The Problem with Thursday“In former times a young girl having taken the keys of the church&
The Problem with Thursday“In former times a young girl having taken the keys of the church…and having entered it, found the corrigans about to dance; and the corrigans were singing, “Lundi, Mardi” (Monday, Tuesday). On seeing the young girl, they stopped surrounded her, and invited her to dance with them. She accepted, and, in singing, added to their song “Mercredi” (Wednesday). In amazement, the corrigans cried joyfully, “She has added something to our song; what shall we give her as recompense?” And they gave her a bracelet. A friend of hers meeting her, asked where the fine bracelet came from; and the young girl told what had happened. The second girl hurried into the church, and found the corrigans still dancing the rond. She joined their dance, and, in singing, added, “Jeudi” (Thursday) to their song; but that broke the cadence; and the corrigans in fury, instead of recompensing her wished to punish her. “What shall we do to her?” one of them cried. “Let the day be as night to her!” the others replied. And by day, wherever she went, she saw only the night.”-W. Y. Evans-Wentz, The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (1911) -- source link
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