School: Druim na dTréad
- Location:
- Drumnatread, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Stonndúin
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- Once upon a time in this district a man was coming from his "ceilidh" from a neighbour's house. He came by the field's until he came near a fort. He saw a little fairy under a mushroom fixing and making shoes. He walked up to the fairy and caught a hold of him and told him to give him a pot of gold. The fairy brought the man to a very big tree and he told the man to dig under that tree and he would find it. The next day the man took his spade and walked to the place where the tree was. He started digging. He dug up the stone and he saw a big black cat sitting on the box. She jumped out and suddenly dissapeared. The man took up the box and took his spade along with him and went home. When he reached home he opened the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Mc Cauley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumnatread, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Cauley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumnatread, Co. Cavan
