five o'clock in
the morning
Some say that she went to America ; some say that she joined the fairies . But one morning she surely left the parish . One morning Pat Quinn heard somebody knocking at his window , somebody asking if he would lend his cart to take somebody to the railway station . It was five o'clock in the morning , and Pat was a heavy sleeper , and he would not get up , and it is said that she walked barefooted all the way to the station , and that is a good ten miles . '' `` But you said something about a curse . '' `` Yes , sir , a man who was taking some sheep to the fair saw her : there was a fair that day . He saw her standing at the top of the road .