The Widow's Lazy Daughter

Tells the Irish story of Bridget, who falls in love with a prince but is made to do various tasks of spinning, weaving and knitting by the queen before she can marry him. Relates how she is helped in her tasks by a deformed woman who asks only that she be invited to the wedding feast. Reveals that at the wedding feast, the old woman tells Bridget that she became deformed from too much weaving, spinning and knitting and that the prince forbids Bridget to ever do these tasks again.

More in Storybook International Series

  1. Nikorima 1982
  2. Riches Or Happiness 1982
  3. Simpleton Peter 1982
  4. Sorrow 1982
  5. The Emperor And The Abbot 1982
  6. The Five Loaves 1982
  7. The Foolish Brother 1982
  8. The Forbidden Door 1982
  9. The Grief Of Pi - Kari 1982
  10. The Haunted Pastures 1982
  11. The Pedlar's Dream 1982
  12. The Priest Know - All 1982
  13. The Russian And The Tartar 1982
  14. The Soldier Who Didn't Wash 1982
  15. The Straw Hat 1982
  16. The Twelve Months 1982
  17. The Well Of The World's End 1982
  18. The Widow's Lazy Daughter 1982

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, description, catalog record