School: The Downs (roll number 8875)
- Location:
- The Downs, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Molloy
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- Long ago there was in this district a fort.
One day a neighbour was coming home from Mass and he was met by a very strange man whom he had never saw before.
The stranger said to the man is your name Dowling, the man replied yes. The stranger then said you have a black cat and a black cock at home, the man said he had.
Then you are the man I was dreaming about for three nights.
I will go home with your and tonight we will go to a fort where there is a crock of gold hid.
So they ate their dinner and rested, and that night they made their way to the fort and brought the black cat and the black cock and a candle with them.
They came to the fort and it was very dark.
They lit the candle and started to dig when they were some(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Dunne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- The Downs, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Michael Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- The Downs, Co. Westmeath
