School: Baile Mhúirne (B.) (roll number 15346)

Location:
Baile Bhuirne, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Buachalla
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0328, Page 117

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0328, Page 117

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Baile Mhúirne (B.)
  2. XML Page 117
  3. XML “Scéal”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. (continued from previous page)
    dabht agus do shocruigheamair go dtabharfadh sé dhá chéad púnt dom agus go raghfainn leis i gcionn trí bliana.
    "Cérbh' é féin?" arsa a bhean.
    Ní fheadar ar seisean mar nuair fhiafruigheas a ainm de dubhairt sé gur chuma liom."
    Cuirfidh mé geall leat arsa a bhean gur b'é an diabhal a bhí ann mar ní dhéánfadh aoinne margadh mar é sin ach an diabhal.
    Ba ghearr go raibh na trí bliana caithte agus aon mhaidean amháin dubhairt fear a' tighe le na bhean go gcaithfeadh sé imtheacht.
    Dubhairt an bhean go raghfadh sí leis ach dubhairt seisean ná raghfadh mar ná leogfaí di. "Is cuma liom" ar sise "raghad leat."
    Do fuair sí mála clúimh, is mála cátha is d'imthig an beirt acu leó. Ní fada go dtánadar go dtí an
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT0812: The Devil's Riddle
    Language
    Irish