School: Harristown, Piltown (roll number 13449)
- Location:
- Harristown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: G. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0842, Page 189
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- (continued from previous page)working for the lady, the lady handed her a bunch of keys. She told her to open all the doors of the rooms an look at their beauty. She showed her one special key and one room and warned her not to go into that room.
Maggie said she would not. So the lady departed. During the day Maggie looked at all the rooms. When she had looked at all the rooms she said to herself "I would like to know what she has in this room above any of them." So in spite of herself she opened the door and looked in. There she saw a green flag and on lifting it she saw the lady and the Devil dancing. She ran out quickly and as she was going out, the keys fell out of her hand and it got marked. She could not get the mark off so she left it so.
After some time the lady came back and she asked Maggie what she had seen in the room. Maggie would not tell her. She insisted on her every way but try as she would Maggie would not tell her. So the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Driscoll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Harristown, Co. Kilkenny
