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School: Tullyveela

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Tullyveela, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 090

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  1. A Pot of Gold

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    In the eighteenth century there happened a tragedy in County Cavan. There was a man who dremt of a pot of gold. The old people used say that if you dream of gold you are not to tell anyone until you find it out.
    The first night he dreamt he saw the gold and he could not get as far as
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Goldrick
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullyveela, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Terence Baxter
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Owencam, Co. Cavan