School: Sallybank
- Location:
- Drumsillagh or Sallybank (Merritt), Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0585, Page 192
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- During the fine months peple used often go for walks around the country. One day a priest was going around and he was reading his Office near a Church. He was passing a farm, and there was one nice cow in it. When he reached the place he hear music and dancing, and when he looked he could only see a very fair maiden and she was playing a concertena unde this nice cow and no sign of the dancers ut he still could hear them. He could see sparks coming out of the eyes of the maiden. He said to himself that he always heard that when the devil is on earth, sparks always come out of his eyes. He said that the maiden was the devil and that he had changed himself into a maiden. He said(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Christopher Fennessy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Smith
- Address
- Cloghera, Co. Clare
