School: Leachtbhruadair (Loughfooder) (roll number 14366)

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   meadow and say: "I'll mow three blows now in the name of the devil (sic).

   Then mow three swishes of the scythe and as soon as you have the third swish mown, stoop down and scrape the ground with your finger and a worm will come up at your feet at the same spot.

   Then catch the worm and put it into the prepared hole and, drive in the cork. Make the cork flush with the timber and then you'll have edge."

   On the following Sunday morning Jocko went out into the meadow with his scythe. He had made a hole in the scythe-tree with a gimlet and had a cork placed in the hole to fit tightly only a short distance in as he was told do by the beggar.

   Then he said that he would now mow three blows in the name of the devil.

   When he mowed the third swish with the scythe, he stopped down and scraped the ground.

   What came up but a Dearg Daol. (sic)

   The sight of that kind of worm was too much for Jocko. He ran with the fright and never after tried to work the beggar's plan for edge.

   When Jocko was asked afterwards if he'd use any other kind of worm that would come up, he said he would.

   

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Address

   Knocknagashel, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mr Bartholomew Sullivan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Occupation

   Officer

   Address

   Ballinahoun, Co. Kerry