School: Cill Iubhair (roll number 10095)

Location:
Killure Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Ceithearnaigh
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    Hidden Treasure
    Once upon a time there lived near Mountbellew a man named John Murphy. One night he dreamed of gold. A vision appeared to him in his dream and told him if he went to the bridge at Banagher he would find a crock of gold. Next morning he started out for the bridge at Banisher and walked twenty five miles. He arrived early on the following day. He spent the day walking up and down till a man near by came to him and asked him "What has got you here so long"
    A ??? "I dreamed the other night if I came here to the bridge at Banagher I would find
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    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
    Collector
    Agnes Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killure Beg, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Costello
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killure Beg, Co. Galway