School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)

Location:: Bellanurly, Co. Sligo
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of the cradle and he said he stole up and caught the thief. He asked him where the gold was and he would not tell him and he told him he would burn him in the fire. The leprehaun told him he would put a knot on the rush under which the gold lay. He told the man to go back for a bag to carry the gold. He did so, and when he returned to look for the gold there was a knot of every rush in the field.
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The Legend of the Knocknarea Gold

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I often heard my daddy tell the story about my grandfather. One night he dreamed about a pot of gold that

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