School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)

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   “Once upon a time there lived a man named Bill Cooper. He was a blacksmith and was very fond of drink.”

   

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   down to the forge. The men began to sledge him till he began to roar and he said, "let me go and I'll never trouble you again." Bill let him go and he (the devil) never troubled him again.

   

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   “Two men named Gilbeaney who were horse dealers were going to a fair late one night.”

   

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   Two men named Gilheany who were horse dealers were going to a fair late one night. As they were passing by a graveyard they heard noise in it. "One of the men said we will go in." The other man agreed to go in. They were going through the graveyard, and they saw two men cutting the hand off a dead body. The Gilheany men told them to put back the body, or they would tell on them. Then the men put back the body. If these men had to get the hand and keep it in their houses they would be able to get everyone of their neighbours butter.

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Mc Cartin

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Cartin

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   52

   Address

   Oughteragh, Co. Leitrim