Volume: CBÉ 0190
- Date
- 1936
- Collector
- Locations
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0190, Page 131
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“There was a smith one time and he was very poor...”
There was a smith one time and he was very poor in the wind up that he prayed to the divil to send him some money.
One day he was working away in the forge when the divil walked in. They were talking for some time and then the divil asked him did he want any money, he said he did cos he was almost hungry. The divil told him he would give him money on condition and the condition were that he would give him enough money to keep him for a "twelvmonth" and then to come with him. The smith was satisfied and told the divil(continues on next page)