_Source_.--Curtin, _Myths, &c., of Ireland, 78 seq._
_Parallels_.--The latter half resembles the second part of the
Sea-Maiden (No. xvii.), which see. The earlier portion is a Cinderella
tale (on which see the late Mr. Ralston's article in _Nineteenth
Century_, Nov. 1879, and Mr. Lang's treatment in his Perrault). Miss
Roalfe Cox is about to publish for the Folk-Lore Society a whole volume
of variants of the Cinderella group of stories, which are remarkably
well represented in these isles, nearly a dozen different versions
being known in England, Ireland, and Scotland.