School: Liathdruim (roll number 369)
- Location:
- Leitrim, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Ó Maitiú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0951, Page 201
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- Once upon a time there lived a rich man in Faulkland* castle. Before he died he hid his money in a field in front of the castle. Nobody knew where the money was hidden. For many years after he died a woman used to appear in one of the windows of the castle and point to the spot where the gold was.
One night a man named McKenna was going home past the castle. He saw a light and went down to where the light was but it disappeared. He dreamt that night that he was standing on a rag-weed and under it the gold was hidden.
Next morning he went back to the field and started to dig beside a large rag-weed(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Murdock
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Skinnagin, Co. Monaghan
