"I wouldn't leave my pipes behind me if it was to Heaven I was going," says the piper.
When the piper came into the presence of the Superior, the Superior began examining him about the good works he had done during his life.
"I never did any good work during my life that I have any remembrance of," said the piper.
"Did you give away any alms during your life?" said the Superior.
"Indeed, I remember now, that I did give a tenpenny piece to a daughter of Mary O'Donnell's one night. She was in great want of the tenpenny piece, and she was going to sell herself to get it, when I gave it to her. After a little while she thought about the mortal sin she was going to commit, she gave up the world and its temptations and went into a convent, and people say that she passed a pious life. She died about seven years ago, and I heard that there were angels playing melodious music in the room when she was dying, and it's a pity I wasn't listening to them, for I'd have the tune now!"
"Well," said the Superior, "there's an evil spirit in the lake outside that's persecuting us day and night, and we had a revelation from an angel who came to us in a dream, that there was not a man alive able to banish the evil spirit but you."
"A male angel or female?" says the piper.
"It was a woman we saw," says the Superior, "she was dressed in white linen."
"Then I'll bet you five tenpenny pieces that it was Mary O'Donnell's daughter was in it," says the piper.
"It is not lawful for us to bet," says the Superior, "but if you banish the evil spirit of the lake you will get twenty tenpenny pieces."