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School: Drumbaniffe, Crusheen

Location:
Drumbonniv, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máire Ní Lionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593, Page 020

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    19th January, 1938
    A Funny Story
    One very bright moonlight night, a man named John Madden, who lived in this district was visiting a neighbouring house.
    At about half past eleven, he started for home whistling merrily. The owners of the house got their rosary beads and prepared to say the Rosary.
    Just as they were going on their knees, they heard the light step of a running man, approaching the door which in a moment was thrown open. John Madden stood in the doorway, his face wan and pallid and he was out of breath. "I saw a devil" he gasped.
    They let him rest and after a few minutes he described the appearance of a monstrous devil with many legs and horns, which he saw beneath a bush? on the roadway
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Whelan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumbonniv, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Thomas Whelan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumbonniv, Co. Clare