School: Ceis (roll number 15342)
- Location:
- Kesh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Hainín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 319
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- One fine Summer's night my granddad and a friend were coming through the field. They heard a peculiar noise and on going to find out the cause they a weasel beside a rock. On coming near they noticed a piece of silver in its mouth. As there is a popular belief that weasels are found of money, they started to dig under the rock. After a good deal of hard they got the stone removed and to their astonishment, they found a heap of silver coins. They were wondering what to do, so they told a shopkeeper of their find. He told them that he would take them and give them current silver instead. My granddad kept about a handful as a souvenir. They dated back to the Queen Elizabeth.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid A. Tighe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymote, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- James J. Tighe
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymote, Co. Sligo
