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School: An Mhainistir, Malla (roll number 12519)

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Mallow, Co. Cork
Teacher:
An Bráthair Lúcás
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    One Night a man was coming home from work, as he was passing the Spa glen (Mallow) he was singing a song "dé Luain, dé Mairt"; "dé Luain, dé Mairt." This man had a hump. When the fairies heard him singing they came out and they took the hump off his back.
    Next morning he told of his adventure to another man with a hump. That night the man went to the Spa Glen singing "dé Luain, dé Mairt, dé Céadoin." The fairies however, were not pleased with his addition and they put Jack Madden's (the man who came first) hump on him.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Folktales index
    AT0503: The Gifts of the Little People
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Hyde
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Shop assistant
    Address
    Mallow, Co. Cork