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Volume: CBÉ 0265

Date
1935
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0265, Page 0361

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0265, Page 0361

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  1. Enchanted King and Queen (continued)

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    came out of the wood Nancy was up to their trick & she pulled out her 3 crows feathers & says "Be the bark of my 3 crows feathers that the 3 of you may light upon one another & kill one another so here the 3 of them laid into one another & bet one another while beating was good for them so the old witch came on them so she pulled out the feathers again & said "be the bark of me 3 crows feathers that they may lie upon her" so they lay on her & the old witch called on Nancy to save her & Nancy would not go so the old king came down & they lay on him & the witch called on Nancy to save her again "I won't save you says Nancy unless you
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