School: Ballivor (roll number 9380)
- Location:
- Ballivor, Co. Meath
- Teacher: T. Ua Conmhidhe
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The only chance to get it is to go on the day the sow is at the well.
One time a man went to try to find the gold but the the sow came out from under the ground followed by a lot of young pigs and when they did this they disappeared. No one tried it since.
One Hallow E'en there was a man coming from céiliding at about (one) one o' clock in the night.
He went down about a mile of the road and he met something that appeared to be a black ass.
The man went up on the ditch to get by.
As soon as he went to get by, the ass - shaped animal went out in front of the man and he couldn't get by.
He tried to get by about a dozen times, but it was all in vain.
He then drew from his pocket a rosary beads and knelt down in the middle of the road and started to pray. He prayed for about ten minutes and got to his feet again and shook (his fis) the beads at him three times and the ass- shaped animal turned into(continues on next page)
