School: Camross, Mountrath

Location:
Camross, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 341

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 341

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    Once upon a time there was a family of people living in Caher. ...

    Once upon a time there was a family of people living in Caher. One morning when they got up there was a black cat on the stool. One of the men got up to put it out and he was not able. Then he got a shovel and he was not able to put it off. Then he went in for the Holy Water and threw it a the cat, and it went up the chimney in a blaze of fire.
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    There is a house in Caher and there is a...

    There is a house in Caher and there is a pot of gold at the end of the house. Long ago there was a soldier minding the gold, and the people that lived there could not have a dog, because every night the soldier and the dog would fight, from ten o'clock until twelve o' clock and the dog would be dead in the morning.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    F. Ashe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Informant
    Mrs Coady
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Rossnaclonagh Outside, Co. Laois