School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)

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   stones were not brought back and the Church was built without any more delay.

   There was once an old man who had a hump on his back. One night this old man started for the fair of Mohill with an old cow.

   He had gone about five miles when he felt tired. He sat down on a stone along the road and began to smoke his pipe. While he sat there he heard music behind him. He turned round and saw a light coming from a rock.

   He walked towards the light and as he came near to it an old woman came out and asked him in. This old woman was a fairy. The old man went into a little house in the rock and he saw people dancing. The old woman asked the man could he sing, and he said he could. The old woman was pleased at the old man's song and she went over to the wall, took down a knife, and cut the hump off his back. Then the old man went out of the

   

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   “There was once an old man who had a hump on his back.”

   

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   There was once an old man who had a hump on his back. One night this old man started for the fair of Mohill with an old cow.
   He had gone about five miles when he felt tired. He sat down on a stone along the road and began to smoke his pipe. While he sat there he heard music behind him. He turned round and saw a light coming from a rock.
   He walked towards the light and as he came near to it an old woman came out and asked him in. This old woman was a fairy. The old man went into a little house in the rock and he saw people dancing. The old woman asked the man could he sing, and he said he could. The old woman was pleased at the old man's song and she went over to the wall, took down a knife, and cut the hump off his back. Then the old man went out of the

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Folktales index

   AT0503: The Gifts of the Little People

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Pat Kelly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lahard, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   John Kelly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lahard, Co. Leitrim