Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1936
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0220, Page 0065
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- (continued from previous page)Monday Tuesday Wednesday" he was to shout out "and Thursday."
So the little hump backed man was delighted with himself and he set off for the moate at twelve o' clock and waited until he heard the fairies singing "Monday Tuesday Monday Tuesday Monday Tuesday Wednesday" Well when they came to Wednesday he shouted out "and Thursday" and begor the singing stopped inside and begor he started singing outside on the road and he began:
"Monday Tuesday, Monday Tuesday, Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday
Monday Tuesday, Monday Tuesday Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday"
When he had finished the door opened in the moate and out walks the little fairy and brings him into the moate with her and when he went in he saw the queen sitting on her golden throne and all the rest of fairies sitting near her and every fairy and especially the queen had a very cross face on and coming into the moate the queen asked the humpy man what did he mean by destroying(continues on next page)
