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School: Ballybay (C.) (roll number 10575 or 16768)

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Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Miss Hargaden
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    if he let them out they would never come back for him.
    Soon after that he died and started out for heaven. He wouldn't get in there and as he sold himself to the devil, he wouldn't be admitted to purgatory. Then he.started out for hell when the devils saw him coming they ran and shut the gate saying "Won't let that man in here or he'll put us all in a match box". So he came back to earth and he is now known as Willie-the-Wisp flying from place to place over hill and dale through woods and forests in the form of a streak of light.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Will-o’-the-wisp (~74)
    Folktales index
    AT0330A: The Smith and the Devil (Death)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Bernard Hand
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    28
    Occupations
    Grocer
    Merchant
    Address
    Ballybay, Co. Monaghan