Parsley:
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Rapunzel
Sage:
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White
Rosemary:
Cinderella
Beauty and the Beast
Thyme:
The White Dove
The Little Mermaid
Note: It seems, I think, that the two most confusing for most of the readers were Rapunzel and The White Dove. Rapunzel was more vague, though I did drop a few hints about his being blind, and about her hair being freshly cut. I'd forgotten that most versions end with Rapunzel's tears curing the man's blindness, and so accidentally gave it a more tragic ending; his sight it never restored. Is that a bit less confusing now?
I think the confusion with The White Dove stems from the tale, apparently, being a not very well known fairy tale. Silly Billi has it in her fairy tale book, so she thought it must be elsewhere! But, upon trying to find it, it was not to be found. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and am going to briefly summarize the story here so you know what on earth I am talking about. This is all from my (rather faulty) memory, as I've also lost the fairy tale book itself. Bother! (And before you get suspicious, Clare, yes, this is almost directly copied and pasted from my PM to you)
The basic concept of that story (as I remember it) is a maiden escapes from the carriage when highwaymen attack it and gets lost in the woods. She's met by a white dove who gives her a key that unlocks a tree with a room and bed for her to sleep in. Whenever she's hungry, needs new clothes, or anything, he gives her a key that will open up a room or cupboard in the trees.
Eventually, he asks her to do something for him, and she readily agrees. He leads her to a cottage in the wood, and tells her that a witch lives inside. She'll be sitting in a wood chair inside the door. She must pass by on the witch's left (or right? I don't remember) side and go to the table in the room behind her. On the table are many fine pieces of jewelry, but he wants only the plain golden ring.
She does as he says, but can't find the ring. She hears a noise behind her and sees the witch sneaking out of the house with a birdhouse under her arm. In the bird's beak is the golden ring. The maiden gets the ring somehow (Maybe she kills the witch, but I don't recall, honestly) and goes to find the dove, who's vanished.
A handsome prince appears and explains that the witch had turned him into a dove, only free to fly the earth for an hour at dawn and an hour at dusk. She turned his comrades into trees, and the maiden watches as many trees slowly turn into fine, handsome human men. He takes her back to his kingdom and marries her, and they all live happily ever after.
