Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 1)

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1. Another Tale of the Moate of Regorey (continued)

   

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   This is the way I heard the story of the little man with the humpy back. This man was in the fair of Ross and he was coming home the night walkin and he was rotten drunk and he was stagerrin' away and as he was passing by the moate he heard lovely singing going on inside and begon he stopped to listen and here the grandest singing he ever heard was coming from out the moate and begor as won what were they singing only "Monday, Tuesday, Monday Tuesday, Monday Tuesday." etc. When the little drunken man heard what they were singing he shouted out "Wednesday and begor the singing stopped insdie and bedor if it did didn't the humpy backed man start singing outside and he staggering around the road and he sang:
   "Monday Tuesday, Monday Tuesday, Monday Tuesday
   Wednesday,
   Monday Tuesday, Monday Tuesday Monday Tuesday
   Wednesday."
   When he was done singing anyhow didnt a door open in the moate and a lovely little

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Date

   20 June 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Folktales index

   AT0503: The Gifts of the Little People

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Máirtín Ó Cearbhaill