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   “There was a smith one time and he was goin' home late at night...”

   

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   and they started to play and they were playing away for a long time and the smith was winning off the divil like wan man, when they noticed another man coming along. This man was a carpenter and the divil bid him good night and asked him would he like to sit in and play a game of cards and of course the poor carpenter couldn’t refuse. So he sat in and they played away for about half an hour, and both the smith and the carpenter were taking all the money on the divil. The whole heap on the table was done and the divil got up and went off down the wood and told the smith and the carpenter not to stir until he came back. So the two poor fellows had nothing to do but obey. After sometime,

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   History Edit

   Date

   13 Iúil 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Máirtín Leighlin