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Eilis Ní Dhomhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1059, Page 79

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    A Lost Soul
    One day a woman went into a bar to drink. When she was in she says "I would sell my soul to anyone that would like to buy it."
    With that in stepped a man and he said, "I will buy it for three hundred pounds," She said that she would give it. "All right," said he, I will be ath the house in a month. When the month was up he came, and asked her if she was ready, she said she was and told him to come in. He came in and left a parcel on the table, and she went over to see what was in the parcel. When shes looked in she fell dead.
    This man was the devil and he took her soul away with him to hell.
    The girl was never seen or heard of again, and only a few people know what happened her.
    1. Nan Coll 2. Lackenagh 3. 12
    4. 5. Lackenagh 6. Hugh Coll 7. 1938
    8. 50 9. Lackenagh 10. 15th 5 1938
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nan Coll
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Leac Eidhneach, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Hugh Coll
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Leac Eidhneach, Co. Donegal