School: Scropul, Mullach (roll number 8241)
- Location:
- Drummin, Co. Clare
- Teacher: M. Ó Callanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0623, Page 286
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Hidden Gold
Some years ago there lived a man in a townland called Moy glass in the Parish of Mullagh .One night this man dreamt that there was gold hidden in a fort in his land,and that if he went to the place at a certain hour of the night that he would find the gold.So he went there the next night but as he started to dig,the rain began to pour down on him and he had to run home.The second night he went again but he had to run again owing to thunder and lightning.He went again on the third night and began to dig ,nothing stopped him until he could hear the spade striking the crock of gold and then a bull began to roar furiously below in the hole .He had to leave the gold and to go home,he went to bed and did not get up again until(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Susan Killeen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrownagry South, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Patrick Killeen
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Carrownagry South, Co. Clare
