Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1936
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0220, Page 0104
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“Well talking about fairies how is it that there are no such things as fairies...”
(continued from previous page)back to the story, as I said afore a thrid of the angels took no part good, bad, or indifferent in the fight and when they saw God angry and firing the bad angels down to hell they all got afraid of their lives and they cuddled themselves in a corner like a flock of sheep when a dog would jump over the ditch. For seven years they were this way and they didn't ate a bit or drink a sup for the whole seven years with the [?] dint of fear that was on them. Well in the latter end God comes over to them and he starts talking to them and he says "Well I can't send all you down to hell as you didn't rebel against me and still you can't remain in heaven as you didn't help St Michael and his comrades to to defend me so I have decided to ask you where would you like to go yourselves and I will give you "seven days seven hours seven minutes and seven seconds to decide upon it and if you havent come to a decision in that length of time well you'll simply have to suffer some(continues on next page)