School: An Gleann, Cill Dá Lua
- Location:
- Gortcallyroe, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Méadhbh Ní Chléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0587, Page 121
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- Some years ago a man from around here dreamt for three nights running that there was gold buried under the Treaty stone in Limerick. He went to Limerick and he sat on the bridge. Another man came along the road and he said "I notice that you are sitting there all day." The man told him his story and the other man said "I am always dreaming that there is gold buried near a tree in Ballygreen. The man went home and started digging and he found three pounds in gold.
- Collector
- Mary Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Jeremiah Mc Mahon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Gortcallyroe, Co. Clare
- A miser was looking for a wife that would not eat much. He got a wife that ate little in his presence. One day, his wife killed the drake and at him all(continues on next page)
