School: An Clochar, Béal an Átha Móir (roll number 13614)

Location:
Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
An tSr. Áthracht
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 319

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  1. In the townland of [?] Ballinamore there lived three strong men whose names were Mc Manus and they dreamt of a pot of gold underground. They also dreamt that a man was to pass by, when they would be digging, and the man was described in their dream, So the third day third day they went to dig for the gold at an early hour of the morning, and they brought with them all the tools that were necessary. There was a large flat stone beside the place, and a sycamore tree also grew near it.
    They reached the place between ten and eleven o'clock in the morning. They then started to dig for the treasure, and after a long time digging they came across a large flat stone. And as they talking about the gold that they going to get and what they would do, when they would get the gold, when immediately they saw the man coming up to them, and immediately a great wind was felt, and the wind blew from all the lake around, and the three men were caught in the flood, and were drowned. The stone is still to be seen.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellie O' Dowd
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mayo, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Robert Lytle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltybardan, Co. Leitrim