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   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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      1. belief (~391)
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   Folktales index

   AT1645: The Treasure at Home

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Patrick Coen

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Luimnagh West, Co. Galway