School: Finternagh

Location:
Finternagh, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
C. Ní Bhuachalla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1004, Page 304

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  1. Once upon a time there was a man named "Willie the Wisp" who sold himself to the devil. There came in an old man and he told him to put a shoe on his ass and he would give him any request he would ask for. He asked for three requests. One of them was that anything which would go into his purse could not leave it with his consent or any one that would sit in his
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