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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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    gold. She gave him some of the soup from the bird's heart and things appeared as before. Then she told him to go home and dig in the same place and that he would find a pot of gold. The man went home and dug near the tree and he found the pot of gold. He went home and built a lovely house and got married. One day a poor scholar came to the house and asked for a drink. The woman gave it to him and when he had drunk it he began to smile. She asked him why he smiled and he said "I am looking at the writing on the lid of the pot. It means "dig on the other side of the tree where you got me
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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