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School: An Píce (The Pike, Shinrone)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0532, Page 068

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0532, Page 068

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  1. A Ghost Story (continued)

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    was so enraged, that turning to his fellow gamblers exclaimed. "I would sooner play cards with the Devil as with ye."
    Frances Egan.
    Told by my mother.
    When he was going home he met a strange man who asked him to play cards with him. When he was playing he noticed that the man had hooves and a long tail he then knew that he was the Devil.
    Frances Egan
    Told by my mother.
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    “People that were living in Cangort part house long ago were Protestants and they were very great with a priest.”

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    Rose Murphy
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