Mister Sandman
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Channel: The Loteranger · 2017 · Music
Traditionally, the Sandman is a character in many children's stories and books said to sprinkle sand or dust on or into the eyes of the child at night to bring on dreams and sleep. The grit or "sleep" (rheum) in one's eyes upon waking is supposed to be the result of the Sandman's work the previous day. E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) wrote an inverse depiction in 1816 of the lovable character in a story called Der Sandmann, which showed how sinister such a character could be made. According to the protagonist's nurse, he threw sand in the eyes of children who wouldn't sleep, with the result of those eyes falling out and being collected by the Sandman, who then takes the eyes to his iron nest on the Moon, and uses them to feed his children. www.FolkWorldMusicStore.com
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