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School: An Currach Mór (roll number 7707)

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Curragh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 338

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    was another room underneath. When the devil came he kept filling the shoe with gold until the room that was underneath and the shoe was filled with gold. The doctor enjoyed spending the gold for sixty years.
    When the devil came for him he was reading a book, and there was a little bit of a candle burning and he asked the devil to leave him until the candle would be burned out. The doctor took the candle and quenched it. The devil promised to leave him until the candle would be burned out, and when the doctor quenched it, he could
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corramaeeagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Andrew Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corramaeeagh, Co. Galway