The youngest was standing by mournful enough , and all was ready . The two bridegrooms came in as proud and grand as you please , and up they were walking to the altar rails , when the boards opened two yards wide under their feet , and down they went among the dead men and the coffins in the vaults . Oh , such shrieks as the ladies gave ! and such running and racing and peeping down as there was ! but the clerk soon opened the door of the vault , and up came the two princes , their fine clothes covered an inch thick with cobwebs and mould . So the king said they should put off the marriage . ` For , ' says he , ' I see there is no use in thinking of it till the youngest gets her three crowns , and is married with the others . I 'll give my youngest daughter for a wife to whoever brings three crowns to me like the others ; and if he does n't care to be married , some other one will , and I 'll make his fortune . ' ' I wish , ' says the smith , ' I could do it ; but I was looking at the crowns after the princesses got home , and I do n't think there 's a black or a white smith on the face of the earth that could imitate them . ' ` Faint heart never won fair lady , ' says the prince . ` Go to the palace and ask for a quarter of a pound of gold , a quarter of a pound of silver , and a quarter of a pound of copper . Get one crown for a pattern , and my head for a pledge , I 'll give you out the very things that are wanted in the morning . ' ` Are you in earnest ? ' says the smith . ` Faith , I am so , ' says he . ` Go ! you ca n't do worse than lose . ' To make a long story short , the smith got the quarter of a pound of gold , and the quarter of a pound of silver , and the quarter of a pound of copper , and gave them and the pattern crown to the prince . He shut the forge door at nightfall , and the neighbours all gathered in the yard , and they heard him hammering , hammering , hammering , from that to daybreak ; and every now and then he 'd throw out through the window bits of gold , silver , and copper ; and the idlers scrambled for them , and cursed one another , and prayed for the good luck of the workman . Well , just as the sun was thinking to rise , he opened the door , and brought out the three crowns he got from his true love , and such shouting and huzzaing as there was !
The smith asked him XXXXX go along with him to the palace , but he refused ; so off set the smith , and the whole townland with him ; and was n't the king rejoiced when he saw the crowns !
For So at from in out than through to with