old Pedlar, so that she was quite unrecognisable. In this guise she crossed over the seven mountains to the home of the seven Dwarfs. . ." p. 166.
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"At last she thought out a plan: she dyed her face and dressed herself to look like a peddler woman. She did it so well that no one would have known her, and then, with a basketful of strings and laces, she made her way over the seven hills to the home of the seven dwarfs." pp. 23-24.
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"She disguised herself as a peddler, and her dark plots made her so ugly that she really looked like a witch. At midnight she took off toward the forest on a magic broom. The next morning, when the dwarfs were away, she came to the door of the little house where Snow White was polishing furniture." p. 9.
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"When her sisters learnt that Myrsina was alive and well, they were eaten up with envy and made plans to poison her. And straightway they baked a pie with poison in it, and went to find Myrsina. It was just as the Months had gone." p. 110.
"At last she thought of a plan. She painted her face and dressed herself like an old pedlar woman, so that no one would have known her. In this disguise she went across the seven mountains, until she came to the house of the seven little dwarfs." p. 132.
"And when at last she thought of something, she painted her face and dressed herself like an old peddler-woman, and nobody could have recognized her. In this disguise she went over the seven mountains to the seven dwarfs' house,. . . " p. 12.
"And when at last she thought of something, she painted her face and dressed herself like an old peddler woman, and nobody could have recognized her. In this disguise she went over the seven mountains to the seven dwarfs' house, . . . " p. 263.
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"And when she finally thought of a scheme, she dyed her face and dressed herself like an old pedlar, and was quite unrecognizable. In this disguise she went over the seven mountains to the house of the seven dwarfs, . . . " P.19, 22.
". . .so she disguised herself as an old pedlar. And went her way over the hills to the place where the dwarfs dwelt." p. 179.
"She stained her face and dressed like an old peddler woman, so that no one could have recognized her." p. 187.
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"How can we bring about her death?" asked the sisters.
"Leave it all to me," replied the astrologer, who dressed as a gypsy and went to peddle her wares under the moon's windows.
"Giricoccola looked out, and the astrologer said, "Would you like these handsome pins? I'll let you have them for a song!" p. 155
"At last she thought of a plan; she painted her face and dressed herself like an old peddler woman, so that no one would have known her. In this disguise she went across the seven mountains, until she came to the house of the seven little dwarfs, . . . " pp. 56-57.
"The queen went to her dressing table and with her powders and paints she transformed her face into that of an old woman, and then she went to the rag bag, and found in it clothes even the servants had thrown away, and she dressed herself like a peddler-woman. Taking a basket from the kitchen, she set out for the forest." pp. 10-11.
"When at last she had worked out a plan, the Queen painted her face and dressed herself as an old gipsy woman. She travelled over the mountains to the home of the seven dwarfs, . . . " p. 13.
"So the Queen disguised herself as an old pedlar woman who sold combs and ribbons, and set off to search the forest for Snow White. After many hours she found the dwarfs' cottage." p. 5.
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"Finally, she thought up a plan. She painted her face and dressed as an old peddler woman so that nobody could recognize her. Then she crossed the seven mountains in this disguise and arrived at the cottage of the seven dwarfs, . . . " p. 217.
"So she disguised herself as an old peddler woman who called at people's houses selling things from a basket. Dressed so that no one could recognize her, she set off to find Snow White." p. 12.
"She disguised herself as an ugly old woman, and set off secretly to the house of the seven dwarfs. The queen could not find her way through the forest; . . . So, instead, she had to walk a long and weary way, over seven mountains, until at last she came to the cottage." pp.16, 18.
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"Finally, she came up with a plan. She dressed herself like an old peddler and went over the seven hills to where the seven dwarfs dwelt, . . ." p. 33.
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"At last she hit upon a plan. She stained her face and dressed herself up as an old peddler wife, so that she was quite unrecognizable. In this guise she went over the seven hills till she came to the house of the seven Dwarfs." p. 214.
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"Donning a magic cloak, the queen took the form of a bedouin prince and rode out into the desert.
"It was the Moon of New Lambs, the month when the tribes gathered to feast. It was the time of courtship, too, when young men brought gifts to the tents of those they hoped to marry. The queen mingled with the suitors outside Rimonah's tent. She placed her deadly necklace among the other gifts, then departed." p. 8.
"At last she hit upon a plan. She stained her face and dressed herself as an old peddler woman, so that she was quite unrecognizable. In this disguise she crossed seven mountains until she came to the house of the seven dwarfs." p. 25.
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