School: St. Jame's Well (roll number 14192)
- Location:
- Carrowmore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: S. Ó Conchobhair
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - I head that here was a treasure in a mountain, not very far from my native place, it is said that long ago, a man dreamt of getting the treasure, and he dreamt of it three nights, one after the othen, then he said the fourth night, he would get two other men and go in search of the treasure. The three men set out, and when they reached the place where the treasure was, they commenced to dig. They spent hours digging, and at last, there came out a big bull and killed one man the other two men ran home, they were very lonesome and they never went back again
- The story I am going to tell now it was my father who told it to me. One night a man came to a house and brought a nurse away. After she had travelled miles and(continues on next page)
