School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown
- Location:
- Ráth Mheidhg, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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- Ed Stephenson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Farmer
- The Cards + the Devil
One time there was a man + was very good at playing cards. This night he went to play for a turkey + he won it. When he was coming home that night, he met a man with a table under his arm. He asked him to play a game of cards + he said he would but he had no candle. The man said he had a candle + he produced one out of(continues on next page)