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1. Silly Thing (continued)

   

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   insisted saying that "put your hand down in the bed and you will feel blood." When the two sisters found there was blood in the bed they got an awful fright and asked Sillything all about it. She told them all, how she took the necklace off the three girls necks and how the old man came in and killed them. When the two sisters heard this they thanked Sillything over and over again telling her that only for her they would be dead by this time, and they also told her that as long as she lived they would never see her in want. But there was no time for talking the girls thought as the old man might come in any moment and find out the mistake he had made. So they all three got out as

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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