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    for every night you will sleep in it." Then the king's daughter got a beautiful supper ready for the boy and her father and herself, and then they sat down to supper and ate full and plenty.
    When the girl washed up after supper she made the boy's bed, and at nine oclock the kings and his servants and daughter went away to their lodging house, and the boy sat near a very cosy fire in his room and got a bottle of wine on the table and at nine oclock he took a drop of it and at twelve oclock he took another, and then he heard scraping on the top of the roof, and then he saw a man's foot coming down and down came another
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Folktales index
    AT0326: The Youth Who Wanted to Learn What Fear Is
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Hannon
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Foley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Mountcoal, Co. Kerry