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   "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

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   AT0330A: The Smith and the Devil (Death)

   Language

   English

   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