School: Corra-bheagáin (roll number 12206)
- Location:
- Corraveggaun West, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mac Congamhna
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“Once upon a time there was a man who was very poor.”
(continued from previous page)half-crown. He told the devil to change himself into a half-crown, the devil did so, and the blacksmith put it into his purse and gave both to the old woman. She thanked him and left the purse upon a shelf and the blacksmith went back again to his own house. The next morning when she got up, she tried to take the half-crown out of the purse, but she could not, because it was fastened to it. The woman went to the blacksmith's house and threw the purse in the door, and she returned to her own home again. The blacksmith opened the purse and the devil said to him if he let him go, he would never trouble him again, the blacksmith did as he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gortaskibbole, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Patrick Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortaskibbole, Co. Mayo