School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 254
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“Long ago a man named Kelly dreamed...”
(continued from previous page)in Sheirke. They went to dig the following night at twelve o' clock. They got buckets, pots, ovens and gallons. The opened all the pots and ovens and thought that they were going to get money. They continued digging for two weeks but they found no money.
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Once upon a time there was a man and he had a son whose name was John. He was twenty years of age. He went to join the army. He was in it for a long time when he came home again. One day his father sent him to dig a bank of clay and put it out the grass. When he came in at dinner time he said to his father what use in putting clay upon the top of clay. - Collector
- James Kilmartin
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- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- The Derries, Co. Laois
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- James Kilmartin
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- 45
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- The Derries, Co. Laois
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There was once a pot of gold in Garryduff. When a man saw it he told every one about it. When he came back it was changed into a baker of buttons.