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School: Drumbaniffe, Crusheen

Location:
Drumbonniv, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máire Ní Lionnáin
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    The man of the house, who happened to be my deceased grandfather, conveyed him home, and when they came to the supposed devil, it proved to be nothing, but a flash on the roadway, with rivulets flowing in each direction from it. It was these rivulets he mistook for legs and horns.
    The flash was caused by somebody spilling a bucket of water there earlier in the evening and if any flash is seen on the road in this locality it is called "Madden's Devil".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Whelan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumbonniv, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Thomas Whelan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumbonniv, Co. Clare