School: Druim an t-Seagail (roll number 1772)
- Location:
- Ryehill Demesne, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Máire Ní Eimhirín Seosamh P. Ó hUigín Áine Ní Uigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0083, Page 009
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- There was a man in Newcastle near Athenry one time and he got word that there was a pot of gold hidden beyond in the hill of Cnochán Dubh near Monuéa. He got a spade and went digging there, and under the final [?] he dug he saw the head of a black cat coming up. He ran away as quickly as he could, but the black cat got up to him near the gate, and he took a bit off his leg with his teeth. If he had stayed there any longer he would have had him killed.It is said that any black cat that is minding gold will not pass any gate or any river, and it was this that saved the man from being followed. The man was lame ever after.
- Collector
- Michael Connane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Corrafaireen, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Connane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 88
- Address
- Corrafaireen, Co. Galway
