School: Cill Chuana (roll number 12782)

Location:
Kilcoona, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam Ó Conáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0085

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  1. There was a man named Séan Óg whiled in Claran in Co. Galway about forty years ago.He dreamt three nights in succession that there was gold hidden under a willow tree in Dublin in Edward Egan's land . He went to Dublin and found the tree in which the gold was hidden. There was an old woman sitting at he foot of the willow tree and she looked like a fairy.
    Séan Óg turned around to go home but the fairy called after him and told him that there was fold hidden under a thorn bush in Ó ∂Donnell's land at ¸Claran , Co .Galway . The man went home and got a spade and dug under the thorn bush .He kept digging until he came to a pot or a crock . He stopped and took up the pot of
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Folktales index
    AT1645: The Treasure at Home
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Coen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Luimnagh West, Co. Galway