Catskin

When she hates the first man who offers, she goes to a hen-wife, who advises her to demand a coat of silver cloth before the wedding.

When a ball is held at the castle, the daughter, called "Catskin" by the others in the kitchen, asks to be allowed to attend.

The cook is amused at her request and throws a basin of water in her face, but Catskin bathes and dresses herself in the coat of silver cloth, and goes to the ball.

One day, a beggar woman appears with her child, and Catskin sends her son to give them money.

In some versions of the tale, Catskin asks to simply see the ball or serve the food, and not actually attend it.

The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 510B, "The Dress of Gold, of Silver, of Stars (Cap O' Rushes)".

[4] This type includes Little Cat Skin, Cap O' Rushes, Donkeyskin, Allerleirauh, The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter, The She-Bear, Mossycoat, Tattercoats, The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress, The Bear and The Princess in the Suit of Leather.

Patrick Kennedy collected an Irish variant titled The Princess in the Cat-Skins: a widowed queen decides to remarry, but her second husband mistreats her and she dies.

The girl tries to deflect the subject, but the king points to the ring on her finger - thus proving she was the lady at the ball.