School: Camross, Mountrath (roll number 15933)
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 196
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“One night there was a man going home from rambling across the fields.”
One night there was a man going home from rambling across the fields. It was a very dark night and he could not see where he was going. When he was near a road he saw a lot of candles in the ditch. It is said that in the same place there was gold buried. When he saw the candles he made a burst to get out on the road. He broke two treds of wire. When he was on the road two men saw him. They went to take him home and he told them they were going(continues on next page)
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- Mr Dooley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolrain, Co. Laois