The Barrel Bung
A barrel bung, the wooden stopper of a cask, that works magic in a Swedish folk tale. In the tale 'The Barrel Bung', the small wooden plug proves able to conjure food, drink, or gold for its owner. It is one of the many humble objects that Swedish wonder-tales turn into providers of plenty. In the Swedish telling, famine has dried the parish of Bolinge while the rich Lady Skinflint's cows never fail; the boy Jerker discovers why — she keeps an enchanted barrel that gushes milk whenever the bung is drawn. When she hides the bung, the barrel is only wood and iron, and the king's men find nothing