School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)
- Location:
- Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 186
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- There was once am old woman living in a small little hut at the end of a field in Keebagh.
She was very rich but still she longed for more money.
One night she dreamt that there was a big can of gold under a rock in Liscolman fort, and she made up her mind to get it.
She brought every useful thing that would dig up the rock.
She found it hard to travel because she was very old.
When she came(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Flanagan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Cunnane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brickeens, Co. Mayo
