School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)

Location:
Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire Ní Failcheallaigh
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 159

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 159

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Wilkinstown
  2. XML Page 159
  3. XML “A Hidden Treasure”
  4. XML “An Funny Story”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. One time a man was digging in a fort and he found a crock of gold. When he took up the crock of gold he found a stone on which was written "under this is another one." It is said that there was a bullock in the spot and he would not leave it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. There was once two boys and they were living in the country and their names were Pat and Miceal. They were coming home from ploughing one night across a field and it was pitch dark. They had their plough implements with them including chains and other things. They were coming through a lonely field when they saw a light in the distance. As they were coming near it, it was getting bigger. When they came at last to it they saw it was a ghost. The two boys when they saw it was a ghost, it made a noise and ran on the two boys. They got their
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frankie Connolly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coghalstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Bernard Guibney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coghalstown, Co. Meath