Journal of Folklore Research 40 33-70. The local farmers continued to live and work there. He composed over 600 works. Folksongs, folktales, proverbs, folk speech-all attest to the Germans longstanding special interest in this area of human activity. According to Simkin, Leopold, Anna Maria, and Nannerl also included scatological humor in their own letters. The result is that the finale feels like a genuine fulfillment rather than a mere afterthought.