School: Cnoc an Choillín, Cootehall
- Location:
- Knockaculleen or Hollymount, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire Ní Mhártain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 023
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- (continued from previous page)ith a pair of black eyes jumping in his head and two long horns. The life nearly left poor Peter, he flung the cards from him and started running like a deer. He banged a gate into the black fellow's face and when he got on a bit further he looked back and saw that he had a long tail with a nail in the end of it. Nothing could convince him that it was not old Nicky himself from down below.
As he came near home, his dog, a fine Irish terrier came meeting him. When the dog saw the pursuer he ran for him. Peter heard a scuffle, but was too excited to wait.
Next morning when he got up the dog was stretched out(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
