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The Legend Of Knockgrafton
"The Legend of Knockgrafton" is an Irish Folklore, folk tale/fairy tale published by T. Crofton Croker in ''Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland'' (1825). A kyphosis, humpbacked man named Lusmore delights the fairies by revising their fairy song and has his hump removed, while another hunchback Jack Madden angers them and receives a second hump on top of his own. To the fairies' initial chanting of "Monday, Tuesday", Lusmore had added "Wednesday", but Jack improvised with extra days which the fairies disliked. The tale is classed in the Aarne-Thompson, ATU 503 "The Gifts of the Little People" tale group, named after Grimms' KHM 182 known as ":de:Die Geschenke des kleinen Volkes, Die Geschenke des kleinen Volkes" in German. Plot summary The tale was first published in Thomas Crofton Croker's ''Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland'' (1825). The plot outline is as follows: There was a hunchbacked (kyphosis, humpbacked) man who made his living selling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |