School: Scoil na mBráthar (roll number 16739)
- Location:
- Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: An Br. M.N. Mac Oireachtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0893, Page 248
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- 248(1) There is a small island in the river Boro. In this river there is a treasure hidden. It consists of a crock of gold. Everybody is afraid to dig for it because it is protected by a sow and bonhams. Others say an eel with wings is in charge of it.
In the Corrig graveyard there is supposed to be a treasure. A man dreamt about it three nights in succession. The treasure was supposed to be hidden between four trees. The man was to tie a piece of cord from tree to tree and dig, but the man was afraid to dig for the treasure.
- Collector
- Peter Redmond
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- James Redmond
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Borrmount, Co. Wexford
- (2) About six miles north of Enniscorthy there is a wood called Kil Aughrim wood. Long ago a beggar lived there, and he found the treasure. It so happened that outside his door there were five trees in the shape of a square and he wandered what it was.
One morning he was awakened by a noise outside the house. He looked out and saw a lepracaun he went out and caught it, he brought it in and put it in a pot. That evening when he came(continues on next page)
