School: Druim na hAdhairce (roll number 14379)
- Location:
- Drumnaheark East, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Mhic Robhartaigh
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- (continued from previous page)the middle of the other children and does what the first one did.
- A devil and an angel are selected first. Then one child gives each child left a colour. When each child has got a colour. [,] The angel comes and he knocks at the persons back who gave out the colours. He is asked what does he want and he says he wants colours. Then he is asked to guess what colour the first child got. If he does not guess it the devil comes along and he knocks at the persons back who gave out the colours. He says “Here comes the devil with the broken leg.” He is also asked what does he want and the devil says he wants colours. Then he is asked to guess what colour the first girl got.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Letterbarra, Co. Donegal