A version of the tale also appears in A Book of Witches and A Choice of Magic, by Ruth Manning-Sanders.
In it, a boy named Esben outwits an evil witch to get the magical treasures for the sake of his brothers.
One day the brothers persuaded their father to let them seek their fortunes; he gave them each horses and money.
At midnight, the woman, who was a witch, came with a knife and cut the throats of eleven of her sleeping daughters, because of their night caps.
Esben told them to get him some peas, then he recited a charm to his stick, and it flew him back to the witch's.
Esben made them give him a bag of malt, and using it, caught just the boar that belonged to the witch.
After the king received it, Sir Red made a new claim, about a coverlet (bed cover) that sounded when touched.
After all of her offspring have been destroyed, the returning witch was so furious she burst into small pieces of flint.