School: Lloyd (Scoil Laoide) (roll number 15987)
- Location:
- Toberdan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Choibián
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0266, Page 163
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- Once upon a time there was a family who were very poor. They prayed every night to find money. One day a stranger came to the house. He asked them if they were in want of anything. They told him that they were in a bad way for food.
He told them that if any of them dreamed of money at night to go and look for it and they would find it. They had a servant boy living with them. The next night the father of the family dreamed of the money that was hidden in a fort nearby.
They went off searching for the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Watson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrigan More, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Henry Craven
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigan More, Co. Roscommon
