There was once a young man on his way to a fair with five shillings in his pocket. As he went he saw some little boys beating a poor mouse they had just caught. “Come, boys,” says he, “do not be so cruel. Sell me your mouse for sixpence, and go off and buy some […]

( Told in the Wexford Peasant Dialect. ) There was once a king, some place or other, and he had three daughters. The two eldest were very proud and uncharitable, but the youngest was as good as they were bad. Well, three princes came to court them, and two of them were the moral of […]