School: Templetown
- Location:
- Templetown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Charles D. Hearne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0870, Page 177
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- Once upon a time there was a tree near a corner. There was a man went to America, and he wasn't long in it when he dreamt about money near the tree. He came home.One night he went out and he got a (?) and a pick and a shovel. He went out to the field.He began digging and digging until he got down some depth in the ground.When he got down he heard the moan of a bull but couldn't see him. There were cattle in the field and he didn't mind the moan.He began digging away and he heard the (wash?) splashing behind him, and all the hole filled up in a minute with water.He began digging by the side of it to let it off. When he was letting it off he couldn't let it off. He wouldn't go for him.He dug all around it. It wouldn't move, no way but stayed there in the one spot.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Patrick Neville
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Wexford
