School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 05_002
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- (continued from previous page)A man lived in Bohea named Mc Loughlin and he dreamed three nights in succession that there was a pot of gold under a white-thorn bush on the side of the hill. It appeared to him in the dream that there would be a flag over the pot and a horse's skin and that the horse's tail would be turned to him. He was told in the dream that if any one came while he was digging it not to make bad of it.Next night the man went up to the hill with a spade and a lantren and he started digging and while he was digging another man came from Bohea looking for his mare. When he saw the light he came to Mc Loughlin and asked(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Keane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinlough, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr Hugh Keane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Ballinlough, Co. Mayo
