School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)

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1. A Crop of Turnip Seed (continued)

   

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   this stone make sure you kill the cat you must be there to the minute of eleven o'clock saying this he disappeared. Tim went home and went to bed but didnt sleep much thinking of what the little man told him. Tim thought if he brought his neighbour with him that he would have to give him half of the gold and decided to go himself and have it all and that his neighbours would not no anything about it so next night he started and took with him a spade and growbar and went to the forth and waited until eleven o'clock takes the grow bar and rolled away the stone when he rolled away the stone his own cat was sitting on the crock and he did not like to kill him and took him by the tail and through out of his way and lifted the flag and picked up the crock and brought it home and when he took the lead of to his great surprise he found it was crock of turnip seed instead of gold.
   He was terrible disappointed over what had happened and told the oldest man in the neighbourhood about it who advised him to put it under the bed in a dark corner for a year and a day and that it would grow into gold if you dont watch it. Tim delighted with the news went home and put it in a dark corner under his bed when the time was up Tim was anxious to look at the Crock to his great surprize instead of growing in to gold it grew into a crop of turnips, which was of very little use to poor Tim who thought of the old saying have it your self or be without it

   

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seán Ó Faodagain

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Crossdrum Lower, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Michael Lynch

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   48

   Address

   Crossdrum Lower, Co. Meath