Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1936
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0220, Page 0102
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
Download
On this page
(no title)
“Well talking about fairies how is it that there are no such things as fairies...”
“Well talking about fairies how is it that there are no such things as fairies in any other country in the world." Begor I don't know" says I. "Well I'll tell you" he says.
"Long long ago there was a fallin' out above in Heaven whatever bedamned happened and I think it was Lucifer that was the cause of it all. He made out that he was son and heir to the heavenly throne, and he thought that the time would never come for him to rule so he rebelled and like all the other divils like him he thought he'd take the throne by force.So a battle started in heaven. Lucifer called all his subjects and St. Michael called all his together. Well wan third I hear of all the angels in heaven lined up behind Lucifer and another third lines up behind Michael
Well another kind took no part at all in the fight so they remained neutral. So the war started then between St Michael and Lucifer and begor a man it lasted from sunrise to sunset, and in the battle(continues on next page)