School: Crosspatrick, Johnstown
- Location:
- Crois Phádraig, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: P. Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0869, Page 186
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“There is a boot of gold lost in Kavanagh's field in a pond beside the castle.”
There is a boot of gold lost in Kavanagh's field in a pond beside the castle. One night two men went to dig it up and they came to a flag and just as they were about to rise it, up jumped a number of white horses out of the ground and ran around the two men who got so frightened that they ran away and left the gold behind them and no one ever went to look for it.
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“Once upon a time a man living in Kilkenny dreamt he found money in the cave in Donaghmore.”
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“Three girls from Cross Patrick were in Johnstown getting suits of clothes for their brothers.”
Three girls from Cross Patrick were in Johnstown getting suits of clothes for their brothers. When they were coming home it was very late, and when they came to the bridge they saw Major Healy's ghost sitting on the bridge. They were frightened out(continues on next page)