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School: Cnoc na Manach, An Mhainistir Bhán, Cionn tSáile (roll number 1391)

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Knocknamanagh, Co. Cork
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Dáithí de Barra
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    him why he followed him. He told him what he dreamt. The plough man said that he dreamt that there was a crock of gold where the other man lived in Carraigh an Phádraigh. So the man that lived at the Old Head of Kinsale went home. When he arrived home he looked for the pot of gold and he found it. There was writing in Irish on the crock of gold and he could not read it. A few days after a poor scholar came in and read what was on the crock of gold. It said in Irish that where he found the crock of gold there was another one there also. The man went to Carraigh an Phádraigh and found the crock of gold.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Folktales index
    AT1645: The Treasure at Home
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pauline Barry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tubbrid, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr George Kingston
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyfeard, Co. Cork