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 052
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- (continued from previous page)Early next morning he got a shovel, and started to dig beside the bush. About a foot or so down in the ground he got a slat, but as he was not a scholar he could not read what was on the slat.He kept digging, and after a few minutes he found the pot of gold, which he took up, and brought into the house.The slat which he got in the ground was put in a hob beside the fire. One day a clever scholar came into the house and said "Did you ever read what was on that slate?" The poor man answered "No".Then the scholar told him that it said that the right side of the tree was no better than the left, but he did not know what this meant.Next morning the man started to dig again on the left side, and found another pot of gold, twice as big as the first one.
- Collector
- Bridie Mc Grath
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ballyskeagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Ballyskeagh, Co. Galway
