School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)
- Location:
- Killadangan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138C, Page 05_010
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- There was once a man who was very poor and discontented. He had often heard of treasures being discovered in all sorts of odd places. So instead of looking after the crops in his fields he went poking about among all the old ruins, hoping that by good fortune he might turn up a chest of gold coins. This went on for a long time but no gold was discovered.
One morning when he came down to breakfast he said to his wife, "it's all right my dear, I have found the treasure at last." "Have you indeed?" said his wife in great surprise. "Yes", he replied,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prospect, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Pat Gibbons
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Prospect, Co. Mayo
