School: Ballyjamesduff (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. O' Donovan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 257
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- One time a man named Benny Reilly lived in the District of Corglass near Ballyjamesduff.
He had about fifty acres of land, and there was a fort in it. One day the man said to himself that he would dig up the fort. When the next day came he got a spade, and went out to dig the fort.
When he had it nearly dug he found a number of coins in it. Then he went home, and showed them to his wife, and she said that it was not right to go near them, but he said it was all right.
When the next night came he heard someone saying that if he did not leave back the coins that he would be dead before the next(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Robert O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
