School: Liathdruim

Location:
Leitrim Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0025

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0025

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    About twenty years ago a Scottish firm was cutting timber in Dalyston wood.

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    stopped until he landed at Duane's shop.
    There were a few men in the shop and he told them what happened. Some of them said it was Bobbie Burns. The others said it was a wild animal that strayed from a circus in Loughrea and he went into the wood and is there ever since.
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    A long time ago there was a crock of gold hidden beneath a rock in Ballyhogan, Kilrickle

    A long time ago there was a crock of gold hidden beneath a rock in Ballyhogan, Kilrickle.
    On a certain November night Joe Fahy left Woodford and walked all the way until he came to Kilrickle. So when he came to the spot where he dreamt it was, Mick Devine was there before him. He did not know how he would tell Mick his story. After a while he told the story to Mick. The latter listened to him for a while, the he said to him, "Go home my decent man I had a dream the same as you." "I dreamt: said Mick, "of a crock of gold that was hiding in Woodford, in your own garden.
    Joe Fahy said nothing only started
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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
    Collector
    Pauline Hardiman
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmacrah, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Hardiman
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Kilmacrah, Co. Galway