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The 3 Sisters
- An Irish Folktale
- Narrated by: Bill Gordh
- Length: 26 mins
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Award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh (Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence winner, National Association of Parenting Periodicals Gold Award winner) presents this folk tale live with no script, accompanied only by his own dynamic banjo playing.
When their father died, he left the family a leather bag full of gold. Each daughter drew an image on the bag - a sun, a moon, and three stars. Their mother told them to put the bag away until they needed it. Time went by, and they needed to get some money. They discovered that the bag was gone. Someone had stolen it.
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- melkitemomma
- 11-25-20
Wonderful
I first encountered this tale in an Irish language class as a story of brothers. Bill Gordh has done his usual great job making it his own. Utterly absorbing for my 4-year old granddaughter.
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- Nephtie F
- 10-27-21
Wise
I live the moral behind this story.
We are also 3 sisters and I always want to be blessed.
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