There was a woman went out one time and left her child in the cradle; she was in a hurry so she forgot to put the tongs across the cradle.When she went back there was a fairy child in the cradle, and when she would look at him he would put his left leg on his right shoulder and his right leg on his left shoulder and cry for hours. He had no bones and he could twist like an eel; the poor mother was heart-scalded looking at him.One day there was a priest going around the parish and he came into this house and the woman asked him to do something with the child. The priest prayed over him for a long time and then he told her that she might get pipes and tobacco for his wake. He died that night but the mother never got her own child.1¹

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忧虑的工作：爱尔兰民俗学中活着和死去的母亲的超自然劳动*

有一个女人出去一次，把她的孩子放在摇篮里。她很着急，所以忘了把钳子放在摇篮上。回去时，摇篮里有一个仙女，当她看着他时，他会将左腿放在右肩和右腿上。在他的左肩上哭了几个小时。他没有骨头，可以像鳗鱼一样扭曲。可怜的母亲看着他焦灼不安。有一天，有一个牧师在教区四处走动，他走进这所房子，那个女人要他对孩子做点事。牧师为他祈祷了很长时间，然后他告诉她，她可能会因为醒来而得到烟斗和烟丝。那天晚上，他死了，但母亲从来没有得到自己child.1 ¹