School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138C, Page 01_004

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  1. There is nothing more pleasant on a cold winter's night than to sit round a good turf telling stories about Ancient days. An old man from the vicinity told me a story about the miser, and the crock of gold.
    Once upon a time an old miser who had bags of money, dreamt that a crock of gold was buried in a corner of his garden, and one morning he began to dig for the treasure, "I guess he was dreaming about the money he
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Salmon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Deerpark West, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tom Gannon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    81
    Address
    Murrisk, Co. Mayo