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School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)

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Ballynacree, Co. Meath
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Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 161

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    and kill him, and dig on till they got the gold.
    It was all right till they came to the gold. The big man appeared to them, and Thomas said: "Keep out of the way Brian and I well kill him."
    As soon as he said this the charm was broken and the big man disappeared and they did not get to kill him.
    They dug on until they came to the pot, but it was pot of snail boxes they got instead of gold because they spoke.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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