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   to get lodgeing for the night somewhere. They saw a light in a house in the distance and they made for it. They knocked at the door, and they were let in by an old man. They asked the man for a night's lodgeing for god's sake, as they were three girls going around seeking their fortune.
   The old man said he would give them lodgeing all night but he said that he was very short of beds and that they would have to sleep with his three daughters. They said they didn't mind so long as they were in out of the cold. So they went to bed. These three got in the foot of the bed. At about Ain o-clock the old man came in to the room and put an necklace around the necks of his own daughters, and then he went to

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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