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School: Cúige na Mainseár

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Cúige na Mainséar, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Antoine Mac Amhaghladha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 279

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    “Long ago there used to go round the country men named Poor Scholars.”

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    house got some straw and put it on the hearth for a bed for the traveller everybody went to bed and the poor man lay down and on the straw from the light of the fire he could see writing on the hearth-flag. He got the brush and cleaned the dirt away. Then he began to read it. It told him where there was a pot of gold in a certain wood. It also told him that it was under a very old tree. He fell asleep and wakened very early in
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    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. creidiúint (~391)
        1. creidiúint choiteann (~2,535)
          1. ór i bhfolach (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mc Nulty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Béal an Átha, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Mc Nulty
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76
    Address
    Béal an Átha, Co. Mhaigh Eo