School: Edengorra (roll number 9597)
- Location:
- Edengora, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Michael Hetherton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0710, Page 004
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- A story Once upon a time a blacksmith (named Billy the Cooper) was working in a forge. The devil cane to him like an ordinary man and he told him he would give him three wishes. If he made the three wishes he would gave to go to hell with him at the end of seven years. So the blacksmith make the three wishes. The first one he made was anyone that took the sledge in his hand could not let it out until he would tell him. The second was that whoever would sit in his chair could not leave it until he would tell him. The third wish was any money that was put into his prose could not be taken out until he would take it out himself. In seven years the devil came to him and asked him (and her) was hereby to come to hell with him and he said "I have an iron red in the fire and while you are waiting sledge it for me" The devil took the sledge in his hand and he could not stop hitting the iron and he begged of the blacksmith to stop the sledge and he would not come back for seven years more. In the end(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kevin Carolan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Teevurcher, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Hugh Carolan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Teevurcher, Co. Meath
