School: Cill Mhuire (roll number 8139)
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ruairc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0244, Page 315
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- A crock of Gold. 9/6/1938.
Once upon a time a blacksmith worked at his trade in Athlone. One morning he was passing by a bridge on his way to work. He saw a man sitting under the bridge and this happened for three mornings. On the third morning the blacksmith asked the man what was he doing there and he told him he dreamed that if he came there he would get a crock of gold.
The blacksmith told hem he had a dream that if he went to a certain garden in Tully he would get a crcok of gold. It happened the man he was speaking to was from Tully. He hurried home to this garden in Tully and dug for the gold. he got a big crock of gold. It was written on the crock of gold that one side of the garden was as good as the other. The man started to dig the other side of the garden and found another big crock of gold.
- Informant
- Denis Finan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lissalway, Co. Roscommon
