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_011
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- (continued from previous page)"at any rate it is as good as found. It was told to me last night in a dream that the treasure was hidden under one of trees in our orchard."
The husband finished his meal and then taking a pick and a spade they both went into the orchard. All that day he toiled on, working harder than he had ever worked before. By the time night fell there were deep holes and heaps of earth under more than a dozen trees, but so far no treasure had come to light.
Wearied, and aching in every limb, the farmer went to bed, but at dawn of day he was out again digging with might and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prospect, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Pat Gibbons
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Prospect, Co. Mayo
