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School: Craughwell (B)

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Creachmhaoil, Co. na Gaillimhe
Teacher:
E. Ó Cléirigh
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    “There is a field in Cahercrin and in that field there are ruins of old houses where kings once lived . . .”

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    Came that ways met a fairy who told him to go home and get a spade and to (get a spade) dig the ground.
    The man did so and when he came back he started digging where the fairy had told him, and he got the money. He went home and told his neighbours about it, but he should not have done that and so the gold turned into water.
    Tomás Ó Ríanada,
    Catar Crunn
    Creamscoill,
    Co. na Gaillimh
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. creidiúint (~391)
        1. creidiúint choiteann (~2,535)
          1. ór i bhfolach (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Rúanadha
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cathair Chruinn, Co. na Gaillimhe
    Informant
    Thomas Rooney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creachmhaoil, Co. na Gaillimhe