School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)
- Location:
- Ballynacree, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 214
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- Some while about the 18th Ceentery there lived a man in Clonty duffy named Henry Sherwood. He was in fairly low Circumstances. One night in the month of January he had a very pleasant dream.
He dreamt of a jug of bold which was concealed in a fort in Rechlaghy. Two nights leater he dreamt the same story over again, but at this time there was a draw back that was that he would bring an old man with him named Hugh Clarke, and this he couldn't think of doing.
A week past and he dreamt the same story again and this great jug was to be guarded by a cat. The jug was covered with a flag where the great cat was to sit.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pádraig Ó Loingsigh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Patrick Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 41
- Address
- Clontyduffy (Hart), Co. Cavan
