School: Beann-chorr (roll number 13808)
- Location:
- Beannchar, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Hairt
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- (continued from previous page)and the devil came again. The man was not ready for him this time and he told the devil to sit down on the chair, and when he was getting up he was stuck to the chair. The devil said to let him go for this time and that he would give him seven years more.
The seven years more passed and the devil came again. The man had not a way to trick him this time and the man went away with the devil. They came to a house and the man said that he owed a half-crown to the woman of the house and he told the devil to change himself into a half-crown and the devil did as he was told and the man put the half-crown into his purse and gave it to the woman. When the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Madeline Lynn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fochaill, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Mary Anne Lynn
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 29
- Address
- Fochaill, Co. Mhaigh Eo
