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School: Barratitoppy (roll number 14664)

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Barratitoppy Lower, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Ó Néill
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    A Story
    One night James Mullen was coming home from playing cards in a neighbour's house. As he was coming by a bridge at Killcarnen he saw something sitting on it. As he was passing by, the man stopped and asked him to play a game of cards, and as it was a nice moonlight night, they both sat down on the bridge and started to play cards. The strange man kept winning all the games, until he won all the money. Then James Mullen looked down and saw the stranger had cloven feet. He threw down the cards at once and went home, and died the following day.
    Dan Deery
    Knocknalun
    Scotstown
    Co Monaghan
    Told by
    Dan Deery, 50 years
    Knocknalun
    Scotstown
    Co Monaghan
    21/6/38
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dan Deery
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knocknalun, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Dan Deery
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Knocknalun, Co. Monaghan