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School: Tír Dhá Ghlas (Terryglass) (roll number 13436)

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Terryglass, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Seán Ó Gliasáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0531, Page 009

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    are a foolish man. I too was dreaming that if I went to a place called Lisquillibeen Kilbarron, I would there find my fortune and I suppose there is no such place."
    Thade then returned to his home and found his fortune under a stone flag which contained writing and placed the stone on the hearth with the writing upwards. With the gold that he found he built the castle known as Thade's Castle. The stone remained on the hearth for some time and a "Poor Scholar" who was travelling through the country came to the house. Thade asked the "Poor Scholar" if he could read the Latin inscription which was on the stone.
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    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
    John Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 63