School: Windgap (C.), Thomastown (roll number 5698)
- Location:
- Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eóin
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- One night a man was very ill, and his parents sent for the priest for him. When the priest was coming to the man, he heard some music, which was so beautiful that he had to stand and listen to it.
When the music stopped, the priest went to the sick man. When he went to the house, the man was dead. It was the devil that was playing this music, so that the priest would wait and listen to it.
The devil wanted the(continues on next page)
