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1. Enchanted King and Queen (continued)

   

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   forgot raking the fire the next night so she says to the lad "you rake up that fire before we go to bed" so the lad was raking the fire & she pulled out her feathers & says "By the bark of my 3 crows feathers may you be raking & raking all night". So the lad was raking the fire all night & the lad & the fire was roaring & going mad through the house all night So the ould king was killing the witch upstairs - he didn't no what to do so next day come on & there was 3 cart load of clothes to be washed & Nancy pulled out her 3 crows feathers & says "Be the bark of my 3 crows feathers I wished that I had you all washed starched blued & dried"
   & no sooner said than it was done & the 3rd lad

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   • James Coleman