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   and was not long doing the work. When the queen came back and saw the work all done she brought the girl to dinner and then told her to go to bed.
   Next morning she was called and brought into a room where all the cloth she was supposed to have woven this had to be made into shirts. Then the girl began to cry and in came a woman with a very big nosa and she said she would sew the shirts if she would have her at her wedding. So she began and the work done in a short time. When the queen came back she said this girl would be married to her son and next day they were married.
   There was a very big crowd at the wedding and among them were the three hags. When dinner was over the queen's son began to talk to them. He asked the first woman how she got such a big foot abd she said she had to keep spinning constant and her foot swelled up and it never went down. The second woman said she was kept weaving and her hand swelled up and it never went down. The third woman said she was kept sewing and her head was bent so that all the blood went to her nose and it never left it.

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   AT0501: The Three Old Women Helpers

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Jarlath Curnan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lugnaskeehan, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Andrew Feeney

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Gortermone, Co. Leitrim