School: Clochar na Trócaire, An tSráidbhaile (roll number 13020)

Location:
Stradbally, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
An tSr. Ióseph
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    on the fourth day weary and tired of his task he sat down to rest on the corner of the bridge. While sitting there another man weary and tired sat beside him and they began to chat. This man told Power that he dreamt that he would meet a man on London Bridge that would direct him to a farm in Kilbarry Co. Waterford and on an Old Mass path in the farm buried underneath a style he would find a pot of gold. Power jumped to his feet bade this man good evening hastened home. Next day he went with his pick axe to the style where he dug down three feet, and then he found a large pot of gold covered with a sheet of bronze. He
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Folktales index
    AT1645: The Treasure at Home
    Language
    English
    Location
    Kilbarry, Co. Waterford
    Collector
    Maureen Corbett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Stradbally, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Patrick Corbett
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male