(gan teideal) “There once lived an old woman name Máire Uí h-Ualacháin.” CBÉS 0313 Eileen Mc Carthy Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “Long ago near Fermoy, in a castle, lived a man with his wife and only son.” CBÉS 0375 Anna Caplice, Mr John Caplice Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “Some years ago there lived an old woman near the village of Athea.” CBÉS 0406 Mary Hegarty, Peg Barry Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “At one time there were three tailors and an old woman living together in the hill road in a small house.” CBÉS 0406 Brian Mulvihill, Tim Leahy Tras-scríbhinn