1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Urbal

School: Urbal (roll number 13874)

Location:
Urbal, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Gerald Kelliher
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 488

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 488

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Urbal
  2. XML Page 488
  3. XML “A Hidden Treasure”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. A Hidden Treasure

    Share Share Post
    About ninety years ago, a man named Tom Connor, a native of this parish, dreamt that there was a large crock of gold buried under an old byre beside his own house. He dreamt that there was a little man minding the gold. For three nights in succession he had the same dream. He determined to dig for the gold. Getting a spade, he started to dig and laboured very hard for one day. However, he was rewarded for his toil for, at nightfall, he came upon the pot of gold.
    The little man was sitting on the top of it and asked Tom what he wanted. Tom told him of his dream. The little man get very angry but Tom slew him with a hatchet. In an ecstasy, Tom proceeded homewards with his treasure.
    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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Gilmartin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Urbal Barr, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    John Gilmartin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Urbal Barr, Co. Leitrim