School: Cluainín, Granard
- Location:
- Clooneen, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0763, Page 082
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- (continued from previous page)"I am, said the man, "but my mother has no money & I want to leave her some before I go." "Will you wait till I have this shoe made?" "I will", said the devil. The man then asked the devil to give the shoe a stroke of the sledge, but he could not let it go until the man gave him leave. So the man gave him leave & the devil had to give him seven years more. When seven years more had passed the devil came for him again, and he says- "me boy you are coming with me this time." "I am, said the man, but before I go I have to put on a set of shoes for a man & there will be people coming in here & I don't want them to see you here." "Sit down there on that old chair" & the devil sat down & the man had him tricked again. He could not rise until the man gave him leave. So the man gave him leave to rise & the devil had to give him(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary E. Mc Nerney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Mullinroe, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Thomas Mc Nerney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Mullinroe, Co. Longford
