School: Teach Chaoin (C.) (roll number 6681)

Location:
Tagheen, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Áinlighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 118

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    forgot all about the gold, except of course his own wonderful pot of gold which he had at home, and from that day he or his descendants were never in lack of anything.
    The house where this boy lived was built directly opposite where Father Brett our parish priest now lives.
    When the old man and woman in Demark. Denmark had taken some of the cats soup, they came out of the cradle and were as young as a pair of twenty years.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Folktales index
    AT0726: The Oldest on the Farm
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine Hambrough
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garravlagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Peter Sheridan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Garravlagh, Co. Mayo