School: Urbal (roll number 13874)
- Location:
- Urbal, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gerald Kelliher
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- (continued from previous page)about the pot of gold. He dreamt that there was a cat watching the pot and that the animal had two glaring eyes and twenty claws. He dreamt that if the cat scratched any person it would mean death for that person. No person would dig for the gold for fear the cat would scratch him.
- It is believed there was a pot of gold hidden in Myles Creamer's fort in the townland of Druminalss, parish of Ballinaglera. Some men dreamt about this pot of gold. They dug beside a bush in the fort. They were not long digging when they came upon the pot. They lifted it up, brought it to a house and cleaned it. Some Latin words were written on the pot. The discoverers of the pot of gold did not know what(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Breda Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumnafinnila, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- John Durkin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Drumnafinnila, Co. Leitrim
