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LEGEND ABOUT AN IRISHMAN

THERE ONCE WAS AN IRISHMAN NAMED JACK. JACK WAS KICKED
OUT OF HEAVEN BECAUSE OF HIS MISERLINESS. HE WAS
STOPPED AT HELL'S GATE BY THE DEVIL BECAUSE OF ALL THE
PRACTICAL JOKES HE HAD PLAYED ON THE DEVIL. SO NOW HE
WALKS THE EARTH, BOBBING FOR APPLES, TELLING FORTUNES
AND GHOST STORIES WITH HIS LANTERN UNTIL JUDGEMENT DAY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Magic

Date learned: 10-29-1971

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