School: Bullach
- Location:
- Castlerea, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0244, Page 007
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- (continued from previous page)to the flag which covers the treasure. Immediately the man who did not dream touched the flag he was seized with a violent tremor and the other two getting alarmed covered up the treasure and there it remains until some three people dream of it again.
There is a ditch between Joseph Lynch's land of Corlis and James Campion's land Brackloon. Every Sunday between the two Masses one eel or long animal runs up the ditch. Three men are to watch, but they must stay from Mass and each have an asse's shoe with them. If the animal appears they are to throw the shoes and try if they can hit him, if they fail to strike him, he will strike them and kill them, but if any of them can hit him with the shoe then he dies and they can dig the ditch and get the gold, as the old people hand down the story that the gold is there and sometimes lights are to be seen there.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Freda Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tully, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Brigid Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Tully, Co. Roscommon
