School: Cill Chothrach, An Sciobairín
- Location:
- Kilcoe, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Spealáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 223
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- (continued from previous page)away and never took any notice, but he did not find it. Surely said he if the gold is here I could find it.
Just then the old man appeared on a stone near him. He asked him what he wanted and he said he wanted a pot of gold.
Then the old man took from behind his bacl a pot of gold and gave it to him. He took it and thanked him for it.
He went home with his prize but when he opened it he only found a few pints of water.
- Once long ago a man was coming from Skibbereen late about midnight. As he was coming up a hill he saw a man sitting on a heap of stones. He took no(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Keating
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Keating
- Gender
- Male
