School: Loughduff (B.)
- Location:
- Loughduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Ó Heidhin
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- Thos. McClean was a small farmer who lived with his wife in Drumbrucklis. There was a tradition in the family concerning a lone bush on the farm a few hundred yards from the house. Tomas's father and grandfather had dreamt that a crock of gold lay buried underneath the tree.
On day a neighbour Ned Brady was ploughing with Thomas. During the day he was pestered with Thomas asking him to dig for the gold. Eventually he consented, but that night a storm came on which prevented operations.
Some time afterwards another neighbour who was fond of a practical joke worked with Thos. McClean and consented to dig for the gold but said they should wait until after(continues on next page)
