16 Celtic Fairy Tales

After they were gone says Jack to the wicked housekeeper,
“Do these fellows ever make you a present ?”

“Ah, catch them at it! indeed, and they don’t, purshuin
to ’em.”

“Well, come along with me, and I'll make you a rich
woman.”

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He took her to the treasure cave; and while she was in
raptures, gazing at the heaps of gold and silver, Jack filled
his pockets as full as they could hold, put more into a
little bag, and walked out, locking the door on the old hag,
and leaving the key in the lock. He then put on a rich
suit of clothes, took the goat, and the wether, and the
bullock, and drove them before him to the farmer’s
house.