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School: Cilltighearnáin/Kiltiernan (roll number 11812)

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Kiltiernan West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033C, Page 04_023

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  1. An Old Story

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    One night a certain man was in bed and he was not long in it when he heard a rap on the window. He got up and went to the window. It was a neach that was at the window. The neach told the man that there was a pot or too of gold buried under a bush in neat the wall in Patricks Shiels rock. In the morning the man set off to the rock with his spade. There were alot of bushes
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margread Ní Aichthir
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Peter Guilfoyle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    92
    Address
    Castletaylor South, Co. Galway