Irish Cinderella Story

The story of Cinderella is very popular in American culture and Ireland has their own version of the tale of Cinderella. There are three sisters named Fair, Brown, and Trembling. Fair and Brown are very mean to their youngest sister Trembling because she is very beautiful and don't want her to marry before they do so the older sisters make her stay home and tend to the house. One day when the older sisters are at church the henwife came to Trembling and, with magic made her a beautiful white gown, green shoes and white horse. Trembling rides to the church and when it ends she rides away so no one knows who she is but would like to! The older two sisters have no idea that the mysterious woman is their younger sister but are still very jealous and have dresses like hers made because they want to get the attention all of the men gave to her. The next Sunday Trembling comes to church in a black gown with a black horse and the sisters again have similar ones made. On the third Sunday Trembling wears the most beautiful gown ever seen. When she tries to ride away the kings son grabs her foot causing her to loose her shoe. He then searched Ireland for the woman who's foot fit the shoe. When he came to the sister's house they try to hide Trembling but by luck she is able to try on the shoe proving that she is beautiful woman at Church. Trembling marries the King's son and has two children with him. One day her jealous sister pushes her off a cliff and she is swallowed by a whale. Luckily a young boy sees this and when the enchanted whale spits her out at high tide Trembling tells him to notify the Prince to shoot the whale with a silver bullet so she will not parish. The prince saves his wife and they repay the boy with their daughter's hand in marriage. And they all live happily ever after.