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School: Leitre (roll number 16164)

Location:
Lettera, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Reachtaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 033

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    A man was coming home from the fair one night long ago. As he was passing by a lake he saw two men walking on the water. "Good night" he said to the men, but they did not answer him. The men then came and told him to go with them. He went with them till they came to a hole in the ground. They went into the hole and they saw many other men there also. After a while they took him out from the hole and brought him out to the road again. As he was going home he met a small man and he got a purse of gold from him and he was very glad to have met the small man.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Hussey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Patch, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr James Hussey
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Patch, Co. Galway