School: Cnoc an Éin Fhinn (Birdhill) (roll number 13991)

Location:
Cooleen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0539, Page 003

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0539, Page 003

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    In 1852 a certain family in Limerick dreamt of a crock of gold on a Mr. Going's land at Cragg. The people called on a man named Pat Ahern Cragg to help them to dig for the crock of gold. As they were digging a cat appeared to them. They ran away and got no gold. One day a little boy was gathering sticks under Cragg castle. He saw a crock of gold under a tree and marked the tree by putting a rope around and went home to tell his people about it. When he returned every tree in the wood was marked but there was no crock of gold to be seen.
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  2. they met in the carpenter's shop and they settled to go that night. They met again that night and they started off they passed the whitethorn tree and the black-bird flew out. They saw the plant and they pulled it and they dug until they heard the sound of an oven and then the man came out. One of the men got afraid and said "I'm afraid boys we have enough of it" and he ran away the man next to him drew with a shovel but did not hit him and then they had to
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Mannion
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cragg, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Philip Ahern
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    64
    Occupation
    Smith
    Address
    Cragg, Co. Tipperary