School: St. Mary's (B.), Droichead Átha (roll number 15125)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: A. Mac Uidhlinn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 511
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- "A cobbler in Oldbridge who lived on a little farm in the middle of which was an old apple tree dreamed that a person told him that if he would go to the Obelisk Bridge he would meet with something to his advantage.
"So he went to the bridge and stayed there all day, and when he was thinking of going home a stranger came up to him and said, " I have seen you here all day, would you be waiting for someone. "No", said the farmer and he told him about the dream.
"The stranger said not to mind them as they were not true, and he told him about a crock of gold which his grandfather told him was buried under an apple tree.
"When the stranger was gone the farmer was thinking if it was his apple tree the stranger mentioned.
"So the next day(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Hall
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mary Street, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mrs O Neill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mary Street, Co. Louth
