School: Cloone (B.) (roll number 15442)
- Location:
- Cloone, Co. Leitrim
- Teachers: T. Ó Móráin A. Ó Corraidhin
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- Long ago there was a man who lived in Drumshambo and he owned a mill. He used to go under the name of Whang The Millar.
This man was very fond of talking to people with plenty of money, but he would hardly look at the poor people. Though he was a very poor man himself. He used to pray that he would dream some night of a tresure in his land. So one night he dreamed that there was a Gold - Mine under the mill.
Early next morning he started to dig for the Gold and when he was a while at it he knocked the mill. To make the long story short when he had it all dug he got nothing but a few old half - pennys and broken pots. The moral is. It is bad to be two cavitous.
No II Micheal Gray.
Michael Gray lived in Fohill. He had a small farm. He was a strong man. It is said that one warm day(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas O' Rourke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Annaghmacullen, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Thomas O' Rourke
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Annaghmacullen, Co. Leitrim
