School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)
- Location:
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Briain Ó hEarchaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 131
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“Once upon a time a man went away to get off a hump.”
(continued from previous page)house and the people were singing and dancing. This man had a hump on him. He asked the old witch would she take it off him and she said that he would have to dance and sing first. He did so and she took the hump off him. He went home. Then his other brother came and he wanted to get off another hump. So he came to this house. There were[?] was singing and dancing when he went in. The old witch asked him could he sing or dance and he said he could not. He asked her would she take off the hump off him and she said she would. She put on the other hump that she took off his other brother and it was on him for ever.
- Collector
- Bridget Campbell
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Meenawilderg, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Ward
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 56
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Meenataggart, Co. Donegal