School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)

Location:
Bellanurly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Mrs Anna Ewing
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    Bridge, that at one end of it against the battlement he would get a pot of gold. So off the old man started for London bridge to get his pot of gold. He got to London bridge and was knocking about there for a couple of days. On the third day a gentleman came up to him and said "You seem to be a stranger here". "Deed begorra sir I am" up and telling him about his dream. So the gentleman said "God help your foolish head. I dreamed that if I were in Ireland at a place called the Oak Wood near Manorhamilton in the Co. Leitrim that there is a man living there the name of Mick McHugh, and
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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)
    Folktales index
    AT1645: The Treasure at Home
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Richard Siberry
    Gender
    Male