Sentence:  In the "Twa <WSD>Corbies</WSD>" of Child it is the knight that is slain and one <WSD>corbie</WSD> is to sit on his "hause-bane" and the other is to pick out his eyes. In the West Virginia variants it is the horse that is slain, whose eyes the crows are going to pluck out. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A raven or crow (typically "Corvus corax").