School: Scoil na mBráthar, Inis (roll number 16677)

Location:
Ennis, Co. Clare
Teacher:
An Br. Ó Lionnáin
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    him that there was a man in Ireland named Thomas O Dwyer who lived in Clare and in his meadow beside a thorn bush there was a crock of gold hidden. He looked at the man and said it was very strange, but he did not tell the man his name.
    As soon as he came home to Clare he took a shovel and began to dig beside the thorn-bush in his meadow. He kept digging 'till his shovel hit a stone and under the stone he found a large crock of gold. He was very happy and he put the gold in the
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    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
    Liam Ó h-Allmhuráin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Francis Street, Co. Clare