School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 18_025
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- There was an old miser named Sean Mc Airgid who lived in Tyrone. He had more money than ever he could spend. He kept it locked in a box. He began to fear that any-one would hear of his riches and break into his house and steal it.
One night he carried the box of gold and buried it under the yew tree. Day after day he would go to the field and stand by the tree and talk to him-self of all the riches that were(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Martin Ansbro
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Dooros, Co. Mayo
