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School: Mullach Dubh

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Lisgorman, Co. Leitrim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0203, Page 259

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    and in the bottom they saw the pot of gold but there was a snake twined round it. When the people went down to take the gold out the snake began to whistle and immediately the lake began to fill again so the people fled for their lives. It is said that the waters of this lake are always black and that if you throw a stone into it all the colors of the rainbow will appear in the water.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patricia Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dromahair, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    39
    Address
    Dromahair, Co. Leitrim