School: Urbal (roll number 13874)
- Location:
- Urbal, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gerald Kelliher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 487
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- A Hidden Treasure
A man in this parish dreamt of a crock of gold.that was buried deep in the ground and covered with a large flag. He dreamt there was a witch minding it and that before anyone could get the gold the witch would have to be killed. So the man cut her throat and got the gold. But the witch made a desperate struggle and almost killed the man. At that same place afterwards there used to be a black man seen and he used to roar with vehemence.
But the man who got the gold was very happy and contented for the rest of his life.Bridie McGrail (pupil)
James Gilrain (farmer) aged 73 years
both of Derrinagear, Dowra
15 January 1938
- Collector
- Bridie Mc Grail
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreenageer, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- James Giliain
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Derreenageer, Co. Leitrim
