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Tomás Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0627, Page 036

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    came forward and killed him.
    The tailor then thought it was too long he was staying and he said to himself that the pot would be no good to him and it was very heavy, and he said he would leave it after him. He then filled all his pockets with the gold. As he ran out he noticed all the ground full of blood. The door was shut carefully after him. He spent the rest of the evening throwing cold water on the others trying to wake them up. Then they all went home together. The tailor gave some of the money to the man who dreamt of it. So they lived lived happily from that on.
    Then the tailor kept half of the money and the other man had to divide the money between the other three men that he invited to go with him. So they
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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
    Liz Blake
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killard, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John Mc Inerney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killard, Co. Clare