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Tattercoats

"Tattercoats" is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his More English Fairy Tales.

It is Aarne-Thompson type 510B, the persecuted heroine. Others of this type include " Cap O' Rushes", " Catskin", " Little Cat Skin", " Allerleirauh", " The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter", " The She-Bear", " Donkeyskin", " Mossycoat", " The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress", and " The Bear".