School: Errill, Ballybrophy (roll number 928)

Location:
Errill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 260

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    a bottle of Holy-Water. They dug, away, until they thought they heard the shovels scraping off a flag, which was believed to cover the treasure, then a bull came in driving smoke and fire from his mouth and terrified them. They then ran away and never attempted to go back again.
    The Treasure was supposed to consist of Gold. A little man was supposed to guard the treasure, and was known to have asked a man named William Keyes who resides at Monamondra, to go to the Court with him, and he need never do another day's work. The man consulted the priest, who told him to have nothing to do with the little man.
    A family named Perry lived opposite the Court, and one night the little man came in and asked for a night's lodgings. The woman of the house refused saying she had a big family, but the little man answered "It's a small place I will take up." So she let him sit at at the fire, and while he was in the house, he cured some member of the family of a lump on his neck which was pronounced incurable by doctors.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Muiris Ó Dúnlaing
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Errill, Co. Laois