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School: Leargán Buidhe (C.) (roll number 14289)

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Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean de Priondargás
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    within it was a little bird. She took the bird, killed it and plucked it and took out its heart. She boiled the heart and when it was cooked she divided it into three parts. She gave one part to her son, one to the Irishman, and she ate the other part herself. Then her son took the Irishman for a walk, and when he went outside he saw that the streets were covered with gold. "This must be a great country" said he to the woman's son. "Why do you say that?" asked the other. "Because siad the Irishman "everything I see is gold." When they returned to the house the Irishman told the woman he could see nothing but
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Folktales index
    AT0467: The Quest for the Wonderful Flower (Jewel)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Feeney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Erriff, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Michael Waldron
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Erriff, Co. Mayo