School: Piltown (B.) (roll number 6189)
- Location:
- Piltown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Maolchaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0842, Page 289
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- My mother told me a story about hidden treasure. My grand-father told it to my mother. My grand-father had a dream. He dreamt that there was gold buried in a field. He lived in Harristown. The field was near his home. There was a big flat stone in the middle of a certain field. One night he went to look for it. He removed the stone. Underneath the stone the was clay. He was taking the clay away when a little man appeared to him. He said to him not to take the gold. So he did not take it. He told him that it was for the next generation. He said, "If you take it you will not enjoy a cent of it." So he did not take it then. Then he went home and the little man disappeared then.
- Collector
- John Walshe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Piltown, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 41
- Occupation
- Labourer's wife
- Address
- Tibberaghny, Co. Kilkenny
