School: Cuilleán

Location:
Cuillaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
León P. Mac Eachmharaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 006

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  1. He told me that there was a pot of gold in John Duffy's "lios". The name of the field is "lios na páirce". The man who owns it is living in Park Boleyboy, Irishtown. It was the fairies who put it there.
    Once there was a woman living in the same village whose name was Mary Finnegan. Two of her sons died. One night she was up with one of them because he was ill. A knock came to the window
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mc Gough
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Boleyboy, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pat Huane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Boleyboy, Co. Mayo