School: Don

Location:
Cartron More, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Tiomáin
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  1. There are many stories told in this district of buried treasure. Once there was a very rich man living near Boyle. He had a very big farm of land and that account he kept a servant boy working for him on the farm. He gave the boy a little garden and house for himself on one corner of the land.
    One night when the servant boy went to bed he dreamt that if he went to a certain bridge he would get his fortune.
    The next night he dreamt of the same thing. He dreamt of the same thing three
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT1645: The Treasure at Home
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Marie Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lissergool, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Patrick Bruen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lissergool, Co. Roscommon