School: Leggah, Moyne (roll number 14328)
- Location:
- An Lagach, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Francis Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0760, Page 519
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- One time there was a man who lived in this district. He dreamt three nights in succession that there was a crock of gold in a fort beside his house.
He was afraid to go into the fort to dig up the gold.
Ar last he took courage and the next morning before daybreak he went to look for the gold.
He brought with him both loy and shovel and he began to dig.
When he was about fifteen minutes digging his loy struck against something hard.
He cleaned away the loose earth and he discovered a large flat stone.
With great difficulty(continues on next page)
