School: Sraithíní (roll number 17145)
- Location:
- Sraheens, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Ní Dhuinnshleibhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121B, Page 07_006
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- (continued from previous page)He left the purse on the anvil, and he got the two best sledgers in the village.They sledged with the two sledgers while they were able. The devil told Willie that if he would let him go that he would not troubled him ever again.
He never troubled Willie again until Willie died. Willie went to the gates of Hell and was wrapped at them. The devil asked him who was there and Willie said "Your old friend Willie." O said the devil let us bar the doors or he will kill all of us. They handed him a wisp and lit it and say "Go with this we will not let you in here" He is walking around the world ever since with the wisp in the his head, and this is the light we often see at night.
- Collector
- Jodie Walsh
- Gender
- Female
