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School: Cill Chothrach, An Sciobairín

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Kilcoe, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Spealáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 221

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    you lazy man, it would be far better for you to stay at home and milk your cows instead of playing cards.
    Then he disappeared and left the old man thinking over his foolishness. He walked home and never went to that house playing cards again.
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    Long ago a man longed for some work. He had a forge in which he worked every day. One night as he was returning home he saw an old man sitting on a stone. He was filled with fear and as he was passing a house in which an old man and woman lived he was surprised to see a bright light inside the window. He walked on and soon he was in his bed asleep. He
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Keating
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Sheehan
    Gender
    Male