School: O'Brennan, Baile Mhic Ealgóid, Tráighlí

Location:
Tonreagh Lower, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Loingsigh
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    "Twas that ass that killed my man"
    At his wake she made a poem
    "Mo chreach, 's mo mháchaill, a Mhártainr,
    Tú sínte ar chlár, 'sí do chráidh mé
    beart sgolb giúise, ba mhaith leat thabhairt chúgham
    Ó bhaile Áice na món' a's na mór-chruach"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. 2nd Story.
    Once upon a time an old man was passing by a fort and he overheard a fairy chanting a song within entitled "Dia Luain! Dia Máirt!". Immediately he returned home, and related the story to an old man that lived near by - who wore a hump on his back. The following day the Sean Duine with the hump went to hear the fairy singing her favourite song "Dia Luain, Dia Máirt" he added "Dia Céadaoin". She asked who chorussed me? "Hunch-back!" Hunch-back!. She said to a comrade fairy "Remove the hump from him, and let me have it". The Sean-Duine came home delighted
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT0503: The Gifts of the Little People
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Quinlan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr M. Quinlan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tursillagh, Co. Kerry