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2 Responses to “Days of the Week in Irish”

1. rose responds: September 2nd, 2009 at 12:45 pm

   found the days of the wekk in irish helpful for irish homework

2. Happy Ireland B-day to me! | Sherrys Abroad responds: September 14th, 2012 at 10:47 am

   […] (Fairy Story) De Luain, De Mairt, De Ceadaoin [pronounced Day Lu, Day Mart, Day Kayde]:  One day there was a man named John. John had a hump on his back. He was a very kind and loving man, nobody thought that though because he was very poor. One day he was walking back from work when he noticed what day it was, Halloween. “Oh no” He thought. “I should not be out at night, I better get home so that the fairies don’t get me. He decided to go through a field and at the end of the field was his house. So he started walking that way. He was half-way through the field when he heard the words “De Luain, De Mairt - De Luain, De Mairt - De Luain, De Mairt - De Luain, De Mairt - De Luain, De Mairt”. “Oh no” John thought, that was the song that the fairy’s must sing, then he remembered that he had to walk straight through the fairy’s territory and he started to panic. Then he thought, “I should go through but be very quiet and maybe they won’t notice me and I can go home.” So he started walking and then he saw it, the fairy circle and he knew what would happen if he got to close, he would fly up to the top without them noticing. So he started to go around the fairy circle when he heard the song again, and again, and again, and then he was floating in the air above the fairies and he just listened and suddenly he felt like the song was missing something. He opened his mouth and sang, “De Luain, De Mairt – De Luain, De Mairt – De Luain, De Mairt, De Ceadaoin”. “Uh Oh” John thought as all of the fairies stopped singing and looked up at him. The fairy king looked up and said “Come Down here” John felt the force pulling him down “I’m sorry, I’m sorry”, he whispered . Then, he was on the ground and all of the fairies were staring at him. (These are big mean fairies, not Disney fairies like tinker bell) “What did you say” The fairy king asked John. John looked up and repeated “De Luain, De Mairt – De Luain, De Mairt – De Luain, De Mairt, De Ceadaoin”. “This man is a genius” The king yelled. I have been so bored singing the same thing over, and over, and over again.” “You will be rewarded!” The king said. The king fairy looked over at John and said “Okay I will take off that big hump you have on your back and I will give you a dragon skin jacket, sewn together by strings of fine gold.” John looked up at the fairies as they danced around him and then he felt light and the king fairy said “Now, stand up” John stood up and to his surprise he stood up straight! He looked at his back and saw no hump. Then he felt something heavy on his shoulders and he looked and there was a dragon skin jacket, sewn together with fine gold. He thanked the fairies and they thanked him back. He went home and when he got there every body welcomed him like he was a visitor, since he looked so different without the hump on his back. One man named Sam loved riches and he saw that John had got such riches so he decided to go down to the fairy fort and add more on to the song. So he went down and got pulled up into the force just like John had and started singing. He was making up random words that didn’t match and so the fairies pulled him down and said “What did you say?” Sam repeated the random words that did not rhyme and the king said “You heard about John and you are here to collect your fortune, aren’t you ?” “Yes” Said Sam. “Well” said the king “You disrespected our singing, so I am going to put Johns old hump on your back.” Sam felt something heavy on his back and he looked and there was a hump on his back. He went back to the village and lost all his riches and food and became a beggar on the side of the road. […]

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