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SV ANDAS DRE PIPER
preserved him from such peril, he took the fatal pipe to
which the devil had danced, and suspended it as a votive
offering in the church of Strakonic, his birthplace, where
it may be seen to this day. The pipe of Strakonic has
become a proverb, and it is even said that its sound is
heard every year at the day and hour when Swanda played
for Satan and his friends.
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