School: Drumcharley, An Tulach

Location:
Drumcharley, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máire Nig Dhubháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590, Page 094

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590, Page 094

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  1. A man lived in the parish of Feakle. He dreamt that if he went to a certain spot that he would get a pot of gold so next day he went to the bridge. He was standing at the bridge when he met a man. He told the man about his dream. The man said he dreamt that there was a pot of gold under a big flag in a certain field in the parish of Feakle. The man knew where it was. He went home and he dug under the bush and got a pot of gold. The man brought home the flag. One day a boy came in to the house and he read what was written on the flag. The woman asked him to read what was on it which was "one side is as lucky as
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Folktales index
    AT1645: The Treasure at Home
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríghid Ní Ógáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tome, Co. Clare