School: Doire an Daimh (Derrindaffe) (roll number 10976)

Location:
Derrindaff, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Foghludha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410C, Page 19_002

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    There was gold supposed to be by three men in a field in the farm at Patrick O Connor in Islandanny. The people used to see lights there at a certain hour by night. They found the gold after a short time. They dreamt of getting gold three nights in succession and that a black cat would come and keep running around them, but they were to hold on digging for the gold. They decided to come to dig the gold at twelve o'clock that night. They found the gold and walked away. Two of them were labourers and the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie Clifford
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Trienearagh, Co. Kerry