School: Johnswell, Kilkenny (roll number 3247)
- Location:
- Johnswell, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó hÉigceartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0863, Page 045
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“There was once a rich man who began to dig for gold. He was digging for a long time when his spade stuck in a stone and when he pulled up the stone there was a crock of gold underneath it.”
There was once a rich man who began to dig for gold. He was digging for a long time when his spade stuck in a stone and when he pulled up the stone there was a crock of gold underneath it. He had been told by a wise man that if he did not leave something else after him he would die. The rich man forgot to leave something. When he was going away he found that he forgot his coat. He went back for his coat and he was only coming away when he dropped dead.
- Collector
- Donal Wall
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Ned Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 30