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1. A Funny Story (continued)

   

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   "Twas that ass that killed my man"
   At his wake she made a poem
   "Mo chreach, 's mo mháchaill, a Mhártainr,
   Tú sínte ar chlár, 'sí do chráidh mé
   beart sgolb giúise, ba mhaith leat thabhairt chúgham
   Ó bhaile Áice na món' a's na mór-chruach"

   

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2. A Funny Story

   

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   2nd Story. Once upon a time an old man was passing by a fort and he overheard a fairy chanting a song within entitled "Dia Luain! Dia Máirt!". Immediately he returned home, and related the story to an old man that lived near by - who wore a hump on his back. The following day the Sean Duine with the hump went to hear the fairy singing her favourite song "Dia Luain, Dia Máirt" he added "Dia Céadaoin". She asked who chorussed me? "Hunch-back!" Hunch-back!. She said to a comrade fairy "Remove the hump from him, and let me have it". The Sean-Duine came home delighted

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   AT0503: The Gifts of the Little People

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggy Quinlan

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mr M. Quinlan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tursillagh, Co. Kerry