Volume: CBÉ 0221
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0221, Page 0122
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“There was a king wan time and had three sons.”
(continued from previous page)fever. He was worse now than ever he was before, and all the doctors came to him again the same as before, but this time they had a bit of a job with him. He got worse and worse, and everyone said that he would die.
There was an old witch living about a mile from the palace and she heard of the King's illness and she went to see him. She was allowed to see him all right, but only for a few minutes. She told him that there was nothing in the world would cure him but a few drops of water that was in a well in a far off distant land. The king asked her where it was and she told him that she didn't know but told him to get his three sons together, and ask them which(continues on next page)