School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Ellen Daly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 303
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - One day a man from Hillside went down to the shore at Monaugh on Lough Swilly and he heard the fairies singing “Sunday, Monday, Sunday, Monday.” He listened for a while but it was always the same song. The man’s name was Dan Porter and he had a hump on his back. He started to sing “Tuesday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Wednesday.” Then one of the fairies shouted out. “Who is that that put that lovely verse to our song?” and the other fairies said. “Humpy Dan Porter from the Hillside.” Then they asked what could they do for him and answered that he would be pleased if they would take the hump off him. So the fairies took off the hump and he(continues on next page)
