School: Killashee, Longphort (roll number 12515)
- Location:
- Killashee and Aghakeeran, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 072
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- (continued from previous page)to the floor and it is supposed that they put in some gold for luck.
- About a hundred years ago my father told me that his father told him that there was a man digging for sand in a pit. When he had gone down about six feet he found a hard thing under the tool. He dug down further and what did he lift but a big pot of gold. The man was very poor and he was only too delighted to get such a pot of gold. He pegged down the tool and made for home as hard as ever he could, but he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elizabeth Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rappareehill, Co. Longford
- Informant
- James Casey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Rappareehill, Co. Longford
