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1. An Old Story, An Unhappy Girl (continued)

   

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   not sleep because she was very unhappy. Early the next morning she was called and brought into a room where there was a lot of wool and a spinning wheel and the queen told her to go spinning and that she would come back at sunset to see how she had done. Then the girl began to cry because she knew nothing about spinning.
   She heard a knock at the door and in came a woman with a very big foot and she said she would spin the wool for her if she would have her at her wedding and the girl said she would so she started and had the whole wool spun in no time.
   When the queen came back she praised the girl and brought her to dinner and then she told her to go to bed The next morning she was called and brought into a room where all thread that she was supposed to have spun this had to be woven into cloth. Then the girl began to cry and in came a woman with a big hand and she said she would weave it if she would have her at her wedding. So she started

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   AT0501: The Three Old Women Helpers

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Jarlath Curnan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Log na Sciathán, Co. Liatroma

   Informant

   Andrew Feeney

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Gort ar Móin, Co. Liatroma