School: An Bealach, Crosaire an Ghúlaigh (roll number 1131)
- Location:
- Ballagh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Diarmuid Mac Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0583, Page 106
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- (continued from previous page)they asked this soldier would he mind it dead or alive and he said he would.Then they shot him and his ghost has to mind it now.
- In Drombane there was a bag of gold and other valuable vessels hidden by the Danes because they were afraid to keep it in their possession and longer. One night a man dreamt that there was gold hidden there (in Drombane), but he did not mind until he dreamt of it for three nights and then he took a shovel and went off to dig it. When he was just arriving at Drombane he saw two men coming with shovels and when they came to him he asked them what did they want and they replied "We have dreamt of valuable vessels being hidden here and at first we did not believe in it but when we dreamt of it for three nights we said there must be something in it." The man told them his story and the three of them started digging but the result was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Siubhán Ní Riain
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Rodge Gleeson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clogher, Co. Tipperary
