School: Dromclough (C.),
- Location:
- Kilcarra Beg, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0409, Page 171
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- (continued from previous page)was out all day travelling and he took that short cut. He was weary and tired and he has a big hump on his back. When he drew near to the fort he heard the beautiful music, and this is what they were in Irish, - "Dé Lúain, Dé Máirt; agus Dé Ceadaoin says the man with the hump."
They stopped the music and they said who settled our reel? They said it was the man with the hump. The queen told them to bring in the man, and remove his hump. The music stopped, and all the fairies went to rest.
The old man slept neat the fort that night,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Flaherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Ellen Foley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Mountcoal, Co. Kerry
