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1. Story of Hidden Gold (continued)

   

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   crock of gold was buried. The man went home and went to the field with a spade. He dug on the East side three foot and came to a flag which he lifted up and under it was an oven of gold. He took it home and kept it safely in the house. One night a poor scholar who was on his way to ...... called to the house for lodgings for the night. The man gave him lodgings and when eating their supper out of the oven the poor scholar saw there was some Irish written on it. And the man asked him what it meant. The poor scholar said it meant; "There is as much on the West side of the tree as on the East side". Next day when the scholar had left the man went to the tree again and dug on the West side. He dug three foot and then he saw a flag which he lifted up and under it was an other oven of gold. He took it home and the news of his good fortune soon spread far and near. There was a man named King Harman

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   Folktales index

   AT1645: The Treasure at Home

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maura Crummy

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   11

   Address

   Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   John Duffy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo