Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1936
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0220, Page 0064
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- (continued from previous page)on her throne again and she spoke "Sir wo have decides to take that hump off your back" The drunkard felt the hump tumbling down off his back and when it fell off he fell on his face on the floor and about forty of the fairies lifted him up again and he found that he was a fine young subtle man and he had a brand new suit of clothes on him and all his pockets were loaded with money, gold, and silver. About twenty fairies caught the hump an dcarries it off and put it up on a shelf and left it there, and the man started for home. When he reaches home the wife didn't know him but he up and tould her all his story and they never naw the wind in the two door from that day out.
Well the news spread rapidly until it came to the ears of another humpy backer man and he came to the man that was cured for advice. This man told him how he was cured and told him also that if he went there to right about twelve o'clock and waits until he'd hear them singing, and when they'd sing "Monday Tuesday, Monday Tuesday,(continues on next page)
