· Rashie Coats’s mother had died when she was a child.
· She was a princess/ dad a king.
· Strong-willed
· Raised by nurse
· Taught to cook, sew and some magic.
· King wanted her to marry
· She didn’t like her suitor
· Went to hen-wife
· Ask for a coat of gold thread
· King agrees
· RC received the golden coat
· Still doesn’t want to marry
· Hen-wife again
· Ask for a coat of feathers
· Corn is laid out in the market square
· A feather for a grain
· Coat is beautiful
· Still doesn’t want to marry
· Back to hen-wife
· “Ask for a coat of rashes” (“and slippers”)
· The hen-wife will weave it
· She receives her rashes coat
· Hen-wife tells her to go out into the world
· Rashie Coats walked all the way to the edge of the kingdom.
· Walked to the next kingdom
· She gained work at the castle’s kitchen
· She was not allowed to go to church
· She cast a spell and put on her gold coat
· Hop, skip, jump to the church
· Carried by the sunlight
· The Prince’s heart beat harder and faster
· Returned to her kitchen
· Nobody knew it was her
· The following Sunday she returned to the church
· She wore her feather coat this time
· Her feather coat was brightly coloured
· The birds flew down and carried her to the kirk
· The prince again wanted to talk to her
· She left the kirk before he could speak to her
· She returned to her kitchenNobody knew it had been her