squirrel fur slippers?! where was the janitor from scrubs?

from Katharine Kerr's Newsgroup

This reminds of an interesting bit I learned recently about Cinderella's glass slipper. Originally it was a squirrel fur slipper, and the name for squirrel fur is vair. The translator from the French saw "vair" and thought it was "verre," glass. I'd always wondered why anybody, even in a folk tale, would trust their footto a glass slipper.

Kit

A quick Google search confirms this!