School: Cluainín, Granard

Location:
Clooneen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0763, Page 006

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  1. Peggy Healy of Cartronfree was married to Kiddy Dalton in Drumnacrehir.
    They used to keep tinker fortunetellers and people of the tramp class. All called their. Peggy dreamed one night that there was a pot of gold hidden under a rock in her fathers field in Cartronfree
    A fortune teller happened to be lodging there at that time and Peggy told her about the dream. She said it was no use if she didn't dream of it three nights in succession and so she did the second and third night
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brian Fitzsimons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cartronfree, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Thomas Fitzsimons
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Cartronfree, Co. Cavan