School: Wateraghy
- Location:
- Woteraghy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: C. Ó Cuilinn
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- (continued from previous page)would not leap it. But he did. He was told when he was leaving to not speak 'till he would go home. "Well" said he, "speak or speak not that's a good leap for a yearling calf." Then he was left standing on the ground and it took him three days and three nights to get home.
John Hughes believed that the man he played cards with was the devil himself.
- Informant
- Patrick Keogan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Mullaghboy, Co. Cavan
