School: Kilmessan (B.) (roll number 4210)
- Location:
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0691, Page 006
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- (continued from previous page)is supposed to be treasure in it. This is the story of how it came to be there. Once upon a time there lived a king at Tara. Each year the king gave a feast to this most loyal subjects and to repay him for his kindness each one of them used to give him a pearl or a gem of great cost. Now the king loved this plan for he was very fond of riches. He had a great bucket made and into it he put his treasure. He used to keep his treasure in a certain room. Each day he came into it and he would stay for hours fondling the pearls. At night he would send a servant to lock the room.It so happened that one night the servant forgot to obey his master's order. Another servant saw this and he planned a dirty trick. Late that night he servant woke a companion of his and told him(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Swan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ringlestown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Joseph Swan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ringlestown, Co. Meath
