School: Kilmacowen (roll number 14441)
- Location:
- Kilmacowen, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Mac Giolla Pheadair
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0159, Page 050
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- (continued from previous page)The some fear came over them and they went no further because they [heard] music and dancing and the chatter of many tongues so that was the [last?] of that treasure.Stories are told how lights were seen in Carrowmore beside a lone tree and it also stated that gold is to be found under the roots of this tree.Once a man cut a lone tree and when it was cut the strangest thing happened, the roof of his mouth fell down.So it is said that it is never right to cut a tree which grows alone in a field.This man was warned beforehand not to cut the tree but he paid no heed to his neighbour's advice and this is what happened.
- Collector
- Michael J. Gilgan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Patrick Gilgan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Kilmacowen, Co. Sligo
