Thus, in some folk songs, millers and their families were teased, while in others they were praised and their helpers were pronounced to be desirable as husbands! Still other songs recall inundating floods ​ — the most frequent threat to a miller and his mill, besides fire.
Tāpēc dažas čehu tautasdziesmas dzirnavniekus un viņu ģimenes izsmēja, bet citas — slavēja un melderzeļļus daudzināja par labiem preciniekiem.