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School: Urbal (roll number 13874)

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Gerald Kelliher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 597

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    with the little turned-up shoes but Mc Gourty told afterwards that it put him to his best to knock the little man.
    When the leioreachan saw he was beaten he implored of Mc Gourty not to kill him and that he would tell him in a great secret where he had the gold hidden.
    They became great friends and after a long chat the leipreachan pointed to a flat stone under a little rock and there Mc Gourty found the pot of gold.
    He told people about it but they would not believe him. The Mc Gourty family got very wealthy soon afterwards and people then knew the story was true.
    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
    Kate Gilmartin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Urbal Barr, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mr James Gilraine
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Derreenageer, Co. Leitrim