School: Cloran (roll number 5282)
- Location:
- Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Síle Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 0429
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- (continued from previous page)there until the end of time.
- Once upon a time two old men lived in an old hut in this district.
One night one of them dreamt of a hidden treasure. It was only a short distance from the hut.
So the next morning the two old men set off for the treasure. At last they came to it. It was covered over with a large stone, beside a lone bush.
They removed the stone and to their joy found a crock of gold underneath.
The brought home the crock of gold and also the stone as there was writing on it but they could not read it.
So they revealed their luck to their neighbours on their return.
Many of them tried to read the lines but in vain(continues on next page) - Collector
- Brigidh Ní Fhaircheallaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Maggie Farrelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Addinstown, Co. Westmeath
