Synopsis Rushen Coatie

... dead calf said:



take me up, bone bone,

and put me beneath yon grey stone;

when there aught want

tell me, , ll grant.



illustration john d. batten

a queen daughter died. on deathbed, told daughter red calf come her, , ask help.

the king remarried, widow 3 daughters, , stepmother , stepsisters maltreated her, giving coat made of rushes wear—calling rushen coatie—and little food. red calf came her, , when asked food, told pull ears. stepmother set 1 of daughters spy on rushen coatie, , girl discovered red calf.

the stepmother feigned illness , told king needed sweetbread red calf. king had slaughtered, dead calf told rushen coatie bury body, , did, except shankbone, not find.

at yuletide, stepmother , stepsisters jeered @ wanting go church , set make dinner, red calf limped kitchen. gave clothing wear , told charm cook supper. @ church, young prince fell in love her.

she went twice more, , third time, prince set watch stop her, jumped on , shoe, made of glass, fell ground.

the prince declared marry woman foot shoe matched, , 1 of stepsisters hacked off part of foot it, blood gave away. no 1 had failed try except rushen coatie, prince insisted on trying it, , married.