Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry
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Dr. Corbett, Bishop of Oxford and Norwich, lamented long ago the departure of the English fairies.
"In Queen Mary's time" he wrote-
"When Tom came home from labour,
Or Cis to milking rose,
Then merrily, merrily went their tabor,
And merrily went their toes."
But now, in the times of James, they had all gone, for "they were of the old profession," and "their songs were Ave Maries." In Ireland they...
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Dr. Corbett, Bishop of Oxford and Norwich, lamented long ago the departure of the English fairies.
"In Queen Mary's time" he wrote-
"When Tom came home from labour,
Or Cis to milking rose,
Then merrily, merrily went their tabor,
And merrily went their toes."
But now, in the times of James, they had all gone, for "they were of the old profession," and "their songs were Ave Maries." In Ireland they...
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