Pullin' the Devil by the Tail

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A short stop motion animation film, made by Stephen McCollum in 2003 and had won many awards in Irish Festivals.

[edit] Cast

• Puca Ryder - Stephen McCollum
• Frank Murphy - Stephen McCollum
• Ciaran McGinnley - Stephen McCollum
• The Devil - Stephen McCollum

[edit] Plot

Three Irish men who play in pubs and call themselves "The first punk-folk band in Ireland" are told by Frank Murphy that every Friday night for the past three weeks when he is walking home he sees a black goat which talks to him but does not know what he is saying. So Frank takes Puka and Kern to the scene and they too see the goat and Kern kills it with an axe, which then conjures The Devil asking "Why did yous kill my goat?" He asks them to play him a song and if he likes it, he will not burn their souls in the ditches of Hell.