School: Naomh Feichín, Cros (roll number 7075)
- Location:
- Cross, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Mac Niocail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0102, Page 325
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- (continued from previous page)On the third day as he was admiring the place around him, he was suddenly disturbed by a man standing beside him. This man was a shoemaker, he asked John if it was any harm to ask him why he was walking back and over on the bridge for the last two days. John Murphy told him about the dream he had. The shoemaker told him that he ought to have some sense and that he should go home again for the shoemaker said that he dreamt the same thing and it was told to him in his dream that there was gold hidden in a bush called "Sgeachóigín árd meagh".
When John heard this he went home immediately because that bush was in his garden. When he got home he started digging as fast as he could until he got out a pot of gold. He started to dig the other side of it and there before(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Agnes Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derry, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Holian
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Derry, Co. Mayo
