School: Cromadh (B.)
- Location:
- Croom, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0506, Page 578
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- (continued from previous page)his flight he put his cloven foot, he burned the hill. To this day the black marks are on the hill side.
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- Collector
- Micheál O Domhnaill
- Gender
- Male
- There is gold in Islanmore(presumably at Ballynockan fort). A woman in Croom named Gooldeen dreamt about it and how to get it. Three men went to root for it, and as they were at work they saw a great bull roaming around the fort. The men got frightened and ran away.
- There was once a poor woman who had only one son. They lived in the mountains and had no rubbins with anyone. They used to keep sheep and one day some of them strayed away. The widows son went to look for them and as he came down the mountain side, he saw a number of people going to mass. He followed them(continues on next page)
