School: Rathea, Liostuathail (roll number 7843)
- Location:
- Rathea, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Muiris Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410, Page 177
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- (continued from previous page)and also grieved at the thought of losing Bill. There and then Bill and his wife set upon the devil, she using the brush until they succeeded on putting him on the chair. Once on the chair he couldnt leave it. Bill went back to his forge reddned a tongs, brought it back to the house and taking the devil by the nose started to draw it inch by inch until he had the devils nose out the chimney. "Bill Dawson" says he "release me and I will give you four times the amount and have no more to do with you". There and then Bill clinched the bargain. The devil counted out the money and fled from the house. Bill followed to the door and shouted, "Be gone now Nickeen and I was able for you.
Bill, delighted, turned back again to his high life and spent money as freely as ever and in a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Treannt
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathea, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Seán Ó Catail
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Rathea, Co. Kerry
