School: Carrowbawn, Cill Dá Lua
- Location:
- Carrowbaun, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ghadhnair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588, Page 119
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- In years gone by some men were making a road in Cornagnoe at a point where the parishes of Ogonnelloe and Bodyke join. As they were called to the dinner one day, one of the workers stuck his spade in the ground to leave it there until his return.
As he drove the spade down it struck something harder than the earth but not as hard as a stone. He turned up the sod and found a wooden keg beneath. He threw the earth back again thinking he had a hidden treasure and would not tell his comrades anything about it.
When they returned from dinner a rumbling noise, followed by loud shouting was heard under the ground and they all wondered what it was.
The man who found the keg then told them about his find and when they went to look for it it was gone and nothing but earth and stones were left.
- Collector
- Joseph Long
- Gender
- Male
