School: Crummy (roll number 12691)
- Location:
- Crummy, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Rodacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 337
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- 1. At twelve o'clock on Hallow Eve night a boy goes to a stack of oats taking a rake with him. When he reaches the stack he rakes it in the name of the devil. The devil will then tell him the name of his future wife.
One Hallow Eve night two boys, Randall Slack of Drumhubrid, and Roger Mac Manus of Drumgood went out to play this trick. As Roger was the oldest he rakes it first, but instead of raking it in the name of the devil he blessed himself and said, "In the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost I rake this stack." When he came back Randall asked him did he see anything, and Roger said, "I seen or heard nothing even though I raked it in the name of the devil/" Randall went next and taking the rake he said, "In the name of devil I rake the stack." Immeadiately he heard a great noise, and a great black mass came rolling down the stack. Randall fell unconcious and when he came to he swore that he would never try that trick again.
- Collector
- Ita Flynn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumcarra, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Willie Mac Weeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Crummy, Co. Leitrim
