School: Harold (B.), Dalkey
- Location:
- Dalkey, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: M. Ó Maoláin
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Hidden Treasure
About a hundred years ago man lived in Bullock called Mr Reilly. One night he dreamt that there was treasure hidden under the pond in the quarry. There was a number of houses beside pond and the man knew that he could not look for the treasure without shifting these people. That night at eight o clock he dressed up as a ghost. He went up to the pond and kept running around it. Some men who were coming home from work saw him and became afraid. They told all the other people about it. They coughed at it but but when they saw it they became afraid. They all cleared away from the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Henry Evans
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Seafield Terrace, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mrs Mooney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Dalkey, Co. Dublin
