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1. Silly Thing

   

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   There was a certain woman long ago and she had three daughters. They were three very fine girls, only one of them was a little silly. On account of this she was called "Sillything". They lived in a small house and were very poor as their father died when they were very young, so the poor mother had a tough time of it trying to keep the roof over their heads.

   One day the eldest daughtir said that herself and her 1[?] sister would go and seek their fortunes and leave "Sillything" to mind their mother. Very well and good, they bid goodbye to their mother and "Sillything" and started on their journey. They hadn't gone very far, a couple of miles or so when they looked around and what did they see but Sillything following them. They didn't know what

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   History Edit

   Date

   1935

   Item type

   Lore

   Folktales index—relevant types

   AT0328: The Boy Steals the Giant's Treasure

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script