School: Blacklion
- Location:
- Blacklion, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: F. Johnston
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0962, Page 111
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- One winter's night, when the family were gathered round the fire, little Liam asked his mother to tell him a story, and this is the story she told him. When I was a little girl, one of my Aunties gave me a shilling, and she told me to save up all my pennies, and put them into the bank and they would accumulate, so that I would soon have quite a lot of money. Next day i decided to put my shilling in the bank, so off I went and dug a hole in the first bog bank I came to, and carefully put my shilling into it. I returned home with the one thought uppermost in my mind, that I would very soon be a rich girl. Next day, I set off to find my pot of gold, and to my surprise I failed to find my shilling. In vain did I search, but all of no avail. Sadly did I retrace my steps home-wards, convinced that money(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rupert Elliott
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullaghbane, Co. Fermanagh
- Informant
- Mrs Elliott
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mullaghbane, Co. Fermanagh
