" Her mother did so; and the daughter went away to an old witch
washerwife and told her purpose. The old wife bade her stay that day,
and look out of her back-door, and see what she could see. She saw
nought the first day. The second day she did the same, and saw nought.
On the third day she looked again, and saw a coach-and-six coming along
the road. She ran in and told the old wife what she saw. "Well," quoth
the old woman, "yon's for you." So they took her into the coach and
galloped off.
The second daughter next says to her mother: "Mother, bake me a bannock,
and roast me a collop, for I'm going away to seek my fortune." Her
mother did so; and away she went to the old wife, as her sister had
done. On the third day she looked out of the back-door, and saw a
coach-and-four coming along the road. "Well," quoth the old woman,
"yon's for you." So they took her in, and off they set.
The third daughter says to her mother: "Mother, bake me a bannock, and
roast me a collop, for I'm going away to seek my fortune.
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