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1. Folklore - Old Story - Entitled Jack and the Pack of Cards (continued)

   

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   the Lords Prayer, the six days we have to work our bread and keep the seventh day Holy. When I look upon the five it puts me in mind of the Senses given by God to man, that is Hearing, Seeing, Tasting, Touching, and smelling. When I look upon the four it puts me in mind of the four everlasting things, Death, Judgement, Hell and Heaven, the four seasons God has divided for the use of man that is Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. When I look upon the three it puts me in mind of the three District Persons equal and coequal the three days our Saviour hung struggling on the cross for the redemption of Mankind, and the three days he laid interred in the bowels of the earth. When I look upon the two it puts me in mind of the two testaments the old and the new, the two contrary principles struggling in man that is vice, and virtue. When I look upon the one it puts me in mind that I have only one God to adore and serve, one truth to practice, one Baptism that cleanses me from Original Sin, and one , one only master to serve and obey." "If so Jack when you are shuffling your cards you passed from the King to the ten and laid by the Knave." "Did it put you in mind of anything." "I had very lightly[?] to forget." "It put me in mind of your Lordship." How dare you count me a Knave before my face." "You have misapprehended me, I meant your lordships informer." "If so Jack it is pretty well turned." He preferred Jack to the highest place in his service, doubled his wages and discharged

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   History Edit

   Folktales index

   AT1613: “Playing‑Cards Are my Calendar and Prayerbook.”

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Fowley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilmore, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mrs Martin Dolan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   52

   Address

   Cornalaghta, Co. Leitrim