School: An Bóthar Buí (B.), Áth Treasna (roll number 16396)
- Location:
- Boherboy, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gealbháin
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- Long ago a lot of poor people lived in Doon and Islandbrack. In mud cabins they lived mostly.
A rich landlord came and lived in the place, and he built cottages for his tenants and hired almost every man in the neighbourhood and gave them good pay, but still he became richer and richer.
One of his servants became jealous of his master's riches, and made up his mind where all the money came from. Once when he slept by the River Araglen, and he dreamt that if the gravel from the river was put into a pot and boiled for 10 hours, the top skimmed off, and put into a bag and strained into an eartenware vessel what remained would be gold. When he awoke he told this to his wife and then said "When I come home from work have a bag of gold made."
It happened that on the same day the landlord visited this servant's house and when he saw the woman of the house boiling(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pat Mc Auliffe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Boherboy, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Margaret O' Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Doonasleen North, Co. Cork
