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  • The skin that was my guard you have burned it, and the egg-wife that gave you the counsel was the witch herself.

    The Lilac Fairy Book 2003

  • Furicchia was now a famous egg-wife, and the more eggs she sold, the more eggs Coccodé laid.

    The Fairies and the Christmas Child 1912

  • The skin that was my guard you have burned it, and the egg-wife that gave you the counsel was the witch herself.

    The Lilac Fairy Book Andrew Lang 1878

  • The skin that was my guard you have burned it, and the egg-wife that gave you the counsel was the witch herself.

    The Lilac Fairy Book Andrew Lang 1878

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