 In some variants, the man begs from him, and he gives something; in all, the old man tells him that in Hell (or the hall), they will want to buy the food from him, but he must only sell it for the hand-mill behind the door, and come to him for directions to use it.It took a great deal of haggling, but the poor man succeeded, and the old man showed him how to use it.In the Greek, he merely brought the lamb and told the devils that he would take whatever they would give him, and they gave him the mill.