School: N. Peadair, Caisleán an Bharraigh (roll number 13787)

Location:
Carrowbrinoge, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 474

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 474

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    that there was money to be found at the butt of a tree near the ivy houses came right to Ireland to dig for it. Underneath the flag where the go(ld?) was supposed to be he found a pot full of irons and rubbish.
    The house called the Ivy house was small house near Ballinagel, Castlebar.
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  2. There was one man from our village who was very of money. One night dreamed that if he got up early and dug a large tree near his home he would find a pot of gold, which had hid there, and that there was one special fairy appointed to mind it. The man got up and dug(?)
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