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School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)

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Colehill, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Kathleen Morris
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    the world's end for a gallon of water. "Well any lady you will have to go through fire and water but here is a red want and wind it round and the fire will divide and the water will disappear and you will find the gallon of water outside the fire and is beautiful as you are now you will be ten times more beautiful when you come back. "The ugly one started then. The same little man came up to her and asked her for the crumbs that fell from her table. "Go away you dirty little thing how dare you come near the king's daughter" "Well as ugly as you are now you will be ten times more ugly when you go back" So when she went
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0403: The Black and the White Bride
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Newman
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Informant
    Miss Newman
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford