School: Cluain Tuirc (B.)

Location:
Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 297

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  1. One time a dreamed that if he was on the bridge of Boyle three mornings after other and the third morning a man was there and told him to go home and dig round a lone bush with four stones around it and he would get a pot of gold and he brought it home when doing so he met a "Poor Scholar" a he asked him what had he and said gold and the "Schoolar" said look an the other side and he dug till he got a pot containing the same amount. He bought a motor car and it was not long running when he was killed his other brother went to America and it is said he was the richest man in the world. The house is standing still it is a four story house and the Mc Dermots are having the best of luck so the say accidents could happin the priest horse.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles Faughnan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cloonclivvy, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Patrick Faughnan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Cloonclivvy, Co. Leitrim