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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 338

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    When the tune was over the queen came over and shook hands with him. She told him she was charmed with him and asked him what she could do for him in return. He asked her to take off his hump. She up with her wand and struck the hump and it fell down at his heels. So Paddy went home. The news spread. There happened to be another hunchback who said when he heard it, "I will go and get mine off." He went and the fairies were singing "Monday, Tuesday," the same as before. The hunchback thought he would improve on it and he sang "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday." At this the fairies all got angry with him for putting them out of tune and the queen snapped up Paddy's hump so he had two humps instead of one.
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0503: The Gifts of the Little People
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Deering
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lemonstown, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr W. Deering
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Lemonstown, Co. Wicklow