Imleabhar: CBÉ 0221
Ar an leathanach seo
(gan teideal) (ar lean)
“There was a smith one time and he was goin' home late at night...”
(ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)company were getting’ in right form for their pockets were full of money. They were playing away when there came on the scene another man. This was a beggar man. The divil bid him “good night” and asked him would he like to play a game of cards and he replied he would and welcome. So he sat in and they played away. There were six of them playin’ now. The divil, the smith, the carpenter, the tinker, the tailor and the beggarman. They played away for some time and all the divil’s money was gone. The divil said that he had no more money, but he knew that they were all good sportsmen and would lend him some money. They all put their hands in their pockets on the minnit and gave the divil a pound each. The divil took the money from(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)