School: Cill Chothrach, An Sciobairín
- Location:
- Kilcoe, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Spealáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 185
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- Told by Denis Keating Hollyhill Aged 74 years
Written by Kathleen KeatingLong ago in the district of Dunmanuray there lived a family who were very poor but they had a form and a servant boy. He slept in the kitchen every night.
One night he dreamt that there was gold hidden under a tree. The next night he dreamt it again a for three nights he dreamt the same thing.
The man of the house was astonished to hear him so restless and he asked him what was the matter with him. He said he was dreaming about a [?] crock of gold.
In the morning when they awoke he asked him to show it to him. He took him to the place where it was hidden. He took all kinds of tools with him and when he was(continues on next page) - Collector
- Kathleen Keating
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Denis Keating
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Hollyhill, Co. Cork
