Volume: CBÉ 0221
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0221, Page 0242
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“There was a smith one time and he was goin' home late at night...”
(continued from previous page)least. Than says the divil to the smith “you were the first man that I met and I will ask you to hand me over my money or give me something to do and if I’m not able I’ll let you off”. The smith had a little bag and it full of bits of horseshoes that is the bits that the smith cuts off when the shoe is too long and he spilled them out on the grass and he asked the divil to make a set of shoes out of them. The divil caught up a handful of the little bits of iron and threw them up in the air and they came down four horseshoes. The poor smith couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw them. “Well” says the divil to him “I did that fairly well and now me poor fella you’re booked for the down train and there is no return ticket”. Then the ould boy(continues on next page)