School: Ballyjamesduff Convent
- Location:
- Baile Shéamais Dhuibh, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Sr. Mary Theresa
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- (continued from previous page)gold himself that night the (his) workman got sick and died.
It is supposed that when the monks were leaving Abbeylara they buried their treasures in a well and closed the well again and planted a tree over it. The treasures are not supposed to be got until the tree falls. One of the stems has already fallen
- Riddes
Q. What lives in winter dies in summer and grows with its root upwards.
A. icicle
Q. As round as an apple as plump as a ball climbs over church steeple and all.
A. The sun. - Collector
- Rita Connors
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Claddagh, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Mr James Connors
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Claddagh, Co. an Chabháin
