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1. The Three King's Sons

   

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   Recorded from James Coleman Hacketstown

   There was a king and he had three sons and the old king and queen died and the three sons were left after them in the old palace by themselves. But there were two great big sons. They were always very good to the poor and there was great friendship between them. They were terrors for drinking and they used to all get drunk every day. There was one son David and he was a small little lad and he usen't to drink any But they got in the [latter?] end and they used to beat the poor from about the place and they used to give them nothing although they had any amount of gold But this day

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   Handwritten

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   Roman script

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   • James Coleman