School: Cloncarneel
- Location:
- Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhreacáin
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- (continued from previous page)was two hundred years old.
- One time there was a miller who was very fond of money. He wished to have a big pile of money but to his surprise he only earned a few shillings a week and he was always poor. At last he dreamt that if he dug by the side of the mill he would find a large flat stone and under this stone there was a heap of gold. He had this dream three nights.
At last he resolved to try his luck. He dug a very large hole beside the mill.
When he was down about four feet he found a big flat stone. He was so overjoyed that(continues on next page) - Collector
- Lillie Rooney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Christopher Rooney
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
